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ComplexityofEuropeanRollOuts

Authoredby Martin Dvorak

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Complexity of European Roll outs of the Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and R12 © 2009 Page 1

Complexity of European Roll outs of the Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and R12

Authored by Martin Dvorak

May 2009

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CONTENTS

ABO U T CON T RA CT O RS NET W O RK ................................................................... 4

ABOUT THE AUTHOR ................................................................................................ 5

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................. 6

WHY ARE EUROPEAN ROLLOUTS MORE COMPLEX THAN US IMPLEMENTATIONS? 7

Different complexities within Europe ................................................................... 8

Historical common European structures............................................................... 8

Natural similarities ............................................................................................... 8

Implementation levels ........................................................................................ 10

What are the European Languages? ................................................................... 11

What are the European Currencies? ................................................................... 12

What are the different mentalities? ................................................................... 13

Module specific considerations ........................................................................... 16

FINDINGS............................................................................................................... 19

What is Localization? .......................................................................................... 20

What is a Regional, Shared Localization or even a Globalization? ..................... 20

Release 12........................................................................................................... 20

Country breakdown R12 European Globalizations ............................................. 20

EU Reports and set up standards........................................................................ 20

Tier 1 countries ................................................................................................... 25

Tier 2 countries ................................................................................................... 25

Norway................................................................................................................ 26

Finland ................................................................................................................ 26

Germany.............................................................................................................. 27

Austria................................................................................................................. 27

Switzerland ......................................................................................................... 28

Tier 3 countries ................................................................................................... 29

Belgium ............................................................................................................... 29

Croatia................................................................................................................. 30

Portugal .............................................................................................................. 30


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Hungary .............................................................................................................. 32

Turkey ................................................................................................................. 34

France ................................................................................................................. 34

Czech Republic.................................................................................................... 36

Spain ................................................................................................................... 36

Israel................................................................................................................... 40

Tier 4 countries ................................................................................................... 40

Poland ................................................................................................................. 40

Italy..................................................................................................................... 42

Tier 5 countries ................................................................................................... 49

Greece ................................................................................................................. 49

CONCLUSIONS........................................................................................................ 54

Oracle Localization Guides.................................................................................. 55

Oracle Localization Quality ................................................................................. 55

Technical Skills to support European Roll outs................................................... 55

Currencies ........................................................................................................... 55

Roll out plan........................................................................................................ 55

Language skills of the delivery team .................................................................. 55

Global Accounting Engine ................................................................................... 56

SAB 101 Revenue Recognition............................................................................ 56

VAT Compliance Issues ....................................................................................... 56

Commissionaire Accounting................................................................................ 56

DATA PROTECTION................................................................................................. 57

RECOMMENDATIONS.............................................................................................. 58


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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

What makes Oracle Implementations different in Europe? When looking at objectives an ERPsystem should meet, such as streamline processes, new business strategies, competitiveness,speed and globalizations – European roll outs are more demanding than US roll outs to meetthese objectives. This paper will focus on the framework for the effective implementation of Oracle applications in the European region. The framework will provide valuable Oracleimplementation guidelines for international companies, mainly for US based corporationswhich are implementing Oracle’s E-Business Suite also in Europe.

The author will propose recommendations based on findings and conclusions from EuropeanRoll outs. This includes considerations such as localizations, language issues, legal andstatutory requirements, education and understanding of international projects and will outlinethe complexity and awareness when implementing Oracle’s E-Business Suite 11i or R12

across Europe.

Secondly, most US based multi national companies have successfully implemented their firstroll outs in the Americas, i.e. the US, Canada and Mexico and then facing difficulties whenimplementing Europe and Asia. The European complexity, not only due to different legal andstatutory requirements, but also due to different languages, data protection issues, culturesand mentalities is often underestimated. This paper will show what needs to be taken intoconsideration when implementing the different countries in Europe. Every single country hasits special challenges, which should be known upfront when implementing the Oracle system.

Thirdly, we will focus on the functionality that Oracle Applications offers to users and how thismeets the business requirements. Topics of discussion will be the localizations, language,legal and statutory requirements.

In closing the author will show in ten steps what it needs to be done in order to have asuccessful roll out in Europe.


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WHY ARE EUROPEAN ROLLOUTS MORE COMPLEX THAN US IMPLEMENTATIONS?

Fig. 1: 2007 version of the European map from the CIA Fact Book


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Europe, with a population over 500 million people, is an attractive market. However, Europeconsists of a multicultural environment. Even though the European Union takes steps towardsstandardization, legal and tax harmonization, the single countries vary from each other.

Because of different laws, languages, currencies and mentalities, implementations in Europeare more complex in comparison to the United States, where you find one language, onecurrency and one accounting law.

Different complexities within Europe

US based international corporations often choose the right approach to start with a tier 1country, such as the United Kingdom, where the language barrier is none. The Netherlandshave often been chosen in the past as European connection points to the US for reasons likeShared Services, also because of the availability of multi lingual skills in the Dutch labourmarket. In the recent times, US companies favour more Eastern European locations, such asPoland due to the attractive cost and labour market. For cost benefits, more Shared Servicesare moved towards Eastern Europe such as Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Historical common European structures

In order to understand the European similarities and deviations, some historical backgroundneeds to be addressed. In the 19th century you had large countries such as the Austria-Hungarian Empire where you still can find similarities in the architecture, culture andmentality even today. A large impact on the mentality had the communist regime, which took precedence mainly after the Second World War. The 50 years of dictatorship shaped a lack of business orientation, which made it difficult to implement Oracle projects in the nineties.Today, there is still a kind of Mafia attitude in the emerging countries which is slowlydisappearing and normal conditions are expected within the next 2 generations.

Natural similarities

In terms of historical similarities, such as language, similar culture and political development,the European countries can be grouped as followed:

Block Members Common aspects Deviations

Anglo sax UK, IRL Same language as US.High productivity.

“hands on andpragmatically”

Currency in UK £, Ireland has the .Class distinction.

Benelux NL, BE,LUX

Core EU countries,pushing EU standards.

“open mentality”

Belgium 2 languages, inflexiblelabour law, people understand quitewell English.

Germanspeaking

DE, AT,CH

Same language andsimilar culture.

“hard working”

Inflexible labour law in Germany and Austria, strong unions “Betriebsrat”.Sloppy working attitude in Austria.Switzerland is not part of EU anddifferent currency such as CHF.Flexible labour law but high costs.Switzerland having 4 officiallanguages.

