Tax Point Basis Determination on Transactions

The tax determination process uses the type of transaction to adjust the tax point basis assigned by your tax configuration.

The following table illustrates how the type of transaction determines the tax point basis:

Original Tax Point Basis

Transaction

Adjusted Tax Point Basis

Reason

Delivery

Unmatched payables transactions:

  • Standard invoice

  • Debit memo

  • Credit memo

  • Prepayment

Payables transactions matched to a purchase order:

  • Standard invoice

  • Debit memo

  • Credit memo

  • Prepayment

Receivables transactions:

  • Invoice

  • Debit memo

  • Credit memo

Invoice

Delivery is not a valid event for these transactions.

Delivery

  • Debit memo to correct a matched invoice

  • Receivables credit memo for an invoice

Invoice

Invoice date reflects the date the new debit memo or credit memo adjusts the tax amount.

Delivery

Goods receipt

Invoice

Delivery-based taxes that are self-assessed use the invoice date for better visibility and compliance.

One of the following:

  • Delivery

  • Invoice

  • Payment

  • Adjustment on receivables invoice

  • Tax on miscellaneous cash receipt

Accounting

Tax point basis of invoice, delivery or payment is not applicable.