Setting up sales tax codes

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Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Every company collects and pays taxes to various tax authorities. The rules and rates vary by country/region, state, county, and city. In addition, the rules must be updated periodically when tax authorities change their requirements.

Sales tax codes contain the basic information about how much you collect and pay to the authorities. When you set up sales tax codes, you define the amounts or percentages that must be collected. You also define the various methods by which those amounts or percentages are applied to transaction amounts.

The topics in this section provide information about how to set up sales tax codes for the methods and rates that your tax authorities require.

About the Marginal base field

About the sales tax calculation methods in the Origin field

About the Whole amount and Interval options for sales tax codes

Set up and use sales tax codes

Create various kinds of sales tax codes

Set up a sales tax on a sales tax

Set up packing duty taxes for packing materials

(MEX) Set up tax report category

(NOR) Attach reporting codes to sales tax codes

(SGP) Set up tax codes for GST reporting