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VAT rate mapping

Correct VAT rate mapping is essential for proper order processing (see Order Processing). The following table shows the available VAT rate values in BaseLinker.

Value Description
0-100 Numerical representation of the VAT rate
-1 ZW rate
-0.02 NP rate
-0.03 OO rate

You can learn more about VAT rates in BaseLinker from Invoices - Configuration - BaseLinker Help.

In Business Central, the corresponding VAT rate results from the combination of business and product VAT posting group. When synchronizing items, including its VAT rate (resulting from the VAT product posting group), you must specify the VAT business posting group. In order to make this process fully automated, the VAT business posting group is assumed to be the one selected in Sales and Receivables Setup in the VAT business posting group (Price) field.

Determine the default VAT business posting group.

To set the default VAT business posting group:

  1. Select the search icon Search in the upper right corner of the Business Central system, then type Sales and Receivables Setup and click the link.
  2. In the General section, find and set the value of the VAT business posting group (Price) field.

Mapping VAT rate with VAT posting setup.

To map VAT rates with VAT posting setup:

  1. Select the search icon Search in the upper right corner of the Business Central system, then type BaseLinker Setup and click the link.
  2. Click on the button on the action bar Configuration mapping.
  3. Find the configuration related to VAT rate mapping in the list and click on its code.
  4. Assign BaseLinker VAT rate to the combination of product and business VAT posting group by entering its value in the BaseLinker VAT Rate field. Remember the special values for ZW, NP and OO rate.
Note

Map VAT rates not only for the default VAT business posting group. At the BaseLinker order validation stage (see Order Processing), the system will look for a combination of VAT settings for the VAT Product Posting Group derived from the items card and the VAT Business Bosting Group derived from the customer template assigned to the country/region code.

Warning

If you generate an order in BaseLinker for a counterparty that requires a VAT rate change (to, for example, OO), the rate value on the order in BaseLinker must be changed manually before importing into Business Central. Otherwise, when validating the order in Business Central, a VAT rate error may occur because the created customer may have a different VAT business posting group and a different VAT rate than the default.

Note

You can completely disable the verification of the VAT rate from BaseLinker against the VAT Accounting Settings. To do this, go to BaseLinker Settings and check the option Do not validate VAT rate (see Installation and Configuration).