Effects of the Tax application to Lawson Distribution Management
The Tax application lets you calculate tax on customer orders. These concepts explain aspects of Tax setup that affect the Lawson Distribution Management applications.
Tax codes and tax rates
Tax codes are predefined codes that identify the tax authority(s) that your company pays taxes to.
Tax rates are the percentage rates of tax that your company needs to pay. After you have defined your tax codes and assigned tax rates to your tax codes, you can calculate your taxes automatically.
Planning your tax setup for Lawson Distribution Management
The Lawson Tax application is a stand-alone application that calculates tax. If some, or all, of your sales are taxable, then you need to set up the Tax application.
This checklist provides an overview for setting up Tax. For more information, see the Tax User Guide.
