Known Limitations of SuiteTax
SuiteTax is a non-reversible feature and when enabled, it can no longer be disabled. Please consider any incompatible features before deciding to implement SuiteTax in your account.
The tables below list products, features, preferences, SuiteApps/bundles and transaction types currently not supported by SuiteTax.
Please also refer to the table “Tax Functionalities/Use Cases” for instances not yet supported by the NetSuite SuiteTax Engine.
Canadian tax types are not available in SuiteTax.
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PRODUCT NAME |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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NetSuite CRM |
No plans to support this |
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NetSuite CRM+ |
No plans to support this |
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NetSuite JCurve |
No plans to support this |
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NetSuite Small Business |
No plans to support this |
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NETSUITE FEATURE |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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Advanced Promotions |
This feature is being deprecated, and customers will need to migrate to SuitePromotions. |
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Multi-Book Accounting |
Multi-Book support for Country Tax Reports is still in progress. Currency translation of Tax Amount fields on secondary books is currently unavailable. Manual calculation (using formulas) is required when using saved searches/custom reports. |
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Store Pickup |
This feature requires the NetSuite tax engine logic to be changed for the US. It is not currently supported. |
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SuiteAnalytics Connect |
To query your SuiteTax data with SuiteAnalytics Connect Service, you must access the NetSuite2.com data source. However, Legacy tax records and fields are only accessible through the NetSuite.com data source. For more information, see Differences Between NetSuite.com and NetSuite2.com. |
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Web Site |
You can only enable SuiteTax if Site Builder websites are inactive or their Web Site Scope is set to ‘Information and Catalog’ or ‘Information Only.’ For all other Web Site Scopes, SiteBuilder is not supported by SuiteTax. For more information about the Web Site Scope setting on the Website Setup record, see Multi-Site Settings. To inactivate websites, make sure the Website, Site Builder (Website), and Site Builder (Web Store) features are enabled and then see Making a Website Inactive. |
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NETSUITE PREFERENCE |
CATEGORY |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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Combine Detail Items on Expense Reports |
Accounting Preferences |
Expense Reports with combined items will be uncombined once migrated to SuiteTax. One exception to this are expense reports where combined items have associated Tax Amounts applied. These expense reports will remain combined when migrated to SuiteTax and cannot be edited. |
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Combine Time Items on Invoices |
Invoicing Preferences |
— |
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Combine Expense Items on Invoices |
Invoicing Preferences |
— |
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Combine Billable Items on Invoices |
Invoicing Preferences |
— |
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International Tax Reports bundle with enabled Cash Basis preference |
Commerce Preferences |
The Cash Basis preference is currently unsupported by the SuiteTax Reports bundles in SuiteTax. |
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COMMERCE BUNDLE NAME |
BUNDLES SUPPORTED |
BUNDLES NOT SUPPORTED |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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NetSuite Point of Sale |
None |
399097, 294243 |
— |
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Reference Checkout |
None |
41420, 42258, 42259, 49333, 58479, 59236, 65077, 69019, 96111 |
— |
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SuiteCommerce |
Latest managed bundle ID |
244223, 244701, 254199 |
SuiteTax for the US and Canada is supported in SuiteCommerce since the 2019.1 release. SuiteCommerce is not compatible with VAT countries. |
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SuiteCommerce Advanced |
All bundles since 2019.1 release |
65289, 72468, 74184, 76143, 90208, 106488, 107016, 134090, 134179, 163477, 164066, 165410, 193341, 194217, 222165, 228138, 228165, 238695, 238696, 244221, 244699 |
SuiteTax for the US and Canada is supported in SuiteCommerce Advanced since the 2019.1 release. Customers currently using an incompatible version of SuiteCommerce Advanced must upgrade to SuiteCommerce Advanced 2019.1 or later to use SuiteTax. SuiteCommerce Advanced is not compatible with VAT countries. |
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SuiteCommerce InStore |
None |
Not supported |
No plans to support this currently. |
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SUITEAPP/BUNDLE NAME |
LOCALIZATION |
BUNDLES NOT SUPPORTED |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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Affordable Care Act (ACA) Reporting |
