Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Documentation Accessibility
• Documentation Feedback
• 1 Creating and Running an EPM Center of Excellence
• 2 Welcome to Tax Reporting
  • Tax Provision Process
  • Which Tasks Do I Do First?
  • Predefined User Roles
  • About the Home Page
  • Settings and Actions Menu
  • The Academy
  • Navigator
  • Welcome Panel
  • User Assistance
  • Navigating Across Cloud EPM Business Processes
  • Searching for Forms, Dashboards, and Infolets
• 3 Setting Your Preferences
  • Setting Your Preferences
  • Setting General Preferences
    • Setting Your Profile Picture
    • Setting the Display of Member Names or Aliases
    • Setting Approvals Options
  • Setting Your Display Preferences
  • Setting Up Email for Notifications
  • Setting Ad Hoc Options
  • Setting User Variables
  • Setting Your Reporting Preferences
  • Setting Your Printing Preferences
• 4 Working with Operations
  • Viewing Operations Overview
    • Viewing All Tasks
    • Viewing Tasks
    • Viewing Supplemental Data Tasks
  • Consolidation Process
  • Foreign Currency Translation
• 5 Working with Forms
  • Introduction to Forms
  • You Enter Data in Forms
  • About Forms Versions
  • Viewing Forms
  • Accessing Data Entry Forms
  • Assigning Access to Data Entry Forms
  • Customizing Forms
    • Selecting a Point of View
    • Emphasizing Data with Formatting
    • Formatting Data
    • Customizing the Movement Dimension Hierarchy
  • Exporting Data to Microsoft Excel
  • Copying Direct URLs for Artifacts
  • Working in Forms 1.0
    • Selecting Different Data to Work With
    • Understanding Form Colors
    • Viewing Server Status on Forms
    • Navigating Quickly in a Form
    • Basics of Working With Data
      • About Entering Data
        • Entering Different Kinds of Data
        • Entering Data Quickly Using Commands
        • Searching in Forms
        • Selecting Cell Ranges
        • Copying and Pasting Data
      • Dynamically Setting User Variables
      • Using Data with Forms
      • More Ways to Manipulate Values
      • Entering Data for Suppressed or Excluded Members
      • Getting the Latest Data
      • About Calculating Data
      • How Totals are Calculated
      • Reviewing Data
      • Personalizing How Data Displays
        • Emphasizing Data with Formatting
        • Hiding Rows or Columns That Have No Data or Zeros
        • About Cells That Have No Data
      • Printing Data
    • More About Working With Data
      • Viewing Member Formulas
      • Working with Business Process Data in Excel
        • Using Your Own Excel Formulas in the Business Process
        • About Smart View Formatting in Web Forms
        • Copying and Pasting Data Between Microsoft Excel and Your Business Process Forms
      • Drilling Through to Source Data
      • Cell Icons
      • Resolving Data Validation Errors
      • Pushing Data for Reporting
      • About Cell Comments
      • Working with Attachments
      • Searching for Forms, Dashboards, and Infolets
      • Why Cells May Be Read-Only
      • Seeing What's Changed
  • Working in Forms 2.0
    • Working with the Global Toolbar in Forms 2.0
    • Working with the Quick Toolbar in Forms 2.0
    • Working with POVs in Forms 2.0
    • Opening the Member Selector in Forms 2.0
    • Performing Calculations Without Having to Submit Your Changes (Calc on the Fly)
    • Printing Data in Forms 2.0
• 6 Using Dashboards to Work with Data
  • Understanding Dashboards
  • About Dashboard Versions
  • Viewing Dashboards
  • Working with Dashboard 1.0 Dashboards
  • Working with Dashboard 2.0 Dashboards
    • Working with the Dashboard 2.0 Global Toolbar
    • Working with Dashboard 2.0 Components
    • Working with Forms 2.0 Grids in Dashboard 2.0
    • Drilling Through on Charts and Legends
    • Working with POVs in Dashboard 2.0
    • Opening the Member Selector in Dashboards 2.0
    • Working with Dashboard 2.0 Dashboards in Navigation Flows
    • Working with Master Forms and Details in Dashboard 2.0 Components
    • Support for Valid Intersections in Dashboard 2.0 Dashboards
    • About Quick Analysis
    • Drilling into Ad Hoc from a Dashboard 2.0 Chart
  • Reviewing Total Tax Dashboards
    • Reviewing Total Tax Consolidated ETR by Entity
    • Reviewing the Consolidated ETR by Jurisdiction
    • Reviewing Cash Tax by Entity
    • Reviewing Cash Tax by Jurisdiction
• 7 Using Ad Hoc for Data Entry and Analysis
  • Get Started Performing Ad Hoc
  • Creating an Ad Hoc Grid
