Entering tax, charges and discount details

This page allows you to enter the tax, charge and the discount details for an item invoice. Tell me more.

Select the “Tax / Charge / Discount” link at the bottom of the “Create Item Invoice” page.

The “Tax / Charge / Discount” page appears.

The system displays the following:

Invoice No.	The number identifying the item invoice.
Status	The status of the invoice. It could be “Draft” or “Fresh”.
	Draft – indicates a newly created item invoice that cannot be authorized.
	Fresh – indicates a newly created invoice that can be authorized.

Enter the following fields:

TCD Computation	Use the drop-down list box to select the method in which the tax, charge or discount has been calculated. You can select from “For Document” or “For Line Item”.
	For Document – indicates that the tax, charge or discount has to be calculated for the invoice as a whole.
	For Line Item – indicates that the tax, charge or discount has to be calculated for each individual row in the invoice.
	The system displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.
Line No.	Use the drop-down list box to select the number identifying the line in which the item details appear in the invoice. Sequential numbers will be available for selection based on the rows in which the item details are available. The system displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.

Note: A line number must be selected in this field if “For Line Item” has been selected in the “TCD Computation” field.

The system displays the following:

Line Amount	The invoice amount or the line amount.
Item/TCD Code	The code identifying the item, tax, charge or discount.
Item/TCD Variant	The code identifying the item, tax, charge or discount variant.
Desc.	A textual description of the code identifying the item, tax, charges or discount.
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Enter the following fields in the “TCD Information” multiline:

TCD

Use the drop-down list box to indicate whether tax, charge or discount is being calculated for the document or line item. You can select from “Tax”, “Charge” or “Discount”. The system displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.

Note: One type must be selected in at least one row of the multiline.

TCD Code	The code identifying the tax, charge or discount based on the value set in the “TCD” field (Alphanumeric, 10). Mandatory. This code must have been defined in the “Taxes / Charges / Discounts” business component and must be in “Active” status. The code entered in this field must be unique for the individual line
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Note: A particular tax, charge or discount must be applied only once either at the “Document Level” or at the “Line Level”.

Variant

The code identifying the variant of the tax, charge or discount (Alphanumeric, 10). Mandatory. This variant must be a valid one for the code entered in the “TCD Code” field.

Note: This field must not be left blank if a TCD code is entered in the “TCD Code” field”.

The system displays the following in the “TCD Information” multiline:

Desc.

The description of the tax, charge, discount or variant.

Enter the following field in the “TCD Information” multiline:

Usage	Use the drop-down list box to set the account to which the tax, charge and discount amount must be debited. You can select from “Item” or “Expense”.
	Item – indicates that the tax, charge and discount amount must be debited along with the item amount.
	Expense – indicates that the tax, charge and discount amount must be debited as an expense.
	The system displays “Blank” on launch of the page.

The system displays the following in the “TCD Information” multiline:

TCD Rate	The unit rate of the tax, charge or discount selected. This amount will be displayed when the “Compute” pushbutton is clicked.
Taxable Amount	The amount for which the tax, charge or discount has been calculated for the invoice or the line number. This amount will be displayed when the “Compute” pushbutton is clicked.

Modify the following field if required in the “TCD Information” multiline.

TCD Amount

The amount that is the tax, charge or discount for the item available in the line (Decimal). This amount will be computed and displayed when the “Compute” pushbutton is clicked.

Enter the following field if required in the “TCD Information” multiline:

Currency	Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the currency in which the taxes, charges or discount details have been calculated. You can select from the invoice currency and the base currency of the company. The system displays the invoice currency by default on launch of the page.
Cost Center	The code identifying the cost center (Alphanumeric, 10). The cost center must have been defined in the “Cost Setup” business component.
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Analysis Code	The analysis code to which the relevant account is mapped in the “Account Based Budgeting” business component (Alphanumeric, 5).
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Sub-Analysis Code	The sub-analysis code to which the analysis code is mapped in the “Account Based Budgeting” business component (Alphanumeric, 5).

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to mark a tax, charge or discount for deletion.

Click the “Compute” pushbutton to calculate the TCD amount.

The system calculates and displays the amount on which tax has been computed, in the “Taxable Amount” field.

The system calculates and displays the TCD amount in the “TCD Amount” field.

The system also calculates and stores the TCD amount in the base currency of the company if it is different.

The system calculates and stores the total invoice amount as the sum total of the line amount, taxes and the charges and the difference of the discount.

Click the “Save” pushbutton to save the details of the tax, charge or discount that has been entered.

The system saves the tax, charge and discount details along with the invoice details.

Account Posting Details

If the TCD has been calculated for the document and the usage is item

The system apportions and debits the TCD amount in the “Purchase Suspense Account” if the item is “Non-Capital”.

The system apportions and debits the TCD amount in the “FA Suspense Account” or the “Capital WIP Account” if the item is “Capital”.

If the TCD has been calculated at the line item level and the usage is item

The system debits the TCD amount in the “Purchase Suspense Account” if the item is “Non-Capital”.

