Witholding and Pension Taxes
The functionality allows to charge certain operations with whithholding (WHT) and pension (PF) taxes. Appropriate set up was created for witholding and pension tax percent and accounts indication for automatic calculation of WHT/PF amounts and posting WHT enries. The functionality applies to Purchases, Business Trips and Item Shipments for item write-offs in specific cases.
WHT Posting Groups Setup
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WHT Product Posting Groups should be defined with indication Code and Description.
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WHT Business Posting Groups should be created with indicating Code, Description and Residency. Non-Resident should be marked only when the Vendor is not a Resident.
The Legal Entity field should be marked for legal entities.
- If "Legal Entity"=TRUE when retrieving Income Tax Declaration -> the first name= Organization Form from Vendor Card and the Last Name=Full Name from Vendor Card
- If "Legal Entity"=FALSE when retrieving Income Tax Declaration -> the first name= the first word of Full Name from Vendor Card is used and the Last Name=the text after space of Full Name field from Vendor Card.
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Setup WHT Posting Setup for the WHT Business Posting Groups and WHT Product Posting Group combination:
- Define WHT%,
- Indicate WHT Account and Expense Account No-s,
- Choose Government Vendor for which liability will be created when WHT is posted,
- Indicate if the specific WHT combination is for Resident or Non-Resident,
- Define Pension Fund % and choose an appropriate vendor for liability posting,
- Indicate PF Expense Account,
- Mark PF by Buyer if the company pays both 2% of PF amounts, company and vendor parts.
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Select WHT Posting Groups on the Item and Vendor Cards accordingly:
- Select WHT Product Posting Group on the Item Card,
- Select WHT Business Posting Group on the Vendor Card,
- If Prices should by default include WHT, then mark WHT Prices Including WHT on the Vendor Card, which will be imported in the Purchase document when such Vendor is selected.
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On Countries/Regions page, mark Double-taxation Agreement if double-taxation agreements between countries exist, which defines whether Non-Resident Tax can be exempted. Specify if Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) exists for the Vendor Agreement Card.
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When creating Agreement for vendor by default field Double Taxation Agreement (DTA)=NO, which can be modified.
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If in the Countries/Regions the Double Taxation Agreement field=TRUE and in the Vendor Agreement card Double Taxation Agreement (DTA)=TRUE -> when creating a Purchase Order or Purchase Invoice -> the Double Taxation Agreement field will have a default value of TRUE with the ability to edit.
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If one of the Double Taxation Agreement checkboxes (Countries/Regions or Vendor Agreement card) is set to FALSE when creating a Purchase Order or Purchase Invoice -> the DTA value will be FALSE with no ability to edit.
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For countries, option for marking Internal Business Trip is possible, which is then imported in the Advance Statement Line Types.
Note: If Double-taxation agreement is YES in Posted Purchase Invoice, Double Taxation checkbox will be also YES in WHT Entries. Also, system will calculate fields:
- Exemption Amount for DTA (LCY) - The amount of the tax subject to exemption on the basis of an international agreement in LCY- Calculate as Base Amount (LCY) * WHT %
- Benefit Amount for DTA - Indicated benefit amount for the DTA purposes, same as Amount Exc. WHT (LCY)**
Related columns (N and I) will be also filled in Income Tax Declaration report.
WHT Calculation in Purchase Order
- Create Purchase Order and fill out the header information. For more information, see Create Payment.
- WHT Business Posting Group and Country/Region will be imported from the Vendor Card, which are editable and can be changed.
- If the selected Vendor has indicated WHT Business Posting Group, where the Non-Resident field is marked and Country/Region Code has Double Taxation Agreement ticked, it will automatically be imported on the Purchase Document, which can be changed.
- Select the item in the purchase lines and fill out the line information:
- WHT Posting Group will be imported from the item card if indicated,
- WHT and PF amount will be calculated according to the WHT settings.