  • Submitting Ad Hoc Data and Saving the Grid Definition
  • Performing Calculations Without Having to Submit Your Changes (Calc on the Fly)
  • Accessing an Ad Hoc Grid
  • Designing Ad Hoc Grids
    • Opening the Member Selector in Ad Hoc Grids
    • Selecting Period-to-Date Members
    • Filtering Column Members
    • Pivoting Dimensions
    • About Shared Members
      • Zooming in on Shared Members
    • Setting Properties for Ad Hoc Grids
  • Ad Hoc Grid Keyboard Shortcuts and Quick Data Entry Commands
  • Applying Rules to Ad Hoc Grids
  • Adding Comments and Attachments
  • Adjusting Values
  • Using Ad Hoc Action Menus
  • About Using Line Item Details
    • Adding Line Item Details
    • Working with the Structure of Line Item Details
    • Order of Line Item Details
    • Incorrectly Entering Line Item Details
    • Correctly Entering Line Item Details
    • Totaling When Line Item Details Cells are Blank
  • Printing Ad Hoc Grids
  • Using Free-Form Ad Hoc
• 8 Using the Member Selector
  • About Selecting Members
  • Selecting a Dimension
  • Defining Member Display Options
  • Searching for Members
  • Filtering Which Members Are Displayed
    • Filtering by Attributes
    • Filtering by Level
    • Filtering by Generation
    • Filtering by Member Relationship
      • Member Relationships
  • Making Member Selections
• 9 Using IPM Insights to Inform Your Decision-Making
  • About IPM Insights
  • Analyzing Insights
    • Summarizing Insights with Generative AI
  • Searching and Filtering the Insights Dashboard Display
  • Collaborating with Insights Using Tags
• 10 Working with Business Rules
  • List of Available Business Rules
• 11 Viewing Key Information with Infolets
  • About Infolet Views
  • About the Infolet Dots
  • Setting Your Default Infolet
• 12 Working with National Tax Process
  • National Current Provision
    • Reviewing the National Tax Provision Overview Dashboard
    • Working with the National Current Provision Form
      • Net Income Before Tax
      • Deductible Regional and Other Taxes
      • National Detailed Tax Losses and Credits
        • National Tax Losses
        • National Tax Credits
      • Working with National Tax Losses and Credits
        • Working with Movement of Data for Tax Losses and Credits
        • Use Case Example: Tax Automation
      • Total Additional Current Provision
  • Using Tax Automation for National Current Provision
  • Working with Permanent and Temporary Differences
    • Permanent Differences
    • Working with Temporary Differences
    • Entering National Temporary Differences
    • Example: Entering Opening Balances for Temporary Differences
  • Working with Acquisitions: National
    • Accessing Acquisitions Card
    • Using National Acquisitions Form
  • Working with National Deferred Tax
    • National Deferred Tax Row Headings
    • Classifying Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
      • Use Case Example: Deferred Tax Asset to Deferred Tax Liability Reclassification
    • Working with Deferred Tax Not Recognized (DTNR) for IFRS
    • Working with Tax Losses DTNR and Tax Credits DTNR
      • Enabling Tax Losses and Credits by Year of Expiration
      • Viewing the Tax Losses and Credits DTNR Forms
      • Working with Tax Losses and Tax Credits DTNR Forms
        • Working with Tax Losses DTNR Form
          • Tax Losses DTNR: Use Case Example
        • Working with Tax Credits DTNR Form
          • Tax Credits DTNR: Use Case Example
    • Working with Deferred Tax Post DTNR for IFRS
    • Working with Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss (P&L) Approach in Tax Reporting
      • Summarizing the Reporting Basis and Approach
      • Working with Balance Sheet Approach for Fixed Assets
        • Working with the Fixed Assets Form
          • Entering Fixed Assets
          • Using Tax Automation with Fixed Assets
      • Working with P&L Approach
      • Working with Deferred Tax Proof
        • Setting Metadata
        • Building Deferred Tax Proof Form
  • Working with Configurable Deferred Movement Members
    • Supporting Tax Automation for User-Configured Deferred Movements
      • Example Use Case
  • Working with Tax Rates
    • Entering Tax Rates
    • Calculating Parent Tax for National and Regional
      • Example Scenario: Calculating Parent Tax
  • Working with National FX Rates
    • FX Order of Precedence
    • Working with Global and Entity FX Rates
      • FX Rates Single Period
      • FX Rates Full Year
      • Reviewing FX Rates
