Legal Authorities

A legal authority is a government or legal body that's charged with such powers as making laws or levying and collecting taxes.

A legal authority in HCM is used to set up the agencies where remittances are made and payroll information is reported. For India, legal authorities can be the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Income Tax Department, Employee Provident Fund organization, Employee State Insurance Corporation.

Here's how you can define legal authorities:

Navigation: Manage Implementation Task List > Manage Legal Authorities

1. Click Create.

2. Enter the details as provided:

   Field	Description
   Legal Authority	Example: Employee Provident Fund Organization
   Tax Authority Type	Select from one of the following types: Collecting Reporting Collecting and Reporting. The Employee Provident Fund Organization is of type Collecting and Reporting.

3. Save the legal authorities details.

4. To add legislative categories to a legal authority:

   1. Click Create in Legislative Category.

   2. Select the Legislative Category from the list, such as Provident Fund for the Employee Provident Fund Organization.

   3. Save the legislative category.

      Note:

      You can add more than one legislative category to a legal authority.