The system debits the TCD amount in the “FA Suspense Account” or the “Capital WIP Account” if the item is “Capital”.

If the TCD has been calculated for the document or the line item level and the usage is expense

The system debits the “TCD Account” when the “TCD Type” is “Tax” or “Charges”.

The system credits the “Discount Accounts” when the “TCD Type” is “Discount”.

Payment Schedule

The system generates a payment schedule for the invoice if “Swiss Pay Modes Applicable” has been set as “No” in the “Company Parameter Setup” business component.

Payment Schedule for electronic payment

The system generates a payment schedule and also saves the bank details required for the Electronic Payment if “Swiss Pay Modes Applicable” has been set as “Yes” in the “Company Parameter Setup” business component.

Click the “Save And Authorize” pushbutton to save the modifications made to the tax, charge or discount details and authorize the invoice.

The system saves the tax, charge and discount details along with the invoice details.

Status Updation

The status of the invoice is updated as “Authorized”.

Account Posting Details

If the TCD has been calculated for the document and the usage is item

The system apportions and debits the TCD amount in the “Purchase Suspense Account” if the item is “Non-Capital”.

The system apportions and debits the TCD amount in the “FA Suspense Account” or the “Capital WIP Account” if the item is “Capital”.

If the TCD has been calculated at the line item level and the usage is item

The system debits the TCD amount in the “Purchase Suspense Account” if the item is “Non-Capital”.

The system debits the TCD amount in the “FA Suspense Account” or the “Capital WIP Account” if the item is “Capital”.

If the TCD has been calculated for the document or the line item level and the usage is expense

The system debits the “TCD Account” when the “TCD Type” is “Tax” or “Charges”.

The system credits the “Discount Accounts” when the “TCD Type” is “Discount”.

Payment Schedule

The system generates a payment schedule for the invoice if “Swiss Pay Modes Applicable” has been set as “No” in the “Company Parameter Setup” business component.

Payment Schedule for electronic payment

The system generates a payment schedule saves the bank details required for the Electronic Payment if “Swiss Pay Modes Applicable” has been set as “Yes” in the “Company Parameter Setup” business component.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Adjustment” link at the bottom of the page to select debit documents against which the invoice must be adjusted.
If Swiss pay modes are not applicable for the company, select the “Payment Schedule” link at the bottom of the page to view or modify the payment schedule.
If Swiss pay modes are applicable for the company, select the “Payment Information” link at the bottom of the page to view or modify the details of the electronic payment that must be made to the supplier.
Select the “Invoice Summary” link at the bottom of the page to view the summary of the invoice.
Select the “Accounting Information” link at the bottom of the page to view the account posting information of the invoice.
Select the “Attach Notes” link at the bottom of the page to record observations or comments regarding the invoice.

Entering tax, charges and discount details – An overview

TCD of an invoice is calculated for the document that is the invoice as a whole or for the line items in the invoice. The TCD is usually calculated line wise if individual items incur some extra tax, charge or discount.

You can enter the code identifying the tax, charge, or discount and the variants. You can also enter the TCD amount, the cost center to which the TCD account is mapped and the analysis and the sub-analysis code allocated to it. The total TCD amount for the invoice is posted to the selected finance book under the various account heads in the account currency, base currency and the parallel base currency of the company.

The details of the TCD that are entered in this page can be modified as long as the invoice remains in the “Draft” or “Fresh” status. This page also allows you to authorize the invoice. The status of the invoice is updated as “Authorized”. The details of this invoice cannot be modified any longer.

What you can do in this page

Calculate TCD in different levels

Set Tax, Charge or Discount

Indicate the posting account of the TCD amount

Authorize item invoice

Calculate TCD in different levels

Tax, charge and discount can be calculated in two different levels. You can calculate the TCD for the invoice document as a whole or at the line / item level. You can select the method of computation based on the invoice issued by the supplier.

Set the “TCD Computation” field to “For Document” to calculate the TCD for the item invoice as a whole.

Set the “TCD Computation” field to “For Line Item” to calculate the TCD for each individual row of the invoice in which an item is available.

Set Tax, Charge or Discount

You can enter the tax, charge or discount codes for the item invoice as a whole or the items in any row of the multiline.

Set the “TCD” field to “Tax” to enter the tax value.

Set the “TCD” field to “Charge” to enter any extra charges that have been incurred.

Set the “TCD” field to “Discount” to enter the discount that is applicable.

Indicate the posting account of the TCD amount

The TCD amount must be debited to an account in the finance book. You can set whether the amount must be posted in the item account or whether it must be posted in the expense account.

Set the “Usage” field to “Item” if you want the TCD amount to be debited along with the item amount.

Set the “Usage” field to “Expense” if you want the TCD amount to be debited as an expense.

Authorize item invoice

You can authorize the item invoice while saving the modified TCD details.

Click the “Save and Authorize” pushbutton to save the TCD details and authorize the item invoice.

The system saves the TCD details and updates the status of the item invoice as “Authorized”. The system generates a revised payment schedule based on the modifications made to the TCD details.