    • Entering NIBT FX Override Rates
    • Enabling Weighted Average
      • Supporting Aggregate Weighted Average Amount Overrides
        • Working with Weighted Average Rate (WAR) Forms
    • Working with Weighted Average FX Override
      • Calculating the Weighted Average FX Rate Override for NIBT Accounts
      • Calculating the Weighted Average FX Rate Override for Other Tax and Book Accounts
    • Working with Amount Override and Rate Override
      • Migrating Legacy Amount and Rate Override Rates
      • Accessing Override Forms
      • Entering Foreign Exchange Rate and Amount Overrides for Historical Accounts
      • Applying FX Rate Account to a Book or a Tax Account
        • Setting up a FX Rate Override Account
        • Working with FX Rates – Global Account Override Forms
      • Applying Amount or Rate Override to a Tax Account
        • Working with Forms: FX Rates - Book Override and Tax Override Form
          • Example: Configuring FX Rate Override for Tax Account
          • Example: Configuring FX Amount Override for Tax Account
      • Updating User-Customized Artifacts After Amount and Rate FX Override Migration
        • Updating NIBT FX Override Rate Form
        • Updating FX Rates Override (Historical Override Book Accounts) Form
        • Updating NIBT FX Override WAR Form
        • Updating FX Rates - Expense Override - WAR Form
  • Working with RTA (Return to Accrual)
    • Defining RTA Automation Rules
    • Applying Prior Year Rate on RTA Amounts
    • Using RTA Actual Regional Deduction
      • Setting Up an Example Use Case for RTA Actual Regional Deduction
      • Example Use Case for RTA Actual Regional Deduction
    • Calculating RTA Deferred Tax
      • Adding Custom Attribute
      • Setting up Example Use Case for RTA Deferred Calculation
      • Example Use Case for RTA Deferred Calculation
    • Calculating RTA for Tax Losses and Credits
      • Example Use Case for Calculating Tax Losses and Credits
  • Working with Tax Account RollForward (TAR)
    • Working with Tax Account RollForward (TAR)
      • Working with Current Tax Payable Forms
        • Entering Current Tax Payable (National) Form
        • Managing Current Tax Payable Automated and Detail Forms
    • Customizing Tax Account RollForward (TAR)
  • Working with the Statutory and Consolidated Effective Tax Rate
    • Entering the Consolidated EffectiveTax Rate
  • Working with the Statutory and Consolidated Effective Tax Rates Using IFRS Reporting
    • Consolidated ETR IFRS Overview Dashboard
    • Working with the Consolidated Effective Tax Rate Using IFRS Reporting
  • Entering the Consolidated Tax Rates IFRS
  • Overriding the Consolidated ETR IFRS Tax Rates by Entity
  • Data Status and Validation
    • Reviewing Calculation Status
    • Differentiating Between Data Status of Hybrid and Non-Hybrid Applications
    • Validating the National ETR
    • Validating the Regional ETR Calculation
    • Validating the Total Tax Combined
  • Overriding Opening Balance to Create Forecast and Budget Scenarios
• 13 Working with Regional Tax Process
  • Using Tax Automation for Regional Current Provision
  • Working with Regional Current Provision
    • Reviewing the Regional Overview Dashboard
    • Working with the Regional Current Provision Form
      • Net Income Before Tax
      • Permanent and Temporary Differences
      • Deductible Regional and Other Taxes, and Reversals
      • Regional Detailed Tax Losses and Credits
        • Regional Tax Losses
        • Regional Tax Credits
        • Additional Provision Items
      • Working with Regional Tax Losses and Credits
        • Working with Movement of Data for Tax Losses and Credits - Regional
        • Use Case Example: Tax Automation Regional
    • Entering Regional Temporary Differences
    • Working with Regional Deferred Tax
      • Reclassifying Total Deferred Expense Regional to Equity
        • Reclassifying: Examples
    • Working with Regional Tax Rates
    • Working with Regional FX Rates
      • Entering Regional FX Rates Single Period
      • Entering Regional FX Rates Full Year
      • Reviewing Regional FX Rates
  • Working with Regional RTA (Return to Accrual)
  • Working with Acquisitions: Regional
    • Accessing Regional Acquisitions Card
    • Using Regional Acquisitions Form
  • Working with Regional Tax Account RollForward (TAR)
    • Working with Current Tax Payable Regional Forms
      • Entering Current Tax Payable Regional Form
      • Managing Current Tax Payable Regional Automated and Detail Forms
