Introduction To Determination

INTRODUCTION TO DETERMINATION
ONESOURCE Indirect Tax

2015
Presenter
Michael J. Lawler
Manager, Indirect Tax Consulting
Thomson Reuters Indirect Tax
© 2015 Thomson Reuters/ONESOURCE. All rights reserved.

Welcome!
Thank you for attending today’s session. Your participation

is greatly appreciated.
This virtual instructor-led class is intended to provide you
with a basic understanding of ONESOURCE Indirect Tax
Determination. Topics include creating companies and user
roles, testing tax calculations in the workbench, using
TransEditors, product qualifiers and rule qualifiers, and
running reports.

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Course Agenda
• Course Introduction
• Module One: Introduction to Determination
• Module Two: Companies, Users, and Roles
• Module Three: Running Tax Calculations
• Module Four: Zones, Establishments, and Registrations
• Module Five: Exemptions and Licenses
• Module Six: Products
• Module Seven: Product Qualifiers

Course Agenda (cont.)
• Module Eight: Reports

• Module Nine: TransEditors and Rule Qualifiers
• Course Summary

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
• Describe at least three key benefits of the Global
Application Suite.
• Discuss key features, components and processes in
Determination with users, implementers, developers and
support staff using a consistent, common language.
• Complete basic system and tax configuration tasks in
Determination.
• Access Thomson Reuters resources such as the Online
Help and Customer Support.

Module One: Introduction to Determination
Module One Objectives
Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:
• Summarize the purpose of Determination.
• Identify the six components of the Global Application
Suite.
• List at least three key benefits of Determination.

Key Terms (1 of 3)
• Global Application Suite: Contains the following
components: Determination, Integrations, Tax Content,
ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Reporting, Tax Certificate
Manager, and Compliance
• Determination: Application that calculates tax based on
your company’s configuration and Determination Content
• Integration: Software that facilitates the communication
of data between Determination and your ERP system

Key Terms (2 of 3)
• Tax Content: Standard tax data for over 174 countries
and 14,000 taxing authorities around the world, including
sales, use, value-added and specialty taxes; updated
monthly by the Thomson Reuters Tax Research
Department.
• ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Reporting: Application that
enables you to create period close, reconciliation, VAT
reporting and audit reports for your transaction data

Key Terms (3 of 3)
• Tax Certificate Manager (TCM): Coordinates, directs,
stores and verifies anything tax-exempt oriented; TCM
can push data into Determination or be used as a highly
sophisticated organizational and customer service
center.
• ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Compliance: A web-based
system that fully automates the preparation of sales and
use tax returns; includes computation, returns printing,
check requests, prepayments, reporting
and e-filing.

Why Determination?
For any business that sells and distributes a good or
service, filing a compliant tax return on those transactions
is paramount. Having timely and accurate tax content
coupled with a system that can process any number of tax
scenarios to automatically calculate a correct tax result is a
significant benefit and time saver for any business.
Determination touches several key points in two common
business processes: Purchase to Pay and Order to Cash.

Purchase-to-Pay Process
Tax Call to
Determination
(No Audit)
Audit tax Call to
Determination

Order-to-Cash Process
Tax Call to
Determination
(No Audit) Audit tax Call to
Determination

Calculating Tax
Determination contains standard tax content from multiple
countries, states/provinces, jurisdictions, and other taxing
authorities.
Because of this robust tax content, Determination is able to
calculate tax for a variety of situations, all over the world.
Sales tax, use tax and value-added tax (VAT) can all be
calculated using Determination.

US Sales and Use Tax
• Sales Tax
– Tax on sales of a good or service that the seller is obligated to
collect at the time of the transaction.
• Seller’s Use Tax

– Tax on sales of a good or service that the seller is obligated to
collect after the sale if the goods are delivered (or the service is
performed) in a location where sales tax would normally be
remitted.
• Consumer’s Use Tax

– Tax on sales of a good or service that the consumer is obligated
to pay after the sale if the good or service will be enjoyed in a
location where sales tax would normally apply.

VAT
VAT rules and names vary around the world. At a high
level, it is a tax assessed on the value added to goods or
services bought within a VAT “community,” such as a
country (Brazil), or a group of countries (the European
Union). It applies not just at the point-of-sale, like a sales
tax, but at all steps involved in the production and
distribution of a good or service.
Imports are also often subject to
VAT, while goods sold for export
outside of the community may
not be.

