This feature extends the existing total landed cost capability for SAP Ariba Buying solutions to guided buying. Taxes are calculated automatically in guided buying based on the tax data that your organization has configured in SAP Ariba Buying solutions or based on an external tax engine.

For requests that are created in guided buying, procurement professionals can update taxes on the requisition in SAP Ariba Buying solutions. Including taxes on requisitions gives your organization a better estimate of the total cost of the items and enables more accurate budget reservations and compliance to approval limits.

Enabling this feature

If your organization is already using taxes on requisitions in SAP Ariba Buying solutions, this feature is enabled by default in your guided buying site.

Otherwise, this feature is disabled by default for guided buying customers. To enable this feature for both SAP Ariba Buying solutions and guided buying, please have your Designated Support Contact log a Case. An SAP Ariba Customer Support representative will follow up to complete the request by enabling the Application.Procure.EnableTaxesChargesAndDiscount parameter in SAP Ariba Buying solutions.

Prerequisites

• You must configure tax data in SAP Ariba Buying solutions.
• Tax codes for the country to which the item is going to be shipped must be defined in your site.

Limitations

• Guided buying users can't edit taxes on requests.
• Guided buying users can't add charges or discounts on requests.

Changes to the user interface

• On the request checkout page, the net and gross amount are visible. The help tip shows the costs that make up the gross amount.
• After submitting a request for approval, the tax is calculated and the gross amount changes to include this additional charge.
• Users can also see the gross amount in the line-item details after submitting the request.

Additional information

For more information on how to configure tax data or how to add taxes to requisitions in SAP Ariba Buying solutions, see the Purchasing guide for procurement professionals.

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