South FR, SP,ITA, PT,

Latin legacy. Similarmentalities. Same

Rigorous legal and statutoryrequirements. Different language and


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Block Members Common aspects Deviations

GR, IL currency except forIL.

“laid back workingapproach”

character set in Greece.

Large legal requirements in Italy.

Language barrier towards English.

Inflexible labour law, often strikesand strong unions.

Nordic S, SF, DK,ICL

Similar languages,mentalities and lawrequirements, hightaxes and labour costs.High level of Englishspeaking.

“cool approach”

Finnish completely deviates from theother languages. Currency issues, i.e.only Finland has the .

Baltic LIT, LET,EST

Same political legacy,booming countries.

“Baltic tigers”

Estonia more common with Finland,also language wise. Different stagesof transformation, i.e. EST in bettershape than the other 2 Balticcountries.

EasternEurope andRussia

PL, CZ,SK, HU,RU

Same political legacy,good transformers.Medium level of English language skills,still some communistmentality.

“fast learners”

High skilled labour, low labour cost.Hungarian completely deviates fromthe other languages. Different paceof transformation, i.e. Slovakia fast,Hungary struggling. Differentworking standards. Differentmentality and character mode inRussia.

Balkan SRB, SLO,BIH, CRO,MTN,

ALB, BUL,RO, TK

Same political legacy,slow transformers, badeconomy, low level of language skills, smallelite, largeunemployment,political instability. Lowlabour costs.

“challengers”

Large differences between and evenin between single countries. Sloveniahas same standards as WesternEurope whereas Serbia needsapprox. another 10 years to achieveEuropean standards. Political issuesin Serbia and Albania. Russianinfluence in Montenegro. Differentcharacter mode in Serbia and

Bulgaria. Romania plays in IT nearshore competition.


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Implementation levels

Similar implementation complexities can be summarized in countries, i.e. whereas the NorthWestern and Central European countries require adequate legal and statutory requirements,the Southern countries have rigorous legal and statutory requirements, which makeimplementations long and cost intensive.

Block Members Explanation

Tier 1 UK, IRL Simple legal and statutory requirements.

Common language to the US.

Pragmatic working approach.Tier 2 NL, GER, CH,

AT, S, SF,DK, NO

Medium legal and statutory requirements.

Hard working approach, unemotional and down to earthmentality.

Different Currencies.Tier 3 BEL, F, ES,

PT, CZ, SK,HU, IL, TK,CR

Medium to High legal and statutory requirements.

Global Accounting Engine required in Southern countries.

Document Sequencing.

Difficult to handle mentalities and languages.

Different Currencies.Tier 4 ITA, PL High legal and statutory requirements.

Global Accounting Engine required in Italy.

Document Sequencing.

Organizational and mentality issues.

Reports and Solutions have Software issues, dependency of

Oracle Support Services.Tier 5 GR Very complex and rigorous state dictated legal and statutoryrequirements. Chart of Accounts dictated by law.

Global Accounting Engine required in Greece.

Organizational, language and working approach issues.

Different character mode (Greek alphabet).


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What are the European Languages?

Where most of the Forms are available in local languages, Europe has also different charactersets, which often cause printing and key board problems.

Country Level Alphabet Sample of Unique Characters and Comments

UK, IRL,NL, ITA,HU, SF,

Tier 1 Latin No special or minor deviations from the US

BE, DE,CH, AT, F,ES, PT, S,DK, N,

Tier 2 Latin Belgium France, Switzerland: ç, é, è, à,̂Germany, Austria, Switzerland: ü, ö, ä, Doppel-SNordic: °, oe

PL, CZ, SK, Tier 3 Latin Numerous special and crossed characters

GR, RU,SRB, BUL

Tier 4 Cyrillic Complete different alphabetical characters from the restof Europe

Apart from the United Kingdom an Ireland, where English is the official language, the Englishlanguage skill level in Europe looks as follow:

Tier 1: United Kingdom, Ireland

Tier 2: Netherlands, Nordics (S, DK, N) Belgium, Luxembourg, German speaking (CH, DE, AT),

Tier 3: Finland, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Israel

Tier 4: Baltic, Eastern Europe (PL, CZ, SK), Greece, France, Russia, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria,Turkey


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What are the different mentalities?

A successful implementation depends on organizational and mentality aspects. Since Europehas different cultures and languages, the mentalities vary as well. The below matrix shouldnot be interpreted as stereotypes, it should be rather viewed as implementation challenges.There is no intention to offend different cultures and nations; the idea behind this matrix is toprovide an understanding why certain characteristics can occur when implementing a newcountry. The objective behind this listing is to avoid any misunderstanding and to provide abasis for more respect when dealing with different nations and characteristics. This is moreimportant during the scope phase in order to set the right expectations on both customer andconsulting level. Remember that you do not have a second chance to make a first impression.

Country Advantages Disadvantages Ease of impl. level

UnitedKingdom

Hands onPragmaticPoliteSelf controlTolerantEasy to get on withDirectBusiness drivenGood HumourBest multi ethnic handlingin Europe

CommunicationLevel of dishonestyStiff ImpersonalColdEccentric

Tier 1

Ireland OpenFriendlyModestCheerfulHelpful

Level of delinquencyCorruptPoverty

Tier 1

Netherlands Consensus drivenOpen mindedSocialFlexibleNon-hierarchicalInventive in proposing

IdeasDirectTaking initiative

AssertiveHumour and politicalincorrect

Not open to changeLike to say NoEveryone involved in decisionsLevel of higher free space requiredStubborn, arrogantToo loud, assertive, too less

focused

Dutch openly strive for theirgoals/deal, and don't want to hearthe story about the others first

Higher absence (sickness days)then the rest of European countries

Tier 2

Germany In depth approachHierarchy drivenEfficientWell organized

PreciseOpen and direct

Exhaustive level of detailedplanningHumourless, masters in moaningStrict, tough, harsh, arrogant,

aggressive, vain, cold.Submissive regarding management

Tier 2


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Local work council thinking

Austria Easy goingCozyComfortableSocialEmployee friendly law

Not open to changeLack of Engagement, masters ingrumbling and being pessimistic.Conflict avoidersLack of focusing on businessDeliver on pressure not on deadlineSloppy working attitude