Enterprise Resource Planning Software (ERP)
Enterprise Resource Planning Software

• Takes orders
• Tracks inventory
• Handles purchasing and invoicing
ERP
(Oracle, SAP, etc.)

ERP Business Case
Enterprise Resource Planning Software

• Takes orders
• Tracks inventory
• Handles purchasing and invoicing
ERP needs to calculate and report tax rates.

• Tax laws differ between cities, counties, states,
ERP and countries.
(Oracle, SAP, etc.) • Corporations need to pay the correct taxes to the
proper government authority, using the proper
forms.
• Tax laws and tax forms are constantly changing.

Determination
Determination =
ERP Super Calculator

Integration
Integration = Determination
ERP Application used to
transmit information

Tax Content
Integration Determination Tax Content

ERP Ensures all tax
data is up-to-date

Determination Components

ERP

Global Application Suite

ERP
Reporting Tax Certificate Compliance

Manager
Output

ERP

Manager
Key Benefits
Determination offers several key benefits, including:
• Integration with your company’s ERP system, which
allows you to configure and record tax data seamlessly.
• A secure and stable platform based on industry-standard
technologies and protocols.
• Tax calculations for over 174 countries and 14,000 taxing
authorities around the world, include sales, use, value-
added and specialty taxes.

Checkpoint
1. What are two components of the Global Application
Suite?
2. What is one key benefit of Determination?

Standard and Custom Data Elements
Two types of XML data elements are supported by
Determination.
• Standard Data Elements
– Minimal amount of data required to perform tax calculations
– Provided by a standard connection
– Examples include locations, company codes, invoice dates and
numbers, product codes
• Custom Data Elements

– Customer-provided data
– Developed through additional configuration of both the ERP and
Determination
– Examples include cost centers, sales organizations, GL account
numbers
Sample Data Map
Standard Data Elements
Custom Data Elements

Invoice and Line-level Elements
Two types of standard and custom data elements can be
submitted in Determination.
• Invoice Elements
– Acts as a “header” for all line-data elements.
– Example: The INVOICE.INVOICE_DATE element would cascade
down to all lines on the invoice.
• Line-level Elements
– Applies only to a specific line on an invoice.
– Example: The LINE.PRODUCT_CODE element would only affect
that invoice line; additional product codes could then be entered
for subsequent lines on the same invoice.

Processing Flow of Tax Determination
TransEditors Allocations Locations Determine Product

Date Mapping

Thomson Reuters Delivers
Reporting
Tax transaction and configuration reports
Thomson Reuters Delivers Workbench

Tool for testing and planning
Currency Conversion
Logic for handling currency exchange requirements
UOM
Logic and rules to convert transaction UOM to Reporting UOM
Date Determination
Tax logic and rule for tax exchange rate, tax point, and tax determination
Complex Transaction Logic

Cross-border, max tax, triangulation, and VAT recoverability
Product Taxability
Product exemptions and reduced-rated items
Taxing Authorities with Rates and Rules

US, International, federal, state, local rates and rules
Zones, Zone Aliases

US, International jurisdictions and ability to set aliases

Thomson Reuters Enables
Reports
CSV, Excel and PDF
Thomson Reuters Enables TransEditors

If/then tool for modifying transaction data
Custom and Contributing Authorities

Industry-specific excise taxes (fuel, alcohol, etc.) and fees
Custom Rules
Define rules based on any element in a transaction
Custom Rates
Configuration to override tax rates, basis percentage, etc.
Establishments and Registrations

Maintain US nexus, VAT, GST, etc. registrations
Exemption Certificate and License Management

Maintain customer certs and company certs and licenses
Custom Product Exemptions

Maintain and manage your company’s specific product taxability
Compliance
OSU Web standardizes and accelerates the VAT-compliance process

Checkpoint (1 of 2)
What is the name of the tool used for planning and testing?
Reporting
Workbench
Currency Conversion
UOM
Date Determination
Product Taxability
Taxing Authorities Rates and Rules
Zones and Zone Aliases

Checkpoint (2 of 2)
Which of these features enables Determination to handle
scenarios like cross-border transactions, max tax,
triangulation, and VAT recoverability?
Reporting
Workbench
Currency Conversion
UOM
Date Determination
Product Taxability
Taxing Authorities Rates and Rules
Zones and Zone Aliases

Module One Summary
You have completed module one. You should now be able
to:
• Detail key benefits of Determination.