There are following modifications made to the existing field calculation logic for including WHT and PF in the amounts:
Scenario | Formula |
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VAT over WHT = Yes; Non-Resident = Yes on WHT Business Posting Group; Prices Including VAT = Yes; Prices Including WHT = No | Total VAT = Sum of [Line Amount Incl. WHT x VAT %] Line Amount Incl. WHT = Quantity x [Direct Unit Cost Incl. VAT / (1 + VAT %)] x (1 + WHT % on that line) |
VAT over WHT = Yes Non-Resident = Yes on WHT Business Posting Group Prices Including VAT = Yes Prices Including WHT = Yes | WHT Amount in Purchase Lines = [Line Amount / (1 + VAT %)] - [Line Amount / (1 + VAT %)]/ (1 +WHT % ) (from chosen WHT % on that line)] Total Excl. VAT = Sum of [Line Amount incl. VAT / (1 + VAT %)] Total VAT = Sum of [Line Amount Incl. WHT x VAT %] |
Prices Including WHT = No Non-Resident = No in WHT Business Posting Group | WHT Amount in Purchase Lines = [Line Amount / (1 + PF %) – (Line Amount / (1 + PF %) x PF %)] x WHT % (from chosen WHT % on that line) Direct Unit Cost Incl. WHT = Direct Unit Cost Excl. VAT / (1 - WHT % on that line) / (1 – PF %) + PF % x [Direct Unit Cost Excl. VAT / (1 - WHT % on that line) / (1 – PF %)] Pension Amount = Line Amount / (1 + PF %) x PF % x 2 Amount Incl. WHT = Total Excl. VAT + WHT Amount + PF Amount Total Incl. VAT and WHT = Total Incl. VAT + WHT Amount + PF Amount |
Prices Including WHT = Yes Non-Resident = No in WHT Business Posting Group | Direct Unit Cost Incl. WHT = Direct Unit Cost Excl. VAT WHT Amount in Purchase Lines = [Line Amount / (1 + PF %) – (Line Amount / (1 + PF %) x PF %)] x WHT % (from chosen WHT % on that line) Pension Amount = Line Amount / (1 + PF %) x PF % x 2 Total Incl. VAT and WHT = Amount Incl. WHT |
Note: VAT Base for calculation for all VAT Entries is [Direct Unit Cost Excl. VAT x (1 + WHT%), if WHT Business and Product Posting Group is not empty for Vendor and Item, for cases when WHT Business and Product Posting Groups are empty is standard calculation.
Note: For Non-Resident Vendor type in the WHT Business Posting Group, if Prices Incl. WHT is set to Yes, the checkbox for the VAT Over WHT field is marked automatically and is non-editable.
When Business Posting Group and Product Posting Group are indicated, where Vendor Type = Resident, Prices Incl. VAT should not be enabled. Also, an error pops up, if VAT% on posting is > 0% for Vendor Type = Resident.
For Physical Persons and Individual Entrepreneurs, there are 2 WHT taxes – Income Tax and Pensions Tax.
Note: If the PF by Customer field in WHT Posting Setup = Yes, in Pension Fund calculation formulas where x2 is used, the given formulas are applied, if value in this field is No, in calculation the formula is removed x2.
- Post Purchase Order. Upon Posting Purchase Order, no WHT Entries are created.
Note: WHT Entries are created upon posting Bank Payment through Bank Payment Journal.
- Create Payment. For more information, see Create Payment.
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Indicate Posting Date, Document Type – Payment, Account Type – Vendor, choose a vendor from the posted purchase document, then click Apply Entries.
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Select the posted purchase invoice and Set Applies-to ID.
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Post the Bank Payment Journal. WHT and PF amount will be posted according to the Purchase Document in proportion to the indicated Payment Amount, if after Apply Entries the amount is changed.
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Check the WHT Entries Table for created records.
Business Trips
Georgia legislation sets norms for business trips, on the other hand company norms can be set by company policy. Business trip expenses proved by documents, within state limits are not taxed and can be deducted from taxable income. Expenses over the state limit or not proved by document are taxed by personal income tax, that is withheld and paid by the company.
Setup
- Business Trip Setup:
- In WHT Setup, the WHT Method should be set for Accrual,
- Add all Cities with appropriate Countries,
- Set Business Trip Limits: Per Diem Limit, Accommodation Limit, Per Diem Limit on Over 30 Days, Organization Limit on Per Diem,Organization Limit on Accommodation, Currency per country and city and validity dates of Starting Date, Ending Date limits.
- Select Expense Types and Expense sub-types.
- Specify percentage by which Per Diem Amount should be reduced due to included meals in Tax Setup GE.
If expense type is Per Diem and Meals Included is enabled, then Tax Limit and Per Diem Limit Long Term days are calculated according to the formula: Per Diem Limit x (1 - Tax Setup GE.Per Diem Limit with Meals).- Define Per Diem Long Term After in WHT Setup.
Advance Statement
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Create an Advance Statement document.
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Indicate Responsible Employee, Country, Business Trip City, Scheduled Start Date, Scheduled End Date, Real Start Date, Real End Date and WHT Business Posting Group in Advance Statement header.
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Mark the Business Trip checkbox.
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Choose Advance Type in lines, which is filtered according to Country and Currency.
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Selected Advance Statement Line Type information will be imported in advance statement lines.
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Indicate WHT Product Posting Group in lines.
All calculable fields will be calculated according to the formulas:
- Total calendar days - Travel End date - Travel start date +1; if Type = Accommodations, then Travel End date - Travel start date.