Tier 2

Switzerland ReliableHard workingDeliver on timeStick to scopePolite

Controlled

High significance of money andstatusIndirectLack of humour and imagination

Vain

Slow

Tier 2

Sweden Subtly humourProgressiveLiberalModest

Cannot show emotions neither joyor miseryStiff Silent

Tier 2

Finland FriendlyDisciplinedHonestWork independentlyModernWell educatedOpen to technology

More women inmanagement positions.No hectic or pressure butin the meantime hardworking

Very silentDifficult to approachNot so openSmalltalk does not exist

Tier 2

Denmark LikeableRemain cool, regardlessof the situationFeel goodComfortable

Lack of politeness (impression only)Get easily offendedLack of communication

Tier 2

Norway FriendlyHelpful

Direct and openSensitiveInterestedPolite

Level of distanceSarcastic

Strong contrast between traditionand modernismLoose working attitude

Tier 2

France Style and ingenuityCharmingPositive attitude to life

Amicable workingrelationship

Endless discussions and meetingswith little resultsToo self-assertiveEgocentric

ArrogantLevel of nationalism

Tier 3

Italy WarmFriendlyOpen to changeHigh level of passion

Hot-headedMachosCorruptionMafia

Tier 4


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Positive attitude

Style and elegantSpain Relaxed and energetic

Strong sense of belongingIndividualismHelpfulHigh level of contributionWarm-heartedBuoyantTemperamentalSmartTolerant

Problems are rather hided thensolved

You need more people to clean thechaosOrganizational issuesInefficiency

“Manana” Not punctualMacho attitudeDifficulty to understand whatdeadlines mean

Tier 3

Portugal SensitiveGentleCalmCozy

AmusingCordialCautiousLike to celebrateSocialLive today, not tomorrow

Cannot take people too seriously –answers are not bindingLack of innovationUnable to make decisionsInconvenientHypocriticalBureaucraticCumbersomeSlowChaoticMelancholic

Tier 3

Belgium Pragmatic

HumourRelaxed

Disorganized

Level of dishonesty and corruption

Tier 3

CzechRepublic

KindHelpfulConfidentDeterminedGood sense of humourHighly educated

Materialistic orientationEnviousDissatisfiedPassiveXenophobicInferiority complexStill some level of corruption

Tier 3

Slovakia Fast to learnModestIntelligent

Not willing to take responsibilityUnable to work independentlyTo achieve a higher salary is moreimportant then project success

Tier 3

Poland Fast to learnMerchantsHighly educated

Taking the law as an excuse not todeliverNot solution orientatedKnow-it-all

Tier 4

Hungary Good sense of humourHospitableJovialEnjoy lifeProfound

Language barrierCarelessPesimistic

Tier 3

Turkey PoliteFamily honourOpen to apply westernstandards

Money drivenCountry of contrastsToo many unspoken rules "ayip"High level of adrenalin

Tier 3


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Helpful

GenerousHospitable

Aggressive

MachoLack of understanding Europeanmentalities

Baltic Motivated and hungry forsuccess

Legacy of past impacts Tier 3

Greece Easy goingFriendlyGenerous

Organizational issuesDisciplineCommitment to deliverBeing punctual

Tier 4

US OpenFriendlyFreedom

No limitsCan do mentalityFast and direct

IgnorantEgoisticPatriots

Level of racismConsumer drivenMaterialisticLack of understanding Europeanhistory, culture and mentalities

Tier 1

Module specific considerations

Oracle Applications is a module based ERP system. For European roll outs, you need toconsider the special requirements, which are impacting single modules. Some of the belowconsiderations are optional, not all considerations are legally or statutory required. The easeof implementation level explains the complexity and effort to implement this Oracle module

on an average basis throughout Europe. The ease of reconciliation level provides theestimation effort to execute a month end reconciliation process. Depending on different rolesand responsibilities, you will define customized responsibilities and menus for each module.What is also required for European Rollouts is a mapping of all required reports against Oraclestandard reports in order to produce a map gap document. This document will then provide adecision basis for reports required by management and reports, which are legally required butnot fully available from the localization reports.

Module European Considerations Ease of imple-mentationlevel

Ease of recon-ciliationlevel

GL - Chart of accounts might be dictated byGovernment or global chart of accounts ismissing local requirements.

- Currency issues, i.e. requirement of foreignexchange daily loader program

- Profile Values- Legal and statutory reporting requirements- Payroll interfaces from feeder systems if

Oracle HR is not in place- Extracts to Corporate reporting systems

such as Hyperion- Define Consolidations, i.e. requirement to

have in addition to USGAAP a local set of book

Tier 2 Tier 2


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Module European Considerations Ease of imple-mentation

level

Ease of recon-ciliation

level- VAT Reports- Customized Trial Balance- Autopost Criteria- Tax Calculation Options- Document Sequencing

AP - Payment Formats and Programs- EFT Payment files for local banks- EDI, eCommerce Gateway, standards such

as Paymul / Edifact- Profile Values

- Bank Accounts- Credit Cards- Complex Payment Terms- VAT and VAT Reports- Tax codes, assignments and recovery rules- Supplier Conversion Standards- Customized Trial Balance- Localized Remittance Advice- Localized aging buckets- Withholding tax and tax calculation options- Special calendars such as recurring

calendars

- Tax Reporting Entities- Lookups, i.e. different pay groups such asdomestic and foreign pay groups

- Bank Charges- Work structure locations (HR)- Document Sequencing

Tier 2 Tier 2

AR - Tax Codes- Transaction Types and Auto Accounting- Local Invoice Formats- Local Payment Slips for Cash Invoices- Local Dunning letters- Customer Data interfaces from feeder

systems- Revenue interfaces from feeder systems- Customer Chargebacks customizations- VAT Reports, i.e. in Discoverer- Customized Trial Balance- Customer Statements- Profile Options- Address Flexfields- Quick Codes (customer class, invoice types,

etc.)- Payment Terms- Invoicing and Accounting Rules, i.e. 12

month even spreads

Tier 3 Tier 4


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Module European Considerations Ease of imple-mentation

level

Ease of recon-ciliation

level- Transaction Sources- Receivables Activities, i.e. Accounting Rules

for Adjustments- Receipt classes, i.e. cash or direct debit- Aging buckets and statement cycles- Document Sequencing

CE - Bank Codes- File Formats- Different electronic bank statements

- Interfaces to 3rd banking software systems,i.e. ELBA

- Interfaces from Direct Debit payments- Automatic receipt creation customization

Tier 1 Tier 5

PO - Purchase Order lay out and format- Approval workflow- Minimal Inventory set up required when

items are used- Locations- System Profiles- Categories for Items

- Job groups and levels for approval matrix- Approval groups and assignments- Expense charge account rules

Tier 2 Tier 1

FA - Tax books- Account generator workflow- Customized Asset reports such as Asset

Movement and enhance Asset Register

Tier 2 Tier 2

OIE - Different Per diem policy schedules- Different mileage schedule- Different meal policy schedules- VAT and Tax considerations for Expense

Report Templates

Tier 3 Tier 1


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FINDINGS

Oracle E-Business Suite 11i covers the European aspects within the Global Financials.