• Describe, at a high level, how Determination
communicates with your ERP system.
• List the six primary components of the Global Application
Suite.
• Explain what data elements are and list two examples.

Module Two: Companies, Users, and Roles
Module Two Objectives
• Differentiate between parent and child companies.
• Differentiate between a user and user role.
• Log on to Determination and use tips and tricks to
navigate more efficiently.

Key Terms (1 of 2)
• Parent Company: Entity, organization, or figurehead that
maintains master data shared among child transacting
companies
• Child Company: Entity (such as a division, branch, or
geographical location) that receives its master data from
the parent company
• Tax Data Provider: Determination company that provides
default data for authorities, rules, rates, products, and
other tax-specific data that is generic across
all transacting company environments

Key Terms (2 of 2)
• Custom Data Provider: Determination company that
shares its company configuration (such as custom
products, rules, and rates) with child companies in the
system
• User: Account in Determination that enables access to
one or more companies
• Role: Pre-defined list detailing what Determination pages
can be accessed by a user, and what actions a user can
take on those pages
• Cascading User Role: Role which, when granted for a
user on a parent company, enables that user to have the
same role on all of that parent’s child companies
What is a “Company”?
A “company” is defined as any
physical, legal or logical entity set
up to meet business needs.

Inheriting Parent Company Information
Parent
company
Child
companies

Setting up a Company
Consider how your company shares tax data internally and
what reports your company needs.
Reports
Legal Entity #1 Legal Entity #2 Legal Entity #3

Checkpoint
1. Can parent companies inherit data from child
companies?
2. How many companies can you create in Determination?

Users and User Roles
In Determination, users are defined through user roles.
Administrator Auditor Certificate Report

Manager Console
User

Single Sign-On
Users can be assigned to one or more companies,
including child companies.

Exercises
Exercise 2.0:
Log on to Determination

Tips and Tricks
• Refresh button
• Back button
• Find tool (magnifying glass)
• Wild card searches
• Auto-completion
• Date tool for date selection
• Quicklinks

Module Two Summary
You have completed module two. You should now be able
to:
• Differentiate between parent and child companies.
• Differentiate between a user and user role.
• Log on to Determination and use tips and tricks to
navigate more efficiently.

Module Three: Running Tax Calculations
Module Three Objectives
• List two benefits of the Determination Workbench.
• Demonstrate how to run a simple tax calculation using the
Workbench.

Determination Workbench
The Determination Workbench allows you to model and
test your company’s configuration. You can enter sample
transactions and run them through the Workbench to
ensure they are functioning as intended.
When you run a transaction, Determination returns detailed
line-by-line information showing you if the transaction
succeeded or failed, what occurred while the transaction
was processing, and whether or not there were any errors.

Determination Workbench Benefits
• A convenient tool that allows you to easily understand
and assess tax implications associated with a transaction.
• A quick, efficient way to run transactions that determine
details about a company’s tax policies as configured in
the system.
• Risk management – testing transactions first helps to
minimize data loss or errors in transactions.

Exercises
Exercise 3.0:
Run Multi-line Calculation
on the Workbench

Checkpoint (1 of 3)
1. Transactions from your ERP application create

scenarios in the Workbench: true or false?
2. What is one benefit of the Determination Workbench?

Checkpoint (2 of 3)
3. What button should you push to view tax calculation

information?

Checkpoint (3 of 3)
4. What button or tabs would you select to enter line level

Ship To address information?

Module Three Summary
You have completed module three. You should now be
able to:
• List two benefits of the Determination Workbench.
• Demonstrate how to calculate tax using the Determination
Workbench.

Module Four: Zones, Establishments, and
Registrations
Module Four Objectives
• Describe what a zone is and how it is structured.
• Define the term “nexus.”
• Differentiate between an establishment and a registration
with a tax authority.
• Detail what comprises a tax authority and list two
examples.

