Legal Authorities

A legal authority is a government or legal body charged with powers to make laws, levy and collect fees and taxes, and remit financial appropriations for a given jurisdiction. Use the Manage Legal Authorities task to create legal authorities.

It's optional to define legal authorities for China. To define legal authorities:

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, do the following:

   • Offering: Workforce Deployment

   • Functional Area: Legal Structures

   • Task: Manage Legal Authorities

   Expand the entry to display a list of related tasks.

2. On the Manage Legal Authorities page, click Create.

3. On the Create Legal Authority page:

   • Select the Tax Authority Type based on the type of interaction. Typically, this is set to Collecting and reporting.

   • Add one or more addresses.

   • Add one or more legislative categories, such as, Income tax, Public housing fund, Social insurance, Enterprise annuity, or Supplementary public housing fund. This establishes a link between the legal authority and all jurisdictions associated with the selected legislative category.

   • Click Save and Close.