Oracle Applications Global Accounting Engine Oracle Financials Country-Specific Installation Supplement Oracle Financials Common Country Features User Guide Oracle Financials for Austria User Guide Oracle Financials for Belgium User Guide Oracle Financials for the Czech Republic User Guide Oracle Financials for Denmark User Guide Oracle Financials for Finland User Guide

Oracle Financials for France User Guide Oracle Financials for Germany User Guide Oracle Financials for Greece User Guide Oracle Financials for Hungary User Guide Oracle Financials for Italy User Guide Oracle Financials for the Netherlands User Guide Oracle Financials for Norway User Guide Oracle Financials for Poland User Guide Oracle Financials for Portugal User Guide Oracle Financials for Spain User Guide Oracle Financials for Sweden User Guide Oracle Financials for Switzerland User Guide

Oracle Financials for Turkey User Guide

The Global Financial User Guides highlight the different country specific features, which needto be in place when implementing such a country.


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What is Localization?

A functional enhancement to Oracle Applications, developed by an Oracle subsidiary or

International Applications Development, to meet a legal or business requirement of mostcustomers in a given country.

What is a Regional, Shared Localization or even a Globalization?

A Localization required by two or more countries. They have been renamed to Oracle FamilyPacks. From Oracle 10.6 onwards, direct enhancements to core product are calledGlobalizations in order to meet global requirements.

Release 12

The Oracle Release 12 has different localizations manuals grouped in the section GlobalFinancials. This has been consolidated into guides covering Americas, Asia/Pacific, Europe,India and international public sector financials. The country specific installation supplementremained as in Release 11i.

Since for European countries the core applications in Release 12 manage many features thatwere previously managed at the regional and country level, the single country guides havebeen consolidated into the Oracle Financials for Europe User Guide.

The localizations are now visible per applications modules such as General Ledger, Payables,Receivables and Assets. There are separate sections for the Regions such as feature changesbetween Release 11i and Release 12, VAT and Statutory Reporting. Related Guides such as

the Tax Guides show country specific tax requirements.

Country breakdown R12 European Globalizations

The table shows the legal and statutory requirements per country and module. The firstsections shows common features, which are used within the European Union countries.

EU Reports and set up standards

The following Globalizations are shared across countries belonging to the European Union.For additional tax reports which are not listed in below country tables, refer to the Oracle E-Business Tax R12 Reporting Guide.

Ctr FIN Report / Feature Comments

EU AP AR GL

Setting up VAT Reporting:Set up legal entitiesSet up tax profilesSet up tax registrationsSet up tax regimesSet up tax codes and rates

Define VAT Transaction Typesand assign them to tax codes(define lookup codes for

different transaction types)

Use Oracle E-Business Tax to set up taxprofiles, tax registrations, tax regimes, taxand tax rates.

Use General Ledger to set up tax calendars

Use Payables and Receivables for DocumentSequencing (set up Document Categories).


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Define reporting entities,

associate the tax calendar,define allocation rules andrecord VAT registerinformation.

For EU countries, enter theinternal recording date for taxtransactions.

Enter the VAT RegistrationNumber (for AP and AR)

EU AP

AR GL

Document Sequences Use General Ledger to set up document

categories using the Journal Categorieswindow and document sequence names usingthe Document Sequence Name window.

Assign the document sequences also in GL.EU AP

AR GL

EMEA VAT Selection Process Run the EMEA VAT: Selection Process in theSubmit Request window to select taxtransactions within a tax period. The selectionprocess creates a repository of all thetransactions eligible for reporting from OracleE-Business Tax, Oracle Payables, OracleReceivables, and Oracle General Ledger.

When you run the EMEA VAT: SelectionProcess for ECE countries, it automaticallylaunches the ECE Payables Tax DateMaintenance and the ECE Receivables TaxDate Maintenance.

EU AP AR GL

EMEA VAT Allocation Process This process allocates tax and taxable boxnumber to records selected by the selectionprocess, by period type. The allocationprocess matches the transactions with therules to find out the allocated box.

EU AP AR GL

EMEA VAT Allocation Listing This report displays payables, receivables,and general ledger transactions that areextracted within a specific tax period for a

VAT reporting entity. You must run this reportbefore you close a tax period. Review the VAT

Allocations Errors report and make anynecessary corrections before you close a VATperiod.

EU AP AR GL

EMEA VAT Allocation ErrorsReport

This report shows errors recorded during theEMEA VAT allocation process. Errors can bei.e. VAT transaction type is not recordedagainst a transaction or a VAT reporting rulecannot be applied to a transaction ortransaction cannot be allocated due to invalidtax code, etc.

EU AP EMEA VAT Final Reporting Stamp VAT reports as final.


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AR GL

Process

EU AP AR GL

EMEA VAT: Summary AllExtract

The EMEA VAT reports consist of the VATextract and the VAT template.

EU AP AR GL

ECE Payables VAT RegisterUnpaid Invoices Annex

Use the ECE Payables VAT Register UnpaidInvoices Annex to print the taxabletransactions that are not yet fully paid andcleared. The annex sorts and totalstransactions by tax period and prints allunpaid invoices, even if already printed onfinal VAT register. You can also use the annexas an official supporting document for VATreturns.

EU GL ECE General Ledger VATregister

Use the ECE General Ledger VAT register toprint all taxable journals that were manuallyentered in Oracle General Ledger and toprepare VAT returns for submission to taxauthorities in ECE countries. Use this registeras an official supporting document for VATreturns. The register sorts and totals by taxtype, VAT reporting period, VAT transactiontype, and tax code. There are two summarysections each for input and output tax. Thefirst summary section prints totals by tax codeand VAT transaction type. The second

summary section prints totals by tax accountwithin each GL period.EU GL EMEA VAT: Audit GL Extract The EMEA VAT reports consist of the VAT

extract and the VAT template.EU AP ECE Payables VAT register The ECE Payables VAT register prints all

taxable invoices that were entered in OraclePayables. Use this register to prepare VATreturns for submission to tax authorities inECE countries and as an official supportingdocument for VAT returns. The register sortsand totals by tax period, VAT transaction type,and tax code. There are two summarysections. The first section prints totals per taxcode and VAT transaction type. The secondsummary prints totals per GL period and taxaccount.

