Customer tax categories
By default, ActivityHD considers all customers to be subject to tax. Customer tax categories can be used to group customers for taxability and tax reporting purposes. In particular, you can define customer tax categories to assign a nontaxable status to certain groups of customers. You can also use customer tax categories to group taxable customers for tax reporting using rules defined at the tax rate detail level. For instance, some states require you to report sales and tax collected from certain categories of customers.
You can assign a default tax category on customer records. When an invoice is entered for a customer, the tax category defaults from the customer record but can be overridden when needed.
Create a customer tax category
- In the Navigation pane, highlight the Accounts Receivable > Setup > Tax > Customer Tax Categories folder.
- Click
. The New Customer Tax Category window opens.
- Enter a unique Code for the customer tax category.
- Enter a Description of the customer tax category.
- If customers in the tax category are taxable, mark the Taxable checkbox. Otherwise, if the customers in the category are not taxable, leave the checkbox cleared.
- Save the new customer tax category.
Purpose
The Customer Tax Categories Listing provides a list of the customer tax categories defined in Accounts Receivable.
Content
For each customer tax category included on the report, the listing shows:
- description
- whether customers in the category are subject to tax.
In addition, you can include one or more of the following:
- timestamps
- memos
- custom fields.
The following total appears on the report:
- record count.
Print the report
- In the Navigation pane, highlight the Accounts Receivable > Setup > Tax > Customer Tax Categories folder.
- Start the report set-up wizard.
- To report on all or a filtered subset of customer tax categories:
- Right-click the Customer Tax Categories folder and select Select and Report > Customer Tax Categories Listing from the shortcut menu.
- On the Selection tab, define any filters to apply to the data.
- To report on specifically selected customer tax categories:
- In the HD view, select the customer tax categories to include on the report. You can use Ctrl and/or Shift selection to select multiple records.
- Click
.
- To report on a particular customer tax category from the Customer Tax Category window:
- In the HD view, locate and double-click the customer tax category to report on. The Customer Tax Category window opens with the customer tax category loaded.
- Click
.
- To report on all or a filtered subset of customer tax categories:
- Select the Options tab.
- Mark the checkbox(es) for the additional information to include:
- Timestamps
- Memos
- Custom Fields (only visible if custom fields are set up)
- Select the Output tab.
- In the Design field, look up and select the report design to use.
- In the toolbar, click the icon for the type of output you want:
- Provides access to two preview options.
- Preview - Click the icon or click the drop-down arrow and select Preview from the drop-down menu to view the report in the Crystal Reports viewer.
- Preview to PDF - Click the drop-down arrow next to the icon and select Preview to PDF to view the report in the PDF reader.
- Opens the Print dialog so that you can select and configure a printer and then print a paper copy of the report.
- Opens the Report Email dialog so that you can address and compose an email that the report will be attached to. For best results, ensure your email client is running before you attempt to send a report via email.
- Opens the Export Report dialog so that you can save the report to a file. File types include Crystal Reports (.rpt), PDF (.pdf), Microsoft Excel (.xls), Microsoft Word (.doc), rich text (.rtf), and XML (.xml).
Data extensions
The following data extension is available for the report:
- Customer tax categories
Customer Tax Category Record ID
Customer Tax Category tab
Mark this checkbox if customers in this tax category should be taxed. Clear the checkbox if this tax category should not be taxed.
By default, all customers are considered taxable unless they are assigned a customer tax category that makes them nontaxable. Setting up taxable customer tax categories allows you to group customers for tax reporting purposes using rules defined at the tax rate detail level. Some states require you to report sales and tax collected on certain categories of customers.
Custom tab
This tab is visible if custom fields exist for the entity. At a minimum, if there are custom fields, a Fields subtab will be present. One or more additional categories of subtabs may also be visible.
Fields subtab
This tab prompts for values for any custom fields set up for entity records of this entity type. Respond to the prompts as appropriate.
References subtab
This tab is visible if other records reference the current record.
Example
Suppose a custom field exists on PRCodes that references an ARCode. On the ARCode record, on the Custom > References subtab, you can view all the PRCodes which reference that ARCode.
Exchange Folder subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "Exchange Folder". The label on this tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab shows the contents of the specified Exchange folder.
File subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "File". The label on the tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab renders the contents of the specified file according to its file type.
Internet Address subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "Internet Address". The label on this tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab shows the contents of the specified web page.
Network Folder subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "Network Folder". The label on this tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab shows the contents of the specified network folder.
Customers tab
The AR Customers pane shows the AR Customers HD view filtered to show all customers in the selected customer tax category.
Double-click a row in the pane to drill down to its record in the AR Customer window.
Attachments tab
The Attachments tab is visible if any record for a given entity has an attachment. If the Attachments tab is not visible, this implies that no record of the entity type has an attachment on it; however, once an attachment is added to any record of the entity type, the Attachments tab will become available.
Other tab
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Customer tax categories security
Common accesses available on customer tax categories
Report Email dialog
- Windows user default account. Sends email using the user's Windows default email account. For most users, this is the account configured in Outlook or another email client application.
- Server personal. Sends email using the email configuration for the system or company server and the email address on the current user's authorized user record. The authorized user record must have a confirmed email address.
- Server generic. Sends email using the email configuration and "from" address for the system or company server. This option requires "Send generic" access to the Server Email resource.
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