Define Jurisdictions for Kuwait

Keep in mind that you have to register all legal entities with a legal jurisdiction that's governed by a legal authority. An identifying jurisdiction is the one that's automatically associated with all legal entities created for the territory. It represents the jurisdiction that a

Identify Jurisdictions

Registration information for the identifying jurisdiction is mandatory when you create legal employers. It's a good idea to use the predefined jurisdiction Kuwait Social Insurance to register the legal entities. By default, it's not set as the identifying jurisdiction.

Here's what you need to do to set up identifying jurisdictions:

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, select the Manage Legal Jurisdictions task.

2. Click Go to Task.

3. On the Manage Legal Jurisdictions page, select the territory Kuwait.

4. Click Search.

5. In the search results, select Kuwait Social Insurance. The values for this jurisdiction are predefined.

6. On the Edit Legal Jurisdictions page, select Yes for Identifying Jurisdiction.

   Note: Remember that you must not modify the values in the registration code assignment section.

7. Click Save and Close.

You can create additional jurisdictions, if required. If you choose to create a new identifying jurisdiction, you must manually register the tax reporting units with Kuwait Social Insurance.