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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Reference: Transaction Tax Business Objects

Reference: Transaction Tax Business Objects

To report on taxes for different use cases, Workday saves transaction tax details and amounts in various business objects. This table details how Workday calculates transaction taxes by business object:
Business Object
Description
Taxable Document
Workday calculates the total tax on a taxable document. Example: Total transaction tax on a supplier invoice.
For ad hoc bank withdrawals and expense reports, which are tax-inclusive, Workday calculates how much of the total amount is tax.
For tax-exclusive documents, Workday adds tax to the extended amount.
Taxable Document Line
Workday calculates the transaction and recoverable tax on the lines of taxable documents.
Tax Rate Application (TRA)
On taxable documents, Workday creates 1 TRA business object per combination of tax:
  • Applicability.
  • Code.
  • Option.
  • Point date.
  • Rate.
  • Recoverability.
Workday consolidates the tax amounts at the TRA level to create tax accounting for tax documents.
Example: You create a supplier invoice with 4 lines that share the same tax attributes. Workday creates 1 TRA for the supplier invoice.
Payment Tax Rate Application (PTRA)
Workday creates 1 PTRA business object for each payment that you apply to an invoice. PTRAs enable you to report on taxes at the time of payment.
Line Tax Rate Application (LTRA)
Workday distributes the tax amounts of the TRA business objects to the transaction lines and creates 1 LTRA business object per transaction line. LTRAs enable you to report to tax authorities that have different reporting requirements based on spend categories or items.
Manual Journal Tax Rate Application
On manual journals, Workday saves the tax amounts that you enter for accounting and reporting purposes.