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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2024-09-20
Configure Transaction Tax Rules for Items

Configure Transaction Tax Rules for Items

  • Create a transaction tax item for a country.
  • Create transaction tax item groups.
  • Create tax applicability.
  • Security:
    Set Up: Tax
    domain in the Common Financial Management functional area.
You can override all other tax codes and tax applicability by defining tax code and tax applicability rules. Workday uses these rules to calculate taxes for specific items.
  1. Access the
    Create Transaction Tax Rule for Items
    task.
  2. In the
    Tax Item Rule Type
    prompt, select:
    • Revenue
      for sales items.
    • Spend
      for purchase items and expense items.
  3. As you complete the task, consider:
    Option Description
    Spend Category
    Revenue Category
    Workday populates the revenue or spend item for selection depending on whether you specify
    Revenue
    or
    Spend
    in the
    Tax Item Rule Type
    prompt. Select a category to apply the rule line to all items in that category.
    The
    Revenue Category
    or
    Spend Category
    is unavailable for selection if you specify the
    Tax Item Group
    .
    Tax Item Group
    Select a tax item group to apply the rule line to all items in that item group.
    The
    Tax Item Group
    is unavailable for selection if you specify the
    Revenue Category
    ,
    Spend Category
    , or
    Item
    .
    Item
    Select an item to apply the rule line to only that item.
    The
    Item
    is unavailable for selection if you specify the
    Tax Item Group
    .
    Tax Applicability Override
    Select the tax applicability to use on transaction lines for this rule. This value overrides other tax applicabilities that Workday automatically populates on revenue or spend transactions.
    Tax Code Override
    Select the tax code to use on transaction lines for this rule. This value overrides the tax code specified in a tax rule for a country that references this rule.
    Tax Point Date Type Override
    Select a tax point date type to override the default on spend transaction lines for this rule.
    Transaction Date
    is invalid on spend transaction lines. When you select
    Transaction Date
    , Workday instead populates the
    Invoice/Adjustment Date
    or, when VAT on payment is enabled for the company, the
    Payment Date
    .
    When you select
    Goods/Services Delivery Date
    , Workday doesn't populate this date on supplier invoices created using web services. Since a tax point date is required for
    Goods/Services Delivery Date
    , and invoices created using web services can be approved automatically, Workday doesn't populate the
    Goods/Services Delivery Date
    to prevent the creation of bad data.
    Tax Recoverability Override
    Select the tax recoverability to use on transaction lines for
    Tax Code Override
    tax rates. This rule overrides other tax recoverabilities that Workday automatically populates on spend transactions.
    Tax Option Override
    Select the tax option to use on specific tax rates for transaction lines. This rule overrides other tax options that Workday automatically populates on spend transactions.
    Worktags Tax Rule
    Displays for spend tax item rules only.
    When you select a transaction tax rule for worktags, Workday evaluates the worktags within the transaction. If the worktags match the worktag-level tax rule, Workday populates tax details from this rule.
If using both procurement and expenses, account for purchase items and expense items. You design a country tax rule that focuses only on the tax status of the company transaction. That rule might match on both supplier invoices and expense transactions and use the associated item tax rule.
You can associate your tax rules for items with tax rules for countries.