Hello Peter,
An apology for the waiting.
What report are you talking about? Where can I find it?
--> I refer to the tax return report, which can be found in the WoC: Tax Management > Periodic Tasks > VAT Returns Run. If a JP tax authority is selected, the program will execute the Japan specific tax return report.
What do I need to run in ByD for VAT reporting in Japan?
Can you confirm this process or must it be done differently?
--> Correct. VAT return should be run in ByD. the program in ByD supports users to get the tax base amount, tax amount and gross amount per tax event. Please follow the process as you described, but in the system, which the tax is reported to the tax authority it is likely that you require further calculation to complete the legal tax return.
What are these tax return types for?
--> 999 - tax return can be used when a generic (non-country specific) return is desired. In case of Japan, we have delivered a country specific report. Therefore, please use 1- periodic VAT.
Tax Payments
--> A payment to tax authority can be made also through WoC: Liquidity Management without any reference to tax return. As for the final payment to the tax authority, as I have written above, the amount calculated by the tax return might not be the amount you require to pay to the tax authority. Therefore, if that should be the case, please first trigger a payment to the tax authority from WoC: Liquidity Management. Any payment to a tax authority is classified as tax payment and it will be listed in the tax payment view of WoC: Tax Management. As it is a final payment to the tax authority, you select the tax payment and assign it to the respective tax return.
Please do let us know if you should encounter any issue in executing your specific scenario.
Thank you and best regards,
Atsuko Eguchi
SAP SE
Globalization Product Management