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Calculating Tax on Billing Documents Using FinancialForce

When you calculate tax for a draft billing document, tax is calculated depending on the tax information specified for the related account, company, and products. The calculations use tax rules applicable to SUT, VAT and GST tax types. See How FinancialForce selects Tax Codes for information about how FinancialForce determines which tax codes to use.

Before you start:

1. Ensure that adequate tax codes and rates have been set up on your Salesforce org. See Tax Codes.
2. Ensure that tax information has been specified for the account, company and products on the billing document. For more information, see:
   • Account Fields
   • Company Tax Information Fields
   • Product Fields

To calculate tax for a single draft billing document:

1. Click the Billing Documents tab.
2. Click the Document Number of the draft billing document for which you want to calculate tax.
3. Click Calculate Tax.
   Note:

   Your system may provide various tax calculation options. You may see the option to Calculate Tax With Avalara.

4. To confirm the action, click Calculate Tax.

To calculate tax for several draft billing documents:

1. Click the Billing Documents tab.
2. Select the draft billing documents for which you want to calculate tax in the list view.
3. Click Calculate Tax.
4. To confirm the action, click Calculate Tax. This runs the Billing Document Tax Calculation job.

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