EU AP Self Invoices Print Purchases VAT Self Invoices and Sales VAT Self Invoices Registers and to carry outwith a single transaction entry, entries on VATaccounts, Purchases VAT account, and Sales

VAT account.EU AP EU Purchase VAT Register This register lists all invoices relative to EU

purchases entered and posted in the daterange of the report. The report submission,the report parameters, the register and

column headings are similar to those of the


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Italian Purchase VAT Register.EU AP EU Sales VAT Register This register lists all invoices relative to EU

purchases entered and posted in the daterange of the report, which, as specified by theEU law, must also be entered in the Sales

VAT Register. The report submission, thereport parameters, the register and columnheadings are similar to those of the ItalianPayables Sales VAT Register.

EU AP Self Invoices Purchase Register The report of the self invoices register on thePurchase VAT Register can be managed inOracle Payables by a report in which all self invoices entered and posted on the date of drawing are listed. The report submission, the

report parameters and the register andcolumn headings are similar to those of theItalian Purchase VAT Register.

EU AP EMEA VAT: Audit AP Extract The EMEA VAT reports consist of the VATextract and the VAT template.

EU AP EMEA VAT: Journal AP Extract The EMEA VAT reports consist of the VATextract and the VAT template.

EU AP EMEA VAT: Summary APExtract


EU AP EMEA VAT: Audit AP Non TRLExtract


EU AP EMEA VAT: Turnover AP Non

TRL Extract

The EMEA VAT reports consist of the VAT

extract and the VAT template.EU AP Self Invoices Sales Register The report of the self invoices register on the

Sales VAT Register can be managed, inOracle Payables, from a report in which all self invoices entered and posted in the date rangeof the report are listed. The reportsubmission, the report parameters, theregister and column headings are similar tothose of the Italian Payables Sales VATRegister.

EU APGL

Customs Bills Customs bill entries involve entry transactionsin the Purchase VAT Register, using as the

invoice taxable amount the import valuedetermined by the customs authority and thepossible import duties, and using the VAT rateindicated on the document and VAT GeneralLedger entries in the Purchases VAT account.

EU AR ECE Receivables VAT Register Use the ECE Receivables VAT Register to printall taxable transactions that were entered inReceivables. Use this register to prepare VATreturns for submission to tax authorities inECE countries and as an official supportingdocument for VAT returns. The register printsstandard tax transactions and deferred taxtransactions separately. The register sorts andtotals by tax period, VAT transaction type, and


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tax code. There are two summary sections.The first summary section prints totals per tax

code and VAT transaction type. The secondsummary section prints total tax amount pertax account and GL period.

EU AR Regional Dunning letter Use the Regional Dunning letter as astatement that you can send to customersadvising them about open balances. To usethe Regional Dunning letter, you must set upat least one dunning letter in the DunningLetters window. Specify &F_AS_OF_DATE inthe message text for the as of date and&F_TOTAL_BALANCE in the message text forthe customer site total balance in the ledger

currency.EU AR EMEA VAT: Audit AR Extract The EMEA VAT reports consist of the VAT

extract and the VAT template.EU AR EMEA VAT: Journal AR Extract The EMEA VAT reports consist of the VAT

extract and the VAT template.EU AR EMEA VAT: Summary AR

ExtractThe EMEA VAT reports consist of the VATextract and the VAT template.

EU AR EMEA VAT: Audit AR Non TRLExtract


EU AR EMEA VAT: Turnover AR NonTRL Extract


EU FA Regional Fixed Assets Register

Report

Report your fixed asset ledger status to your

tax authorities. The report helps you reconcileyour Fixed Asset books with your GeneralLedger account balances and to review assetdetails such as depreciation method, prorateconvention, tag number, and statisticalinformation. The Fixed Assets Register reportis an RXi report, divided into two sections, onefor active and the other for retired assets.

EU FA Statutory Asset Ledger Report Use the Statutory Asset Ledger report to seesummary asset information. The reportprovides summarized asset cost, accumulateddepreciation, and net book value information

for each asset, and optionally reports on allparent accounts.EU FA Statutory Asset Cost Detail

reportUse the Statutory Asset Cost Detail report tosee period changes in fixed asset costs. Thereport provides additions, revaluations,retirements, reclassifications, costadjustments, and ending balances on all fixedassets.

EU FA Statutory Asset Reserve Detailreport

Use the Statutory Asset Reserve Detail reportto see period changes in fixed assetaccumulated depreciation between twoperiods. The report provides depreciationexpenses, revaluations, retirements,reclassifications, reserve adjustments, and


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Norway

As part of the Scandinavian countries, Oracle Roll outs are straight and projects can bedelivered within scope and time. The collaboration is open and the lack of emotions helps toconcentrate on the deliverables.


NO GL Norwegian Government EDIreporting (GEI) functionality

Create the S-Report as a flat file and translateit into the EDIFACT standard. Request andreceive the A-Report (Reconciliation List) fromthe Ministry of Finance.

NO AP AR GL

Norwegian VAT Reconciliation Use the Norwegian VAT Reconciliation reportto print information that you need tocomplete the bimonthly report that yousubmit to your tax authorities two months

after the reporting period. If the bimonthlyreporting period is January to February, forexample, the tax declaration and payment aredue two months later in April. If you did notreport an item at the appropriate time, reportthe item for the current period as a correction.

You cannot report an item more than once.

Finland

As part of the Scandinavian countries, Finland is always seen as different due to languageand the geographical location as being the periphery of Europe. The legal and statutory

requirements are higher compared to Sweden, Denmark and Norway.


FI AP Finnish Payables Account byDetail report

Similar to the tax audit trail, the reportprovides a legal audit trail of all recordedinvoices and payments. The report ensuresthe audit trail from Oracle Payables to originaldocuments. The report is also used toreconcile the liability balances in AP againstGL.

FI FA Finnish Deferred DepreciationExpense report

This report helps to analyze the differencesbetween corporate and tax book depreciation.