Zones, Establishments, and Registrations
TransEditors

Key Terms (1 of 2)
• Zone: A geographical segmentation of the world to which
taxing authorities are mapped
• Authority: A governmental body that is charged with
assessing or collecting tax
• Zone Authorities: The mapping of authorities to a zone;
each zone can have one or more authorities mapped to it
and each authority can appear in multiple zones (this
defines the jurisdiction of the authority)

Key Terms (2 of 2)
• Establishments: The presence of your company within a
particular authority that causes you to have nexus for that
authority/establishment
• Registrations: A document that states you are registered
with an authority and may have potential tax liabilities for
transactions involving an address in that jurisdiction

What is a “Zone”?
In Determination, a “zone” is a segmented geographical
area of the world (such as country, province, state, or city).
Each authority is mapped to one or more zones. These tax
authorities may tax transactions taking place within that
zone.
Zones follow a hierarchy. The top-level zone is the world,
while second-level zones include countries. The hierarchy
then narrows to provinces or states, counties and parishes,
cities, districts, postal or Zip codes and, finally, to Zip+4.

Nexus
When a company has a presence in a jurisdiction, that
company is often considered to have “nexus” by the tax
authorities. When a company has nexus, it generates
potential tax obligations for transactions involving
addresses in the related authority.
Nexus in the US is determined by established zone and
authority data. Note that the term nexus itself is primarily
used within the US.

Exercises
Exercise 4.0:
Test an Establishment

Checkpoint
1. Within Determination, what is the name of a
geographical segmentation of the world to which a
taxing authorities is mapped?
2. Shipping into an authority will always cause your

company to have nexus in that authority: true or false?
3. Established authorities can only be set

at the Zone level: true or false?

Registrations
For international tax calculations, registration information
can play a key role in determining a company’s tax liability
for a given transaction.
To do business in a particular country, your company is
instructed to register and receive a registration number.
Determination uses this number to evaluate international
tax and reporting requirements in any transaction, no
matter what role your company plays (buyer, seller,
middleman, etc.).

Exercises
Exercise 4.1:
Test Registration in Canada
Exercise 4.2:
Create VAT Registration

Checkpoint
1. Are registration numbers necessary for tax calculation
in the US?
2. If a company has a registration number for an authority

configured in Determination, and the ERP passes in
a registration number – which one takes precedence?

Module Four Summary
You have completed module four. You should now be able
to:
• Describe zones and how they are structured.
• Define the term “nexus.”
• Explain tax authorities and their purpose.
• Discuss registrations and their importance.

Module Five: Exemptions and Licenses
Module Five Objectives
• Differentiate between exemption certificates and licenses.
• Demonstrate how to exempt a customer.
• Test exemption certificates on the Workbench.

Exemptions and Licenses
TransEditors

Key Terms (1 of 2)
• Customer: A business to whom you sell
• Certificate: Document associated with a customer that
defines both its applicability and the exemption it affords
• Exemption Certificate: Customer-specific exemption
from paying partial or full tax based on transaction criteria
• Limited Use Certificate: Document that is
only applied if specific, custom input XML
criteria is present in the transaction

Key Terms (2 of 2)
• Exempt Reason: Allows you to specify the reason why
the exemption is applied; can also be used to group
exempt dollars by codes such as resale, Federal
government, State government, etc.
• License: Document that shows a customer belonging to
a class of users that receive the same tax treatment (in
specific cases)

Exemption Certificates
Exemption certificates enable you to correctly calculate
transaction tax for which part or all of the transaction is tax-
exempt. Each exemption applies to an individual customer
and is applicable only for the authorities specified.
A variety of transaction criteria, including customer name,
customer group, invoice number, exempt reason and
product code, govern certificate selection.

What is a “License”?
A license enables tax authorities to group customers that
share common attributes. For example, a customer that is
located in Ireland and is an exporter may be designated as
a member of the Class 13a Trader group, which is subject
to its own specific tax rules.

Exercises
Exercise 5.0:
Exempt a Customer
Exercise 5.1:
Partially Exempt a Customer
Exercise 5.2:
Exempt a Customer/Product
Combination

Checkpoint (1 of 2)
1. Which of the following statements regarding exemption
certificates are true? (Select all that apply.)
A. Exemption certificates apply to a specific customer.
B. Exemption certificates can be valid for one or more transactions.
C. Exemption certificates can have an exemption amount or basis

associated with an exempted product or service.
D. All of the above.
E. None of the above.

