Obligations

Think of an obligation as a contract between the tax authority and the taxpayer. For example, a corporate entity has certain contractual responsibilities between themselves and the tax authority. These responsibilities are tracked through the obligation. Some tax authorities refer to an obligation as a filing period or tax period. Every account should have at least one obligation (otherwise, the account has no financial obligations with your tax authority). There is no limit to the number of obligations that may be linked to an account.

Every tax role should have at least one obligation. Note that obligations are not required to have a tax role. Configuration on the obligation type's tax type controls whether a tax role is required.

Refer to Maintaining Obligations for more information.