You can print information for assets for aselected period. At the end of each fiscal year,run the report on the capitalized assets.In Finland, tax book depreciation is calculatedat the category level. This affects the taxdepreciation calculation of assets sold duringthe year because Oracle Assets generatesloss/gain amounts based on individual assets,not on the whole category. Becausecalculation on individual assets is illegal inFinland, Oracle Assets sets up each categorywith a new sales asset. It creates new sales

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Germany

Germans like rigorous planning and definitions, therefore a detailed scope is required. As aconsultant do not get impressed by the know-all mentality. This is only excellent talking. Inregards to delivery, the Germans are not better then the rest of Europe.


DE AP German Payables VATReconciliation Detail Report

Not all VAT reports support the final reportingmode. Hence, you need not run the EMEA

VAT: Selection process, allocation processor final reporting process for this report.

DE AP German Payables VATReconciliation Detail report

The German Payables VAT ReconciliationDetail report helps you produce German VATdeclarations. The report provides a detaillisting of all transactions posted to each VATaccount in General Ledger. The transactionsare grouped by VAT code and supplier andselected by General Ledger date. The reportincludes details such as the transactionamount and VAT entered on the originalinvoice, as well as any discount taken uponpayment of the invoice.

DE AR German VAT for on accountreceipts



DE AR German VAT for On-AccountReceipts report

The report prints details of all on-accountreceipt transactions that are assigned a taxcode for the selected period range. Thereport also shows the customer name and bill-to site with details of applied and unappliedon-account receipts. You make manualadjustments based on the information thatthe report provides. Post VAT amounts on theon-account receipts to your VAT accounts andreverse any VAT that was posted on invoicesif you received an invoice for the transactionafter you recorded VAT for the prepayment.

Austria

You need to be flexible in Austria regarding delivery. The Austrians are not so businessfocused and like to talk around issues instead of solving them. As a consultant you need to bepushy without loosing the politeness. The working atmosphere is in general good and morerelaxed compared to Germany and Switzerland.


AT AP AR GL

Austrian VAT ReconciliationReport by Tax Code

Report on taxable transactions in OraclePayables, Oracle Receivables and OracleGeneral Ledger. This report helps fulfilling the

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returns and tax audits for VAT accounting. Austrian financial authorities require to report

on taxable amounts and on the related taxesby tax code. The amounts shown in GeneralLedger have to be the same as the reportedamounts for later auditing. This report showsall taxable transactions related to theaccording reporting period grouped by taxcode and highlights transactions that havedifferences.

AT AP AR GL

Austrian VAT ReconciliationReport by Tax Account

Report VAT exceptions for VAT transactionsoutput types by tax account that do notreconcile. This report shows all taxabletransactions related to the reporting period

grouped by tax account and highlightstransactions that have differences. The reporthelps you to find out on which accounts thewrongly taxed transactions are posted.

Additionally, the report helps you find whichadjustments have to be mad, in case the

Austrian VAT Reconciliation Report by TaxCode shows errors. The report is forreconciliation purposes and you must notsubmit it to the tax authorities.

SwitzerlandThe Swiss like templates and standards. The scope does not need to be as detailed as inGermany. The hard working mentality is stronger in the Swiss German part then in the SwissFrench part. A low statutory and legal requirement standard and a liberal law allow straightforward implementations.


CH AP Swiss Payables VAT Report Report all Payables transactions that referencea VAT code. The Swiss Payables VAT report isordered by date and shows the tax and netexpense amounts for each invoice by accountcode. Recoverable tax amounts appear in the

Material/Service column or the Investment /Other column, depending on the tax regime towhich the amounts belong. Non-recoverabletax amounts appear in the Net Amountcolumn, since you account for non-recoverable tax as an expense rather than asa tax. The Swiss Payables VAT report includesonly taxable transactions. Internaltransactions such as contra credit memos arenot included on the report.


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Tier 3 countries

The following reports are unique to Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic,Slovakia, Hungary, Israel, Croatia and Turkey.

Belgium

You will find different mentalities in the Flemish and Dutch speaking part of Belgium. Aninflexible law makes roll outs more difficult compared to France and The Netherlands.


BE AP AR

VAT Allocation Rule Define the allocation rules to decide the VATbox for a transaction. These rules define howthe EMEA VAT Allocation process allocates

amounts from Oracle General Ledger, OraclePayables, and Oracle Receivablestransactions to VAT reporting boxes.

BE AP AR GL

Belgian VAT Monthly VATPreparation report

Use the Belgian VAT Monthly VAT Preparationreport to produce a monthly draft of the VATreturn report. This report shows a boxsummary of declared tax and taxable amountsthat you must report. Use this report tocomplete the official VAT report that yousubmit to Belgian authorities. The report isordered by VAT Report Box, Source, DocumentName (with a page break on Period Name),and VAT Report Box.

BE AR Belgian VAT AnnualDeclaration Process report

The Belgian VAT Annual Declaration Processreport selects Invoices, Credit memos andDebit memos from the Belgian Receivablescustomers for all the posted transaction lines.

BE AR Belgian VAT Annual ReturnReport

The Belgian VAT Annual Return process usesthe data generated through the Belgian VAT

Annual Declaration process to produce the VAT Annual Return. The generated Return file is in ASCII format and suitable for declaration ondisk. The declaration must be accompaniedwith a Begeleidingsnota / Noted'accompagnement.

BE AR Belgian VAT Annual AuditReport

The Belgian VAT Annual Audit report is adetailed overview of all transactions relatedto Belgian customers for a tax year, reportedaccording to the parameters that you enter.This report lets you limit the data you see byentering the parameters Customer NameFrom/To. The Audit report can be differentfrom the VAT Annual Return depending onthe values that you enter for these parameters.

BE AP Belgian VAT PurchasesJournal

Belgian VAT laws require that Belgiancompanies maintain the Belgian VAT PurchasesJournal. This report lists all purchase

documents in sequential order and is mainlyused by VAT authorities during a VAT audit.


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BE AR Belgian VAT Sales Journal Belgian VAT laws require that Belgiancompanies maintain the Belgian VAT Sales

Journal. This report lists all sales documents insequential order and is mainly used by

VAT authorities during a VAT audit.

Croatia

Since Croatia is an EU member state candidate, the legal and statutory reports will changetowards EU standards.


CR AP Croatian Vendor Invoice TaxReport

This report shows the total VAT amount, totaldeductible, and non deductible tax amounts.Ensure that the document sequence is samefor prepayment, standard, and credit noteinvoice types.