Checkpoint (2 of 2)
2. Once an exemption certificate has been created in the
system and linked to a customer, it can still be deleted:
true or false?
3. With the appropriate user role, you can add, edit, and
delete exempt reasons in Determination: true or false?

Module Five Summary
You have completed module five. You should now be able
to:
• Name one difference between an exemption certificate
and a license.
• Demonstrate how to exempt and partially exempt
customers.

Module Six: Products
Module Six Objectives
• Explain how products are defined in Determination and
give two examples.
• Define product groups and product mapping.
• Demonstrate how to map a product in Determination.

Products
TransEditors

Key Terms (1 of 2)
• Rules: Collection of basic criteria that defines what rate
or fee to apply to a transaction
• Cascading Rates and Rules: Applies to all authorities of
a specified type, such as county sales and use tax in
California
• Product Code: Name by which you identify a good or
service in your ERP system

Key Terms (2 of 2)
• Commodity Code: Optional method of identifying a good
or a service based on internationally recognized codes
• Product Category Name: A specific good or service in
Determination that results in specific taxability (standard
rate, reduced rate, etc.)
• Product Mapping: Required custom configuration that
maps your product code to a product category name in
Determination
• Product Group: A group of products
specific to a region

What is a Determination “Product”?
In Determination, a “product” is anything bought or sold that
results in a potentially taxable transaction. An example of a
product is computer hardware.
Determination manages two types of products:
• Tax Data Products: Included in Determination by
Determination US and International Tax Data Providers
• Custom Data Products: Added by a company to
Determination to meet implementation needs

Product Groups
Determination provides one US and three primary
international product groups. These groups contain
products for authorities that use similar product taxability.
Determination US and International Tax Data Providers
each include a large set of products and related rules that
enable Determination to select and apply the correct tax
rate.
For example, the EU has an agreed-upon
definition of products represented by the
Harmonized product group, while Brazil
has a different set in its own product
group.
Exercises
Exercise 6.0:
Product Mapping (Example 1)
Exercise 6.1:
Exercise 6.2:
Exercise 6.3:
Test Custom Product

Checkpoint
1. Determination comes configured with multiple product
groups: true or false?
2. Is product mapping required?
3. Are commodity codes required?

Module Six Summary
You have completed module six. You should now be able
to:
• Explain how products are defined in Determination and
give two examples.
• Define product groups and product mapping.
• Demonstrate how to map a product in Determination.

Module Seven: Product Qualifiers
Module Seven Objectives
• Create a custom attribute.
• Create a product qualifier.

Product Qualifiers
TransEditors

Key Terms
• Product Qualifier: Feature that allows you to use
additional fields to define product selection
• Custom Attributes: XML elements at the line and invoice
levels that enable you to pass in additional data not
covered by the standard set of elements; for example,
you might pass in a GL Account Code, a Manufacturing
Plant ID, or other similar data

Product Qualifiers
Product qualifiers enable you to define your product
taxability based on other fields.
Using product qualifiers can reduce TransEditor
maintenance.
GL Account
Product
Taxability
Cost Center

Custom Attributes
You can pass in additional information about a transaction
that is not covered by standard Determination input XML
elements using custom attribute elements. These additional
elements, 50 at the invoice level and 50 at the line level,
can be used simply to provide more data to be audited and
reported on, or more importantly, they can, along with
standard elements, be tested in TransEditors, product
qualifiers, or rule qualifiers to drive processing logic.

Exercises
Exercise 7.0:
Label a Custom Attribute
Exercise 7.1:
Create a Product Qualifier

Checkpoint (1 of 2)
1. Which of the following statements about product
qualifiers and custom attributes are true? (Select all that
apply.)
A. Product qualifiers enable you to define your product
taxability based on other fields.
B. TransEditors are more user-friendly than Product Qualifiers.
C. Custom attributes can be used by TransEditors, product
qualifiers, or rule qualifiers to drive processing logic.
D. Custom Attributes are XML elements at the line and invoice
levels.

Checkpoint (2 of 2)
2. Passing in a commodity code can bypass product
mapping and link directly to a product in the product
tree: true or false?
3. Custom attributes are available at the line level only:

true or false?

