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Defining default tax codes

You can define default tax codes for your suppliers using master data, so default tax codes are applied to header and line-item fields during verification.

You can define default tax codes for your suppliers using master data, so default tax codes are applied to header and line-item fields during verification.

This topic describes how to define the default tax code associated with each supplier. To define the tax codes themselves, use generic master data.

To make use of this feature:

  1. Make sure these fields are defined in your document type. You can add the fields if they are not already defined.
    • TaxCode
    • LIT_TaxCode
  2. Include the TaxCode element in your supplier master data and populate these elements with the default tax codes that you want to use. You can also edit default tax code values in the Edit supplier dialog.
  3. Enable Supplier tax code in the Validation service at the partner level.
  4. Enable Supplier tax code in the Rules settings of the document type in the Extraction service.

    After you complete these steps and the master data is updated, default tax codes are applied to the header and line-item fields of new documents that enter the system.