- Tax limit total - Total calendar days x Tax limit, if Total calendar days > Long Term After then Tax Limit Total = (Per Diem Long Term After X Tax Limit) + (Total Calendar days - Per Diem Long Term After) X Per Diem Limit Long Term.
- Organization limit (total) - Total calendar days * Organization limit.
- Per Diem Limit Long Term - Filled only when Total Calendar Days > WHT setup Per Diem Long Term After field.
- Documented Expense Amount - if the Documents submitted checkbox is set, documented expense amount field is automatically defaulted from the Line Amount Excluding VAT value, which is editable. The value cannot be more than the Line Amount Excluding VAT amount.
- Taxable Amount - If Document exp. > Tax limit total, then: Line Amount Exc. VAT – Tax limit total.
If Document exp. < Tax limit total, then: Line Amount Exc. VAT -Document exp.
Note: If Expense type = Flight ticket and flight class = Business, then taxable amount = line amount excl. VAT.
- WHT and PF is calculated according to the selected WHT Posting Group Setup.
Factboxes have been added to the Advance Statement document and Posted Purchase Invoice document, where information regarding selected purchase/advance statement is displayed.
Tax Only
Type Tax Only has been added to advance statement line options, which allows to select purchase invoices in lines and tax them without reflecting the whole invoice amount in transactions when posting advance statment document.
Gen. Prod. Posting Group in Purchase Advance Statement lines filled in with the Gen. Prod. Posting Group from the first line of the selected posted purchase invoice where Quantity<>0 with the ability to change.
Direct Unit Cost is retrieved based on the currency code from Amount or Amount (LCY) fields of the selected Purchase Entry No. in lines with the ability to change.
Based on the combination of Gen. Bus. Posting Group and Gen. Prod. Posting Group in lines the WHT Balancing Account is retrieved from WHT Posting Setup.
WHT and PF are calculated from the Taxable Amount (LCY) field where Taxable Amount (LCY)= Direct Unit Cost * Exchange rate. In addition, if needed Exchange Rate can be manually specified on the Currency Code field.
Upon posting the following transactions appear:
• (DR) WHT Balancing Account – (CR) Accrued WHT GL Account
• (DR) WHT Balancing Account – (CR) Accrued PF Vendor GL Account
• (DR) WHT Balancing Account/Payable PF Expense G/L Account – (CR) Accrued PF Company GL Account
• (DR) Accrued WHT GL Account – (CR) Payable WHT GL Account
• (DR) Accrued PF Vendor GL Account – (CR) Payable PF Vendor GL Account
• (DR) Accrued PF Company GL Account – (CR) Payable PF Company GL Account
*Note: If in Advance Statement lines, Type = Tax only, then both WHT accrual and payment postings have to take place at the same time.
Employee Purchase
The type Employee Purchase is used to handle transactions where an employee makes a purchase on behalf of the company. The system allows the selection of a purchase invoice in the lines and tax calculations are performed accordingly on the remaining amount.
This functionality of taxation is only available for local currency transactions (i.e., transactions in the same currency as the company’s base currency)
Posting Transactions
When the transaction is posted, the following journal entries occur:
- Reconciliation of Employee and Vendor Payable accounts o Debit (DR): Payable account for the employee’s vendor group. This represents a liability the company owes to the employee or a vendor. o Credit (CR): Payable account for the vendor specified in the purchase line. This represents the company's obligation to pay the actual vendor the employee made the purchase from.
- Withholding Tax (WHT) o Debit (DR): Accrued WHT G/L account based on the WHT posting setup. This represents the company's accrued withholding tax liability. o Credit (CR): Payable WHT G/L account for the government vendor, again based on the setup in the WHT posting configuration.
- Pension (Company) o Debit (DR): Accrued PF Company G/L account from the WHT posting setup. o Credit (CR): Payable PF G/L account for the PF vendor from the WHT posting setup.
- Pension (Vendor) o Debit (DR): Accrued PF Vendor G/L account from the WHT posting setup. o Credit (CR): Payable PF G/L account for the PF vendor from the WHT posting setup.
Posting Advance Statement Document
Posting Advance Statment Document reflecs the total amounts indicated in the document lines (except Tax Only amounts) and posted WHT and PF taxable amounts on accrual accounts indicated on setup for selected document WHT posting groups.
Application of Payment to Posted Advance Statement Document
Application can be done through Bank Payment Journal by Apply Entries functionality or Vendor Ledger Entry by using the apply entries function and selecting posted Advance Statement document.
Upon application, the WHT and PF accrual accounts will be closed and WHT and PF payable account transactions will appear. If there is an exchange rate difference, the system will reflect the gain/loss accordingly on preset accounts. WHT entries will be created in WHT Entries Table.
Note: WHT entries are always posted in the local currency.