Module Seven Summary
You have completed module seven. You should now be
able to:
• Create a custom attribute.
• Create a product qualifier.

Module Eight: Reports
Module Eight Objectives
• Summarize ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Reporting.
• List at least three key features of Reporting.
• Relate how to run a standard report in ONESOURCE
Indirect Tax Reporting.

Key Terms
• ETL: Process that copies and reformats your data to
make it available for use in Reporting
• ONESOURCE Extract: Created from data imported into
ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Compliance software, a
returns solution from Thomson Reuters
• Transaction Extract: Report that lists details from all
Audit transactions for the selected company(s)

ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Reporting

ERP

Manager
What is ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Reporting?
• Global Business Intelligent Reporting
• Supports global indirect tax compliance, reconciliation
and data analysis needs
• Fully integrated with the ONESOURCE Indirect
Tax Global Software Suite

Features
• Web-based user interface
• Fully configurable Transaction Extract
• Option to save multiple versions of Transaction Extract
• Auto parameter population
• Custom attribute support

ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Reporting Benefits
• Fast, accurate, and flexible
• Open architecture and robust ETL tools (that include
logging)
– Integrated with SAP Business Objects Crystal Reports™
– Output to Browser, Excel, CSV, PDF, and Crystal Reports Viewer
• Drill-down from tax documents to tax lines, to individual

authority taxes for quick reconciliation
• Fully configurable and customizable
• Concurrent report generation

Standard Report Examples
• Configuration Reports
– Reference Lists
– TransEditors
• Global Reports and Analysis
– US Tax Authority Drilldown
– EC Sales Detail
• ONESOURCE US CD compliance extracts
• Canadian and EU Reports
– Canada GST HST QST Reports

Exercises
Demonstration 8.0:
Run Reports

Standard Reports (1 of 3)
This report shows details of gross and tax amounts by Authority Tax Type of
Canada GST HST QST Details GST (Goods and Services Tax), HST (Harmonized Sales Tax), and QST
(Quebec Sales Tax).
The report summarizes gross and tax amounts by Authority Tax Type of GST
Canada GST HST QST Summary (Goods and Services Tax), HST (Harmonized Sales Tax), and QST (Quebec
Sales Tax).
The Canada Provincial Tax report summarizes tax amounts by province where
Canada Provincial Tax
the Authority Type is PST.
For a given company, the Document Number List shows all documents and
Document Number List
dates, and the total number of documents for a given time period.
This report shows line-level details of transactions within the European

EC Sales Detail
Community to facilitate EC Sales List preparation.
This report summarizes data for transactions within the European Community to
EC Sales Summary
facilitate EC Sales List preparation.
This report shows purchases data about the movement of goods across
Intrastat Arrival Details
national borders of EU member states.
This report shows sales data about the movement of goods across national
Intrastat Dispatch Details
borders of EU member states.

The Intrastat Summary report provides a list of transactions for country and
Intrastat Summary
company-specific reports.
This exception report shows audited documents where no tax lines were
No Tax Lines
calculated, including documents where no tax authority has been recorded.
This report shows documents where there is no taxable province data. Zones in the
Null Canada Province report are usually the result of address problems, such as an incomplete postal
code or a mismatch between the city and province.
This exception report shows documents where there is no taxable US County or

Null Taxable US County or
City. Zones in the report are usually the result of address problems, such as an
City
incomplete zip code or a mismatch between the state and county.
This report lists users who ran reports, including report name, parameters and
Report Usage specified time period. Any reports active during the specified time period, including
those started before and completed after, will also be listed.
This report lists details from all Audit transactions for the selected companies. The
Transaction Extract queries data from the Reporting database. Typically, this report
Transaction Extract
is run several times a month to help with general ledger reconciliation and returns
preparation.

For the selected company or companies, the US Document Reconciliation report
US Document shows summarized transaction data per document, document line, and tax line. It is
Reconciliation used to reconcile data between ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Determination and the
ERP system.
The US State Summary report includes a summary of US transactions by state. It
summarizes exempt and taxable amounts calculated at the State, County, City, and
US State Summary
District authority level. This report does not include reversals.
The US Tax Authority report shows US transactions by state and authority. It shows
summarized audit amounts for each state and authority and the total tax for all
US Tax Authority
selected tax types.
For the selected company or companies, the VAT Document Reconciliation report
VAT Document summarizes document data for all countries with value added tax transactions, by
Reconciliation document, document line, and tax line. The report helps you understand what was
taxed and why, by allowing focused analysis by tax amount.
This report aggregates tax lines by tax type for the specified companies. It
VAT Summary summarizes by company, tax type, and other key fields and drills down to the
associated tax lines.

