Setting up value added tax (VAT) configurations

You can use the tax tool in HCL Commerce Accelerator to configure the additional configurations that are required to set up value added tax (VAT). These configurations are in addition to the default tax settings.

Procedure

  1. Ensure that the store profile for the store that you are using is set to the correct jurisdiction.
    1. Open the .
    2. From the Store menu, select Change Profile.
    3. The Store Profile notebook opens. If you do not see this menu, then your logon ID does not have the appropriate authority to perform this task. Contact your Site Administrator.
    4. From the left navigation frame, click Contact. Ensure that the address information for the store corresponds to the jurisdiction for which you want to display taxes.
    5. From the left navigation frame, click Location. Ensure that the address information for the store corresponds to the jurisdiction for which you want to display taxes.
  2. Register the default fulfillment center for your store. Add the default fulfillment center ID into STORE. FFMCENTER_ID by using SQL.
  3. Set up taxes at a store-level using HCL Commerce Accelerator.
  4. Assign different tax codes to different catalog entries or categories. You can assign a sales tax code to one or more categories or to one or more catalog entries. The taxes then apply to the specific catalog entries or to all catalog entries within the specific categories that are assigned the tax code.
    For example, you can set up VAT rates of 13% for food products and 15% for electronics products by defining two sales tax codes and then assign each code to the appropriate category.
    1. Define the sales tax codes by using the tax tool in HCL Commerce Accelerator and then assign the tax codes to the appropriate catalog entries or categories. For more information about defining the tax codes with the tax tool, see Defining sales tax codes.
    2. Assign the tax codes to catalog entries or categories by populating the appropriate database table or tables with the data entries to map the codes to the catalog objects. You can manually add the entries to the appropriate table with SQL or with the Data Load utility. For catalog entries, such as products, add the entries to the CATENCALCD database table. For categories, add the entries to the CATGPCALCD table.
      Note: If you use the Data Load utility to populate the tables, configure the utility to use the following business object mediator: