Activate Plants Abroad

Use

This function lets you do your tax returns for plants in foreign countries without having to create a separate
company code for these plants.

Note

If you activate this function, you will have to make various tax settings again and may have to make a number
of changes to the old settings.

Requirements

Plants abroad cannot be actual plant locations in foreign countries.

Activities

1. Activate the Plants abroad function by selecting Plants abroad active.

Some new fields become activated once you set this function. You enter them in the following activities:

1. In the Define Countries activity in the Global Settings IMG, you have to enter:

o Country currency for the tax return

o Exchange rate type (usually "M")

o Indicators for the tax base and cash discount base

2. In the Define Tax Codes for Sales and Purchases activity, you have to enter the Reporting
country for the tax codes by choosing Properties.
3. You make the remaining settings in the Define VAT Registration Numbers for Plants Abroad
activity.

Note

For more information, see the FI General Topics documentation in the SAP Library.
Country for Tax Return
If the tax return is not to go to the tax authorities of the company code country, then here you can enter a
country key which differs from the company code country.

Notes
You can only use this field if the "Plants abroad" flag is active.