Tax with SAP S/4HANA - Configuration and Determination

Tax compliance is critical. Get the concrete guidance you need for direct and indirect taxes in SAP S/4HANA with this book! See how to configure standard tax settings such as tax codes, plants abroad, and exchange rates. Follow step-by-step instructions for indirect tax determination, get direct tax up and running, and learn about tax reporting and monitoring requirements. With coverage of add-ons and custom coding, this is your comprehensive guide to global tax!

In this book, you'll learn about:

a. Configuration
Tailor tax settings to your exact specifications. Learn how to customize standard settings for financial accounting, sales and distribution, and materials management.

b. Direct and Indirect Taxes
Walk through tax determination, step by step. Set up indirect tax determination for purchasing, sales, and special processes. Learn about the direct tax process and configure key settings for ledgers, withholding tax, general ledger accounts, and more.

c. Reporting and Monitoring
Understand your reporting and monitoring requirements. Explore standardized tax reporting, see how tax monitoring fits into the tax control framework, and use solutions like SAP Document and Reporting Compliance and SAP Tax Compliance.

Highlights include:

1) Organizational structure
2) Configuration
3) Indirect tax determination
4) Direct tax
5) Condition logic
6) Tax reporting
7) Tax monitoring
8) User exits
9) Tax engines

List of contents

... Preface ... 13

... Objective of This Book ... 13

... Readers of This Book ... 14

... Structure of This Book ... 14

... Acknowledgments ... 16

1 ... Introduction to Taxes with SAP S/4HANA ... 17

1.1 ... The Tax Function ... 17

1.2 ... The Tax Operating Model and SAP S/4HANA ... 22

1.3 ... Taxes with SAP S/4HANA ... 30

1.4 ... Getting Started with SAP S/4HANA ... 47

1.5 ... End-to-End Processes ... 55

1.6 ... Summary ... 60

2 ... Indirect and Direct Tax Requirements ... 61

2.1 ... Indirect Tax ... 61

2.2 ... Direct Taxes ... 86

2.3 ... Summary ... 95

3 ... Basic Settings in SAP S/4HANA ... 97

3.1 ... Financial Accounting ... 97

3.2 ... Sales and Distribution and Materials Management ... 133

3.3 ... Integration of SAP Modules in Tax Determination ... 160

3.4 ... Smart Forms ... 170

3.5 ... Summary ... 173

4 ... Indirect Tax Determination in SAP S/4HANA ... 175

4.1 ... Condition Logic in SAP ... 175

4.2 ... Indirect Tax Determination in Purchasing ... 198

4.3 ... Indirect Tax Determination in Sales ... 208

4.4 ... Special Indirect Tax Transactions ... 217

4.5 ... Summary ... 249

5 ... Indirect Tax Engines and Add-Ons ... 251

5.1 ... SAP Condition Logic ... 251

5.2 ... Add-Ons ... 253

5.3 ... Tax Service with SAP ... 253

5.4 ... External Tax Engines ... 256

5.5 ... Decision Support for Vendor Selection ... 258

5.6 ... Summary ... 260

6 ... Custom Coding for Indirect Taxes ... 261

6.1 ... ABAP Basics for Indirect Tax ... 262

6.2 ... User Exits for Tax Determination in Sales ... 266

6.3 ... Customer Exits for Tax Determination in Purchasing ... 280

6.4 ... Summary ... 289

7 ... Direct Taxes in SAP S/4HANA ... 291

7.1 ... Direct Tax Basics ... 291

7.2 ... Organizational Structures ... 295

7.3 ... Master Data ... 317

7.4 ... Tax Tagging ... 322

7.5 ... Direct Tax Data Analytics and Monitoring ... 326

7.6 ... Direct Tax Filing and Reporting ... 332

7.7 ... Direct Tax Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud ... 340