Checkpoint (1 of 2)
1. What is one key benefit of ONESOURCE Indirect Tax

Reporting?
2. Which of the following types of reports are available

from within Reports?
A. End of month processing reports
B. Returns preparation reports
C. Audit preparation reports
D. All of the above

Checkpoint (2 of 2)
3. What is one possible output format available in
Reporting?
4. Does Reporting provide standard reports for locations

other than the United States?

Module Eight Summary
You have completed module eight. You should now be able
to:
• Summarize ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Reporting.
• List at least three key features of Reporting.
• Relate how to run a standard report in ONESOURCE
Indirect Tax Reporting.

Module Nine: TransEditors and
Rule Qualifiers
Module Nine Objectives
• Differentiate between TransEditors and rule qualifiers.
• Demonstrate how to create a simple TransEditor to
populate a required element that cannot be submitted by
your ERP system.
• Demonstrate how to create a simple rule qualifier that
tests for multiple conditions before applying
a rule.
• Create a reference list to maintain multiple data values.

TransEditors and Rule Qualifiers
TransEditors

Key Terms (1 of 2)
• TransEditor: Abbreviated term for transaction editor, it
modifies the input XML before it is processed by
Determination.
• Reference List: List of values that determine whether a
specific TransEditor condition, product qualifier, or rule
qualifier is to be applied to a transaction.

Key Terms (2 of 2)
• Rule Qualifier: Rule that allows you to fine tune your tax
rules to specific transaction scenarios through the use of
four conditions: authority, license, list, and rule.
– Authority Condition: Tests if another authority will or will not
assess tax of a specified type for the chosen transaction.
– License Condition: Tests if a transaction’s buyer or seller has a
license that does or does not match a specified license type.
– List Condition: Tests if an XML element does or does not
contain a specific value found in the selected reference list.
– Rule Condition: Tests if a specified input XML element’s value
meets a specified rule, or condition.

What are “TransEditors”?
TransEditors are customizable rules that modify input XML
to achieve the desired tax result. You can populate
additional input XML elements for a transaction, modify
elements, or delete elements – all based on an analysis of
the transaction as it is processed.
For example, if your ERP system cannot directly provide a
certain data element (one that is used to drive rule
selection and reporting), you can create a TransEditor to
populate that data element.

TransEditor Components
TransEditors typically consist of four basic components:
• Name
• Hierarchy
• Conditions (IF/THEN scenarios)
• Actions (desired outcomes)
TransEditors can contain multiple conditions and actions.
Alternatively, they can contain only conditions or only
actions.

Exercises
Exercise 9.0:
Create a TransEditor

What is a “Rule Qualifier”?
Rule qualifiers enable you to configure calculation logic that
was previously only available using TransEditors, with a
friendlier user interface and much-added functionality.
Rule qualifiers are different from TransEditors in that they
are attached to an authority, whereas TransEditors are not
necessarily attached to an authority or zone.

Reference Lists
Using a reference list is a helpful way to organize similar
data values.
A reference list can drive your desired calculation decision
(such as triggering a specified rate, setting an exemption,
etc.) in Determination. A list may include account codes,
project IDs, locations, or vendors.
Reference lists can be used with product qualifiers, rule
qualifiers and/or TransEditors.

Exercises
Exercise 9.1:
Create a Reference List and a
Rule Qualifier

Checkpoint (1 of 2)
1. What are one of the four elements that comprise
TransEditors?
2. Each TransEditor condition must have an associated

action: true or false?
3. It is most efficient to use a TransEditor instead of a rule

qualifier when modifying logic for all authorities: true or
false?

