Manage Legal Entity

A legal entity is a registered company or an organization recognized by law. Each legal entity can serve as a legal employer, which is required when creating users such as Field Service Mobile Workers or Field Service Managers. You must define at least one legal entity as a legal employer.

Navigation: Navigator > My Enterprise > Setup and Maintenance > Company Profile

To verify or create a legal entity:

1. Click Manage Legal Entity.
2. Select Search Legal Entities, then click Apply and Go to Task. Review the list of legal entities or search for a specific one to verify that it exists.
3. To create a legal entity, click Create and complete these required fields:
   1. Country: Country where the legal entity is found. This selection decides the applicable registration information.
   2. Name: Legal name as registered with the government. (For example, Supremo Fitness Corporation.)
   3. Legal Entity Identifier: Unique code for the legal entity.
   4. Identifying Jurisdiction: Main juridiction where the business is registered.
   5. Legal Address: The address for the legal entity that you verified or created in the Manage Legal Address step.
   6. EIN or TIN: For US entities, enter the Employer Identification Number; for other countries, this field adjusts to your country's required information.
   7. Legal Reporting Unit Registration Number
4. Optionally, if the entity reports payroll tax and social insurance, select the Payroll statutory unit checkbox. (This setting applies to Fusion Global Payroll users.).
5. Ensure to select the Legal employer checkbox for at least one legal entity.
   This is required when you create users.
6. Click Save and Close or Done to return to the Functional Areas task list.

   For more information about setting up legal addresses and/or entities or setting up other modules, see the Implementing Applications guide available in the Common Books section in Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite.