SuiteTax Engine

This documentation is for NetSuite accounts with the SuiteTax feature enabled. For accounts without SuiteTax, see Legacy Tax.

The SuiteTax Engine is a SuiteApp developed by NetSuite using the SuiteTax plug–in. For more information, see General SuiteTax Topics.

The SuiteTax Engine greatly reduces the risk of non-compliance for companies with VAT and sales tax obligations and entities doing businesses in different parts of the world.

The SuiteTax Engine helps business meet the tax determination and reporting requirements. The SuiteTax Engine includes the following functionalities:

• Automatic creation of tax records, such as tax agency, tax types, and tax codes

• Monthly automatic tax rate updates for over 100 countries powered by CCH® SureTax® from Wolters Kluwer

• VIES validation for EU tax registration numbers

• Format validation for non-EU tax registration numbers

• Default tax codes for nexus, items, and entities (for VAT countries)

• Entity default Tax Groups for United States.

• Tax calculation for Canada.

• Tax determination logic for both origin and destination based states and intrastate and interstate sale (for United States)

• ZIP+4 accurate tax determination (for United States)

To install and enable the SuiteTax Engine, see the following topics:

• Installing the SuiteTax Engine

• Enabling the SuiteTax Plug–In

To set up and use the SuiteTax Engine, see the following topics:

• Roles and Permissions for the SuiteTax Engine

• SuiteTax Engine Attributes

• Setting Up the SuiteTax Engine for VAT Countries

• Setting Up the SuiteTax Engine for the United States

• European Union (EU) One Stop Shop (OSS) for the SuiteTax Engine

• Validating Tax Registrations

The following are not yet supported with the SuiteTax Engine:

• Differentiation between the consumer's use tax and seller's use tax rates. These use tax rates are usually identical, but if they are not, only the general use tax rates (for consumers) are supported.

• Specific rules for taxation of interstate sale to the state of Illinois (IL). For example, differentiating between sellers seated in IL, sellers with physical presence in IL, and sellers with an economic nexus in IL for determination of correct rate and place of taxation).

• Tax determination for line level location. The SuiteTax Engine determines the tax based on header level location and header or line level shipping address. For more information, see Multiple Shipping Routes.

  Note:

  With multiple line level shipping address, each line must have the same nexus for the transaction to be saved.

• Withholding tax.

General Notices