Field descriptions: Tax

This page describes the fields on the Tax page. The fields are listed in alphabetical order.

Field Description
Legal mention Description that displays on the sales report for the invoice. This is a translatable field.
Legislation Displays the legislation for the tax rate.
Name

Displays the name for the tax rate.

Posting class Posting class to define the account for posting.
Primary external reference Required to define the tax profile. This is used when posting to the journal. For French legislation, these should match the names in Sage FRP 1000.
Reverse charge Select if the tax rate is for a reverse charge. The tax is calculated on the document not including the totals. It is automatically included in the associated journal.
Secondary external reference Required to define the reverse tax profile in Sage FRP 1000. This is used when posting to the journal for a French company that makes a purchase from another EU Member State. For French legislation, these should match the names in Sage FRP 1000.
Tax category Displays the tax category linked to the tax rate.

Tax values grid

If you enter an end date, this line and the rate associated are used until the end date is reached. In most cases for a current rate, the end date is not known, and the end date is not specified. The corresponding record appears on the top of the grid because it is the one that is used for a document created on the current date.

Column Description
Deductible tax rate Amount related to purchases. In some cases, the tax is not completely deductible and this rate provides the deductible percentage for the tax.
End date You can enter an end date for a specific rate.
Rate This field displays the percent for the tax rate.