Checkpoint (2 of 2)
4. Rule qualifiers enable you to configure calculation logic
that was previously only available using TransEditors:
true or false?
5. What is one of the four qualifier types used by rule
qualifiers to fine tune your tax rules?
6. Rule qualifiers can consist of:
A. Multiple conditions of the same type
B. Multiple conditions of varying types
C. Only a single condition
D. All of the above

Module Nine Summary
You have completed module nine. You should now be able
to:
• Describe TransEditors and what they can help achieve.
• List two of the four elements that comprise TransEditors.
• Explain rule qualifiers and their purpose.
• List three of the four conditions for which rule qualifiers
can test.
• Create a reference list to maintain multiple data values.

Course Summary
Documentation (1 of 2)
• Online Help: Contains complete documentation about the
Determination software, programming topics, and a
complete XML reference
• ONESOURCE Indirect Tax User Guide: PDF print
version of the Online Help
• ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Product Updates: Provides
an overview of the new features within a new release
• ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Determination Notes: Lists
known issues and workarounds
• ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Programmer Guide: For
technical users
Documentation (2 of 2)
• Installation and Upgrade Guides(PDF): For supported
platform combinations (by Application Server/Database
combo)
• Integration Installation and Configuration Guides
(PDF)
• Knowledge Base Articles

Best Practices
• Monthly maintenance and tax updates
• Maintaining documentation and your system
• Documenting Integration and configuration
• End dating
• Contacting Thomson Reuters
• Establishing a chain-of-command
• Troubleshooting
• Accessing log files
• Working with Customer Support
Customer Support
Customer Support can assist you when issues arise that
cannot be solved by local support. Engage your support
team member when contacting Customer Support.
Tools that can help include:
• The Support Network

• The Customer Center

Customer Support Network
The Customer Support Network allows you to enter support
requests and is the preferred method to obtain support. Here
you are able to:
• Search the Knowledge Base.
• View a list of submitted questions.
• Check the status of these questions.
• View the details of each question.
• Update questions with new information.
http://onesource.thomsonreuters.com/solutions/indirect-tax/

Customer Center
Access the Customer Center for new downloads, software
versions, or additional content. Information available on the
Customer Center includes:
• Updated tax content

• Latest version of Determination
• Integrations
• Utilities
http://onesource.thomsonreuters.com/solutions/indirect-tax/

Assisting Customer Support
If you are unable to resolve the issue locally, gather
information that will assist Customer Support in
troubleshooting the issue.
1. Capture any error information from the Integration log.

2. Take print screens of any screenshots that show the
issue (if applicable)
3. State which Determination software version, ERP
version, Integration version, and the platform on which
you are running.

Support by Phone
Calls to Customer Support are routed through a call center.

The call center then passes the message on to Customer
Support.
Use the phone for support issues when you wish to
escalate the priority of an existing incident. It can also be
useful to call Customer Support
after you have submitted a ticket,
and you want to initiate contact
about the issue or provide
additional information.

Determination Troubleshooter
Create a troubleshooter file to send to Software Support.
The file contains information such as:
• Software version, international content, US content,
operating system, application system, application server,
database, Java, and JDBC.
• Determination configuration parameters
• Company configuration parameters
• A complete list of imports and exports.
Software Support uses this file to help resolve problems with
your transactions.

Course Summary
You have completed the Introduction to Determination
course. You should now be able to:
• Describe at least three key benefits of Determination.
• Discuss key features, components and processes in
Determination with users, implementers, developers, and
support staff using a consistent, common language.
• Complete basic system and tax
configuration tasks in Determination.

Evaluation
Now that you have attended the Introduction to

Determination course, you must complete the course
evaluation.
You must complete the evaluation to be marked as
“attended” for this course. The evaluation should only take a
few minutes to complete.
Please note that the evaluation will not
be available after the session ends;
therefore, you cannot complete it at a
later date.

Thank You!
You have now completed the Introduction to Determination
course!
Thank you for your participation!

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Enterprise Resource Planning Software

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Integration Determination Tax Content

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Reporting Tax Certificate Compliance

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Reporting Tax Certificate Compliance

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• Custom Data Elements

Standard Data Elements

Custom Data Elements

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TransEditors Allocations Locations Determine Product

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Thomson Reuters Delivers Workbench

Complex Transaction Logic

Taxing Authorities with Rates and Rules

Zones, Zone Aliases

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Custom and Contributing Authorities

Establishments and Registrations

Exemption Certificate and License Management

Custom Product Exemptions

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Complex Transaction Logic

Taxing Authorities Rates and Rules