Preparing to Call the Tax Determination Process

Prior to calling the Tax Determination process, the calling application must determine which business unit value the tax determination will use, and determine the ship from country, ship from state, ship to country, and ship to state.

Determining the Business Unit for Tax Determination

Refer to the following table to determine the correct business unit to use for tax determination:

Application	Use Business Unit
Inventory	Ship From Inventory
Order Management	If a Ship From Inventory business unit exists on the schedule line, use the Inventory business unit. If no Ship From Inventory business unit exists on the schedule line, use the Order Management business unit.
Billing	Bill Header: Billing business unit (used only for online manual bill entry)
	Bill Line: If an Inventory business unit exists, use the Inventory business unit. If no Inventory business unit exists, use the Order Management business unit. If no Order Management business unit exists, use the Billing business unit.
Receivables	Group Control: Use the Receivables business unit (used for online pending item entry only).
	Pending Item: If an Order Management business unit has been specified, use the Order Management business unit. If no Order Management business unit has been specified, but a Billing business has been specified, use the Billing business unit. If neither an Order Management business or a Billing business has have been specified, use the Receivables business unit.
Purchasing	If an Inventory business unit has been defined for the ship to location, use the Inventory business unit. If no Inventory business unit has been defined for the ship to location, use the Purchasing business unit.
Payables	Header: Payables business unit (for online manual entry only).
	Transaction Lines: If an Inventory business unit has been defined for the ship to location, use the Inventory business unit. If no Inventory business unit has been defined for the ship to location, use the Payables business unit.

Determining the Ship From Country and State

Refer to the following table to determine the correct ship from country and state to use:

Application	Use Ship From Country, State
Inventory and Order Management	If an Inventory business unit is available, use the Inventory business unit location country and state. If no Inventory business unit is available, use the Order Management business unit location country and state.
Billing	If an Inventory business unit is available, use the Inventory business unit location country and state. If no Inventory business unit is available, use the Order Management business unit location country and state. If no Order Management business unit is available, use the Billing business unit location country and state.
Receivables	If an Order Management business unit is available, use the Order Management business unit location country and state. If no Order Management business unit is available, but a Billing business is available, use the Billing business unit location country and state. If neither an Order Management business or a Billing business is available, use the Receivables business unit location country and state.
Purchasing and Payables	Use the country and state from the ordering supplier location.

Determining the Ship To Country and State

Refer to the following table to determine the correct ship to country and state:

Application	Use Ship From Country, State
Inventory, Order Management, Billing, and Receivables	Use the Ship To Customer country and state. For InterUnit transfers, use the destination business unit location country and state.
Purchasing and Payables	Access the ship to location. If there is an Inventory business unit specified for the ship to location, use the Inventory business unit location country and state. If there is no Inventory business unit specified for the ship to location, use the ship to location country and state.