US |
147355 |
— |
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Affordable Care Act Back Office |
US |
155007 |
— |
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Australia Post |
Australia |
93157 |
— |
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Brazil Localization |
Brazil |
130074 |
Dedicated Brazil SuiteTax localization bundle available. |
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China Bills & Expense Reports Generation |
China |
273503 |
China has a localization bundle that is compatible with SuiteTax. See Setting Up China Localization. |
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International Tax Reports |
Global |
43003, 14864 |
Regional bundles in SuiteTax available for specific countries. For more information, see Country Tax Reports in Tax Reporting Framework. |
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Japan Financial Statements |
Japan |
249424 |
— |
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Japan Localization |
Japan |
321605 |
— |
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Mexico Compliance |
Mexico |
131375, 37153 |
Mexico has its own SuiteTax localization bundle. Refer to bundle ID 373485. |
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Payment Gateway |
Global |
47196 |
— |
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Portugal Invoice Certification |
Portugal |
282346, 33315 |
— |
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Southeast Asia Localization |
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand |
234547 |
Bundle can remain installed during SuiteTax migration |
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Supplementary Tax Calculation |
EU Countries |
123426 |
The NetSuite SuiteTax Engine includes most of this functionality |
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Tax Audit Files |
France, Germany, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, OECD Member Countries, UAE, Others (GL Data Extracts) |
47492, 15003 |
France, Germany and the Philippines supported in SuiteTax via regional bundles. For more information, see Country Tax Reports in Tax Reporting Framework. |
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Withholding Tax |
Global |
47459, 21144 |
NetSuite SuiteTax Engine supports withholding tax calculation, which is triggered upon bill or invoice creation. |
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TRANSACTION TYPES |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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Advanced Intercompany Journal Entry |
There are no tax-related fields (tax amount, tax code, tax rate) for this transaction type. |
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Expense Report |
There are no tax-related fields (tax amount, tax code, tax rate) for this transaction type if you are logged in using the Employee Center role. To see the tax-related fields, enter an expense report using a role other than the Employee Center role. |
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Purchase Requests |
There are no tax-related fields (tax amount, tax code, tax rate) for this transaction type if you are logged in using the Employee Center role. To see the tax-related fields, enter a purchase order using a role other than the Employee Center role. |
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Finance Charge |
In legacy, this feature auto calculates the late penalty charges and taxes on overdue invoices. In SuiteTax, the tax is not auto calculated. You must add the tax code manually so that the tax can be calculated. |
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Write Tax Liability |
Manual workaround available |
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Pay Sales Tax/Sales Tax Payment |
Manual workaround available |
The following tax functionalities/use cases are not yet supported by the NetSuite SuiteTax Engine. Our SuiteTax partners may have solutions.
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TAX FUNCTIONALITIES/USE CASES |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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Cash Basis Tax Reporting |
No workaround available |
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Partially deductible VAT and reverse charge on partially deductible purchases |
Please refer to the NetSuite SuiteTax Engine Setup Guide and Partially Deductible and Non-deductible Taxes in SuiteTax for more information. |
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Tax Periods |
SuiteTax does not support Tax Periods. We added a second date field Tax Point Date instead. Tax Point Date can be enabled at the Nexus level. Tax reports are based on this date field. |
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Early Settlement Discounts |
Tax calculation on early settlement discounts. To be able to use this functionality, you need to create your own customization. |
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Automatic Creation of Withholding Tax Codes |
Withholding tax codes and tax rates are not automatically provisioned. Users will have to create them manually. Refer to the NetSuite SuiteTax Engine Setup Guide for the steps. |
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Withholding Tax on Payments |
NetSuite SuiteTax Engine does not support Withholding Tax on Payments. |