CR AR Croatia Customer Invoice Taxreport

This report shows the total VAT amount, totaldeductible, and non deductible tax amounts.Specify a tax invoice date and VATTransaction type.

Portugal

People and the working atmosphere are in general very friendly and pleasant. Due to stronglegal and statutory requirements, you need to estimate enough contingency in the scope.

There is space of improvement regarding legacy and base data information, i.e. “Chart of Accounts on a Marlboro box” instead of having data available in spreadsheets.


PT GL Portuguese General LedgerDetail Trial Balance Report

Uses XML Publisher templates. The degreethat you select determines the level of summary information that appearsfor the account codes, period, and balancingsegments that you select.

PT GL Portuguese General LedgerSummary Trial Balance Report

Displays selected accounts at Degree 1, suchas the summary level. The report displaysonly two-digit accounts and aggregates allassociated balances up to this degree level.

PT GL Portuguese General LedgerResults Trial Balance Report

Displays accounting balances for classes 6, 7,and 8 accounts (excluding account 88 - YearNet Result) for Degree 1 through Degree 7.These classes are associated with tradingaccounts. The Portuguese General LedgerResults Trial Balance report displaysinformation on the trading position for thebalancing segment that you select.

PT GL Portuguese General LedgerBegin Year Trial BalanceReport

Excludes classes 6, 7, and 8 (apart fromaccount 88 - Year Net Result), which areassociated with the company's tradingaccounts. At the beginning of the year, only

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PT GL Portuguese General LedgerEnd Year Trial Balance Report

Report is run after the Results Calculationbecause it represents the final year end trial

balance for all accounts except for classes 6and 7, which are set to zero at the end of thefiscal year.

PT AP AR GL

Portuguese Periodic VATreport

Use the Portuguese Periodic VAT report toproduce VAT information to help youcomplete the statutory periodic (monthly andquarterly) VAT returns. You can produce totaltaxable and tax amounts rounded to thenearest integer for each of the boxesidentified in the Portuguese Periodic VATreport.

PT AP

AR GL

Portuguese Annual VAT report Use the Portuguese Annual VAT report to

complete the statutory Annual VAT return. You can produce total taxable amountsrounded to the nearest integer for each of theboxes identified in the Portuguese Annual VATreport.

PT AP Portuguese Payables TaxpayerID Exception report

The report lists any suppliers who donot have a taxpayer ID. The report onlyselects the customers for whom you insertedat least one transaction.

PT AP Portuguese SuppliersRecapitulative Extract File


VAT: Selection process, allocation process

or final reporting process for this report.PT AP Portuguese Suppliers

Recapitulative ReportNot all VAT reports support the final reportingmode. Hence, you need not run the EMEA


PT AP Portuguese SuppliersRecapitulative report andExtract File

Use the Portuguese Suppliers Recapitulativereport to provide information required bygovernment authorities in paper or electronicformat. The file lists Portuguese supplierswith whom you conducted transactionsgreater than a specified value (including VAT).This report only includes transactions posted

through Oracle Payables. The report doesnot include transactions posted directly toGeneral Ledger. To report in a paper format,use the Standard Request Submissionwindows to submit the Portuguese SuppliersRecapitulative report. To report it in ASCIIformat, use the Standard Request Submissionwindows to submit the Portuguese SuppliersRecapitulative Report, with the templateoption set to Portuguese SuppliersRecapitulative Extract File.

PT AP AR

GL

VAT Allocation Rule Define the allocation rules to decide the VATbox for a transaction. These rules define how

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amounts from Oracle General Ledger, OraclePayables, and Oracle Receivables

transactions to VAT reporting boxes.PT AR DFF for Receipt

acknowledgment designation. Valid values are Yes or No.

Global Descriptive Flexfield:JG_HZ_CUST_SITE_USESContext Code: JE.PT.ARXCUDCI.RA

PT AR Receipt AcknowledgmentLetter

Confirm the receipt of any payment from acustomer. Oracle Receivables produces aseparate receipt acknowledgment for eachreceipt currency.

PT AR Portuguese ReceivablesTaxpayer ID Exception report

Produce a list of all customers without ataxpayer ID. You can run this report by thelegal entity, ledger, or balancing segmentvalue. The report only selects the suppliers for

whom you inserted at least one transaction.PT AR Portuguese Customers

Recapitulative ReportNot all VAT reports support the final reportingmode. Hence, you need not run the EMEA


PT AR Portuguese CustomersRecapitulative Extract File


VAT: Selection process, allocation processOr final reporting process for this report.

PT AR Portuguese CustomersRecapitulative Report andExtract File

Use the Portuguese Customers Recapitulativereport to provide information required bygovernment authorities in paper or electronic

format. The file lists Portuguese suppliers withwhom you conducted transactions greaterthan a specified value (including VAT).The report only includes transactions postedthrough Oracle Receivables. It does notinclude transactions posted directly to GeneralLedger. To report in a paper format, use theStandard Request Submission windows tosubmit the Portuguese Customersrecapitulative report. To report it in ASCIIformat, use the Standard Request Submissionwindows to submit the Portuguese Suppliers

Recapitulative report, with the templateoption set to Portuguese CustomerRecapitulative Extract File.

Hungary

Hungary has the biggest deviation in the mentality from the Visegrad countries (CZ, SK, PL,and HU) and has in this view more challenges for implementations. There is a raise innationalistic attitude which makes it more difficult to cope with. The language barrier isanother challenge; however most of the Hungarians speak good English.


HU GL ECE General Ledger VATregister

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entered in Oracle General Ledger and toprepare VAT returns for submission to tax

authorities in ECE countries. Set up the VATtransaction types in the Application ObjectLibrary Lookups window using theZX_JEBE_VAT_TRANS_TYPE lookup type.Hungarian users must set up special VATtransaction types for any documents thatmust be excluded from the register or printedseparately.

HU AP AR GL

ECE Payables VAT RegisterUnpaid Invoices Annex

Use this annex to supplement the ECEPayables VAT Register to help prepare VATreturns for tax authorities in Hungary.

HU AP ECE Payables VAT register The ECE Payables VAT register prints all

taxable invoices that were entered in OraclePayables. Hungarians users must set upspecial VAT transaction types for anydocuments that must be excluded from theregister or printed separately.

HU AP Hungarian Payables Invoice Aging report

The report helps to analyze the cash flow of unpaid invoices and your uncleared payments.The report organizes uncleared items intotime periods that you define, based on thetransaction due date. You can only run thereport in your functional currency.