  • Customizing Regional Tax Account RollForward (TAR)
  • Working with the Regional Statutory Effective Tax Rate
• 14 Managing Tax Loss/Credit by Year of Expiration
  • Accessing Tax Losses/Credits Expiration Forms
  • Working with Tax Losses/Credits Expiration Forms
  • Example Use Cases
    • Use Case 1: Year of Expiration as No Expiration
    • Use Case 2: Year of Expiration with a Year < (start year of application + 20 years)
    • Use Case 3: Year of Expiration with a Year > (start year of application + 20 years)
    • Use Case 4: Year of Expiration for Parent Account
    • Use Case 5: Year of Expiration for Parent Multi-GAAP
• 15 Working with Filing Groups
  • Working with Unitary, Combined, Consolidated, and Separate US Federal and State Provision Configuration
• 16 Working with Interim Tax Provisioning
  • Interim Tax Provisioning Overview
  • Calculating Annualized Estimated Effective Tax Rate (AEETR)
    • Managing AEETR
      • Identifying Interim Scenario
      • Identifying Global AEETR Entity
      • Example Use Case
    • Generating Interim Tax Provision
    • Excluding Loss Entities from Interim Provision
    • Setting up TAR Automation Journal Entry
    • Configuring Use Case
    • Applying Forecasted AEETR in Interim Provision
• 17 Configuring Tax Analytics
  • Analyzing Constant Currency
• 18 Working with Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR)
  • Setting the CbCR Parent Entity
  • CbC Reporting Data Entry Tables
    • Preparing Data Entry Table 1
    • Working on Automated Entries in CbC Reporting
    • Entering CbCR FX Override Rates
    • Customizing CbCR Table 1
    • Preparing Data Entry Table 2
    • Entering Further Information
    • Preparing the Constituent Entity Information
  • CbC Reporting Summary
    • Generating the Summary Table 1
    • Preparing Summary Table 1 Details by Jurisdiction
    • Preparing Summary Table 2
  • Filing CbC Reports
    • Preparing the Message Specification
    • Preparing the Reporting Entity Information
    • Preparing the Jurisdictional Document Specification
    • Preparing Table 3 for Filing
  • CbCR Risk Assessment Dashboards
    • Using the Risk Assessment Dashboard
    • Reviewing Risk Assessment Ratios
    • Available Risk Assessment Ratios
  • Reviewing CbCR Data Status
  • Validating and Submitting CbC Reports
• 19 Working with Entity Classification
  • Introducing Entity Classification
  • Working with Pillar Two Entity Classification Forms
  • Validating Pillar Two Entity Classification Form
  • Working with Entity Rules
• 20 Reviewing and Approving Data
  • About Approvals
  • Viewing Approval Units
  • Approval Unit Actions by Template
  • Approval Users and Available Actions
  • Approval Unit Status
  • Validating Approval Units
  • Changing Approval Unit Status
  • Approval Unit Ownership
  • Adding or Viewing Approval Unit Annotations
  • Setting Up Email for Approvals Notification
  • Selecting an Alternate Reviewer
• 21 Working with the Library
  • Using the Library
  • Accessing Forms
  • Accessing Dashboards
  • Assigning Permission to Forms and Dashboards
  • Working with Reports
    • Working with Reports Solution
      • Managing Folders and Reports
      • Searching for Folders or Reports in Cloud EPM
      • Migrating Reports from Financial Reporting
    • Viewing Financial Reports
    • Displaying the POV Member Selector for a Report
    • Generating Task Manager Reports
    • Creating Supplemental Data Reports
    • Managing Intercompany Reports
      • Setting Up Intercompany Reports
        • Selecting the Point of View for Intercompany Reports
        • Selecting Accounts for Intercompany Reports
        • Selecting Suppression Dimensions
        • Selecting Suppression Options (Blank Columns and Matches)
          • Usecase Examples: Suppressing Blank Columns and Matches
        • Selecting Display Options
      • Creating Intercompany Reports
• 22 Working with Task Manager
  • Task Manager Overview
  • Working with Tasks
    • Accessing Tasks
      • Viewing Tasks from the Home Page
      • Viewing the Worklist for Task Manager and Supplemental Data Manager
      • Viewing Tasks from the Schedule Tasks Page
    • Updating Task Information
      • Viewing Task Properties
      • Viewing Instructions
      • Viewing Task Alerts
      • Viewing Team Workflow for a Task
      • Viewing Task Attributes
      • Viewing Task Questions
      • Adding, Editing, and Deleting Comments for Tasks
      • Viewing Related Tasks
      • Viewing Parameters