7.8 ... Summary ... 347

8 ... Managing Transfer Prices in SAP S/4HANA ... 349

8.1 ... Operational Transfer Pricing ... 349

8.2 ... Transfer Price Calculation ... 357

8.3 ... Transfer Price Determination ... 364

8.4 ... Transfer Price Monitoring and Adjustments ... 364

8.5 ... Transfer Price Reporting and Simulation ... 371

8.6 ... Transfer Price Testing and Compliance ... 373

8.7 ... Summary ... 377

9 ... Tax Reporting in SAP S/4HANA ... 379

9.1 ... Worldwide Tax Reporting Requirements ... 379

9.2 ... Standardized Tax Reporting in SAP ... 385

9.3 ... SAP Document and Reporting Compliance for SAP S/4HANA ... 398

9.4 ... Summary ... 412

10 ... Tax Monitoring in SAP S/4HANA ... 413

10.1 ... Why Monitor Tax? ... 413

10.2 ... Tax Monitoring Requirements ... 417

10.3 ... Tax Control Framework ... 419

10.4 ... SAP Solutions for Indirect Tax Monitoring ... 424

10.5 ... Monitoring with SAP Tax Compliance ... 429

10.6 ... Summary ... 438

... Appendices ... 439

A ... Europe ... 441

B ... India ... 461

C ... North America ... 465

D ... The Authors ... 473

... Index ... 475

About the author

Michael Fuhr is a certified tax advisor with a business informatics background and co-leads the tax technology practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Germany and PwC Europe. He is partner in the indirect tax practice of PwC in Germany and focuses on the integration of indirect tax requirements in SAP solutions and operational tax control frameworks. Together with his team at PwC, he delivers end-to-end tax technology solutions that enable data-based tax management for multinationals and regional clients. Michael and his colleagues of the Institute for Digitalization in Tax Law (IDSt) support the adoption of the VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) EU initiative in Germany.Dirk Heyne works as a partner in the Big Four. He advises clients during the transformation and digitization of their tax function and its integration with the finance function. One of his focus areas is the support of the tax function during SAP S/4HANA transformation projects. The use cases span tax data management across operational transfer pricing to the implementation of BEPS 2.0 requirements. Dirk is a certified tax advisor and a certified public accountant in Germany. Beyond that, he holds a PhD from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science as well as two master’s degrees in engineering and business engineering from the Technical University Munich.Nadine Teichelmann is a senior consultant in the EY indirect tax technology practice based in Munich, Germany. In this role, she advises multinational clients on the digitization of their tax department. With her degree in business informatics and her upcoming PhD in tax technology, Nadine’s core focus is on the technical and business process side of indirect tax implementation projects in SAP S/4HANA.Ferhat Tuncer is a partner in EY’s EMEIA Platform, Solutions & Intelligence practice and the solution owner of Tax Risk & Control for SAP, a rapid deployment solution for SAP Tax Compliance and other SAP applications. He supported the development of SAP Tax Compliance in 2016 and developed tax rule content for the world’s first SAP Tax Compliance implementation with BASF SE as well as with many other clients. Together with his team, he specializes in the development of tax innovations around SAP-integrated applications and the implementation of SAP global tax management solutions.Jan Walter is a tax partner in the EY Business Tax Practice, and he is based in Munich, Germany. As an SAP S/4HANA expert, Jan supports tax functions in transformation projects to identify, address, and manage direct tax requirements in SAP. He has more than 15 years of professional experience in tax operating model transformation, direct tax-enabled ERPs, and tax compliance management and reporting. Jan has been the project lead for several tax technology and transformation projects, and he has been responsible for the development of various SAP-based tax applications.

Summary

Tax compliance is critical. Get the concrete guidance you need for direct and indirect taxes in SAP S/4HANA with this book! See how to configure standard tax settings such as tax codes, plants abroad, and exchange rates. Follow step-by-step instructions for indirect tax determination, get direct tax up and running, and learn about tax reporting and monitoring requirements. With coverage of add-ons and custom coding, this is your comprehensive guide to global tax!

In this book, you’ll learn about:

a. Configuration
Tailor tax settings to your exact specifications. Learn how to customize standard settings for financial accounting, sales and distribution, and materials management.

b. Direct and Indirect Taxes
Walk through tax determination, step by step. Set up indirect tax determination for purchasing, sales, and special processes. Learn about the direct tax process and configure key settings for ledgers, withholding tax, general ledger accounts, and more.

c. Reporting and Monitoring
Understand your reporting and monitoring requirements. Explore standardized tax reporting, see how tax monitoring fits into the tax control framework, and use solutions like SAP Document and Reporting Compliance and SAP Tax Compliance.

Highlights include:

1) Organizational structure
2) Configuration
3) Indirect tax determination
4) Direct tax
5) Condition logic
6) Tax reporting
7) Tax monitoring
8) User exits
9) Tax engines

Product details

• Authors: Michael Fuhr, Dirk Heyne, Nadine Teichelmann, Nadine et a Teichelmann, Ferhat Tuncer, Jan Walter, Jan M. Walter
• Publisher: Rheinwerk Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.01.2023
• EAN: 9781493222452
• ISBN: 978-1-4932-2245-2
• No. of pages: 506
• Dimensions: 186 mm x 33 mm x 263 mm
• Weight: 1191 g
• Series: SAP PRESS Englisch
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; SAP S4 HANA Finance, SAP S4/HANA Finance, SAP S/4 HANA Finance, SAP S4HANA Finance, Tax reporting, Direct tax, Indirect tax determination, Tax engine, Condition logic, Indirect tax monitoring