Common Terms for GUI/VAT Information

The legal entity that is at a level below a legal company. A declaration site issues invoices and reports value-added tax (VAT) to the local tax authority. A legal company can have many declaration sites, but a declaration site can belong to one legal company only.

The code that you must report for a sales or purchase transaction. The Taiwanese government specifies the format to use based on the transaction type and document type of the transaction.

A legal document that you issue for sales transactions that includes a GUI number and VAT information.

The Taiwanese year and month in which the transaction occurred.

The tax that you pay on purchase transactions.

The main entity for a Taiwan company from which the company reports its profit and loss and balance sheet information. A legal company might or might not be set up as a company in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne system.

The tax that your customer pays on sales transactions.

The data for the location where a transaction took place. For example, point-of-sale data might include a salesperson number, cash register number, and store location. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne system for Taiwan enables you to import point-of-sale data so that you can use the data for GUI/VAT reporting.

The year according to the Taiwanese calendar.

The Taiwanese year is the standard calendar year minus 1911. For example, the Taiwanese year for the standard calendar year 2009 is 98 (2009–1911).

A code used to specify whether a transaction is taxable, tax exempt, or has a zero tax rate. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne system provides tax types in the Tax Type (75T/TX) UDC table.