      • Viewing Task History
    • Managing Tasks
      • Submitting Tasks
      • Approving or Rejecting Tasks
      • Claiming or Releasing Tasks
      • Reassigning Tasks
      • Reopening Tasks
      • Canceling Tasks
      • Setting Tasks to Force Close Status
    • Working with Tasks in Smart View
      • Creating Connections to the Smart View Extensions
      • Updating Tasks from Smart View
• 23 Working with Supplemental Data
  • Supplemental Data Process Overview
  • Working with Supplemental Data Forms
    • Accessing Supplemental Data Forms
      • Viewing Supplemental Data Forms from the Home Page
      • Viewing the Worklist for Task Manager and Supplemental Data Manager
      • Viewing Forms from the Supplemental Data Tasks
    • Updating Supplemental Data Forms
      • Viewing Form Properties
      • Viewing Instructions
      • Viewing Alerts
      • Viewing Workflow
      • Viewing Form Questions
      • Viewing and Adding Comments into Forms
      • Viewing Form History
    • Managing Supplemental Data Forms
      • Creating Supplemental Data Ad-Hoc Forms
      • Submitting, Approving, Rejecting, or Posting Supplemental Data Forms
      • Viewing Supplemental Data Forms
      • Saving Supplemental Data Views
      • Entering Data into Supplemental Data Forms
      • Searching for Records in Supplemental Data Forms
      • Deleting All Records in Detail Sections
    • Working with Supplemental Data Forms in Smart View
      • Creating Connections to the Smart View Extensions
      • Updating Supplemental Data Forms in Smart View
  • Viewing Data in the Supplemental Data Analysis Dashboard
  • Bulk Loading of Data into Collections
• 24 Working with Alerts
  • Creating Alerts
  • Updating Alerts
  • Creating an Alert on a Schedule
  • Creating an Alert on a Supplemental Data Form
  • Alert Actions
  • Viewing Alerts from Alert List
  • Deleting Alerts
• 25 Working with Views and Filters
  • Working with Filters
    • About Filters
    • Viewing the Existing Saved Filters
    • Creating a New Filter
    • Using the Filter Bar to Adjust Your View
    • Clearing Filter Conditions
    • Removing a Filter
    • Editing a Filter
    • Duplicating a Filter
    • Saving a Filter
    • Applying a Saved Filter
    • Deleting a Filter
    • Displaying Columns for Filters
    • Reordering Columns for Filters
  • Working with Views
    • About Views
      • About Filtering Data in Views
    • Working With List Views
      • About List Views
      • Customizing the List View
      • Task Manager Example: Customizing the List View for Schedule Tasks
      • Supplemental Data Manager Example: Customizing the List View for Supplemental Data Tasks
    • Working with Pivot Views
      • About Pivot Views
      • Customizing a Pivot View
        • Setting Pivot View Properties
        • Setting Pivot View Layout
        • Specifying Pivot View Columns
      • Example: Viewing Organizational Units Based on Task Status
      • Example: Grouping Templates to Display Supplemental Data Forms Based on Status
    • Working with Chart Views
      • Overview of Chart Views
        • About Chart Views
        • About Chart View Properties
        • Types of Chart Views
      • Creating Chart Views
        • Setting the Chart Layout
        • Setting the Chart Axis
        • Setting the Chart Legend
      • Example: Creating a Chart to Display Task Status by Month
      • Example: Creating a Chart to Display Plan versus Actual End Date
      • Example: Creating a Chart to Display Task Execution by Organization Unit
      • Example: Creating a Chart to Display Forms and their Status
      • Example: Creating a Chart to Display Period and Status (with Description) of the Form Template
    • Working With Gantt Chart Views
    • Working With Calendar Views
    • Saving Views
    • Editing Saved Views
    • Setting a Default View
• 26 Working with Dashboards
  • Dashboard Overview
  • Task Overview Dashboard
  • Compliance Dashboards
  • Working With Operational Dashboards
    • Overview of Operational Dashboards
    • Viewing and Opening Operational Dashboards
• A IPM Insights Metrics
  • IQR (Interquartile Range)
  • MAD (Mean Absolute Deviation)
  • MAPE (Mean Absolute Percentage Error)
  • ME (Mean Error)
  • Modified Z-Score
  • MPE (Mean Percentage Error)
  • RMSE (Root Mean Squared Error)
  • RPD (Relative Percentage Difference)
  • Standard Variance
  • TOTD (Total Deviation)
  • TOTPD (Total Percentage Difference )
  • Z-Score
  • Impact Magnitude Thresholds