You need to set up aging periods first.

HU AR Regional Invoice Format Set the JG: Duplicate profile option at theresponsibility level. Ensure naming standardsfor transaction types. Assign product fiscalclassifications to inventory items or taxproduct categories to standard memo lines, torepresent statistical codes as determined bythe Hungarian government.

HU AR ECE Receivables VAT Register Use the ECE Receivables VAT Register to printall taxable transactions that were entered inReceivables. Set up the VAT TransactionTypes in the Application Object LibraryLookups window using theZX_JEBE_VAT_TRANS_TYPE lookup type.Hungarians users must set up special VATtransaction types for any documents thatmust be excluded from the register or printedseparately. Hungarian users must use a taxcode that is assigned to the VAT TransactionType for transactions that should be printed inthe Preliminary version of the report.

HU FA Hungarian Asset MovementSchedule

The report provides a summary of changes toasset category costs due to additions,adjustments, revaluations andreclassifications. The report prints the assetcategory cost account and totals for property

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property types (tangible, intangible) in thequick codes window first and assign them to

the Asset Category header. You also need toassign an asset to a single balancing segmentvalue.

HU FA Hungarian AccumulatedDepreciation MovementSchedule

This report shows a summary of all of yourasset depreciation transactions by propertytype and by asset category. The report showsthe summary of changes to asset categoryaccumulated depreciation values due toadditions, adjustments, revaluations andreclassifications. The report prints the assetcategory reserve account and totals forproperty type and company. You need to

define property types (tangible, intangible) inthe quick codes window first and assign themto the Asset Category header. You also needto assign an asset to a single balancingsegment value.

HU FA Hungarian Depreciation Analysis report

This report shows summary analysis of all of your asset depreciation expense transactionsby property type and by asset category forthe period range that you requested. Thereport shows the summary of depreciationexpense for different depreciation methods foreach asset category. The Hungarian

Depreciation Analysis report also shows totalsfor property type and company. You need todefine property types (tangible, intangible) inthe quick codes window first and assign themto the Asset Category header. You also needto assign an asset to a single balancingsegment value.

Turkey

There is a space for improvement in regards to reliability. A scope is worthless if not havingthe necessary management support in the project.


TK GL Turkish Trial Balance Report Equivalent to the General Ledger TrialBalance Report. Requires accounthierarchy setup to provide balances atsummary level.

France

You cannot start a project in France without having several meetings and discussions, whichoften turn to be more philosophical then implementation related. However, it is better to havesingle face to face interviews with the stakeholders first before defining the scope. There isabsolutely no chance to succeed in a project without having at least some knowledge of the

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FR AP DAS2 file Companies in France that do business withindependent consultants must declare to taxauthorities all payments to consultants eachyear for each supplier. These third partypayments include fees, commissions, andrebates. This report can be submitted to thetax authorities in a formatted, electronic file.

FR AP DAS2 Verification Report The report is used to verify the supplierinformation that is extracted into the DAS2tables.

FR AP DAS2 Type 210 UpdatesReport

The report prints a list of all changes to DAS2temporary tables that were made using theDAS2 update windows since the last extract.

FR AP DAS2 Consultant Letters This letter shows the total invoiced amountsand other DAS2 data that was reported to theFrench Tax Authorities for the current year.

FR AR French Receivables Bank Remittance

In Release 12, you cannot create new bills of exchange automatic receipts. You cancontinue to remit previously existing bills of exchange receipts using these Bills of Exchange receipt formats.

FR AP French Deductible VATDeclaration report

Run this report at the end of each month toget the deductible VAT amount from eachPayables invoice as well as the correspondingtotal VAT amounts for the month. The Option

pour les debits rule states that VAT amountsbecome deductible as soon as you receive theinvoice. Tax deduction rules are used by thecodes DEB/M and CRE/M.

FR AP AR

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Czech Republic

The Czechs are more problem then solution orientated and you need to plan quite a big part

of the scope for convictions and persuasions. Change Management needs to be part of eachscope since the Czechs are in general not open towards change. Money incentives are highervalued then in other countries. The Czechs are extremely good in improvising. People withgraduation before 1989 are more difficult to cope with (ex communist mentality). People withgraduation after 1989 are literate, flexible and more open towards change. There are nolanguage barriers (good English and German) when dealing with younger people.


CZ AR Regional Invoice Format Set the JG: Duplicate profile option at theresponsibility level. Ensure naming standardsfor transaction types.

Spain

For each scope, things need to be verified since you often find that things are betterpresented then they really are. The working atmosphere is in general friendly and pleasant.The Spanish are more open towards other nationalities and therefore more open towardschange. You need to be more pushy for delivery but at the end of the day, deadlines are met.


ES AP Modelo 190 Spanish Withholding Tax report and extract.The Report is available in detail and summaryformat.

ES AP Spanish Input VAT Journal

report

Use the Spanish Input VAT Journal report to

gather and report information about VATthat is charged on invoices and expensereports entered in Oracle Payables. TheSpanish Input VAT Journal report is requiredby Spanish legislation for VAT. The reportconsists of two parts: a detailed section,organized by invoice accounting date andnumber, with totals at the end of the section;and a summary by tax, organized by TaxCode, with totals at the end of the report.

ES AP Spanish Payables Inter-EUOperations Summary Data

Extract (Modelo 349)

The Spanish Payables Inter-EU OperationsSummary Data Extract (Modelo 349) is a

summary by supplier of Inter-EC purchases of physical goods. For transactions that correctprevious declarations, the report separatelylists the relevant suppliers and invoiceamounts with the period and year of thecorrection. The report displays invoice totalsfor each supplier.

ES AP Spanish Payables Operationswith Third Parties Data Extract(Modelo 347)

The Spanish Payables Operations with ThirdParties Data Extract (Modelo 347) summarizesby supplier all domestic purchases andimports of services. The Spanish PayablesOperations with Third Parties Data Extract(Modelo 347) includes all purchases that arenot reported on the Spanish Payables Inter-


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EU Operations Summary Data Extract (Modelo349), not reported to customs (such as

movements of goods between the CanaryIslands and the mainland), or not reported onyour income tax withholding declarations(Modelo 190).

ES AP Spanish Payables CanaryIslands Annual OperationsData Extract (Modelo 415)

The Spanish Payables Canary Islands AnnualOperations Data Extract (Modelo 415) is asummary by supplier of domestic purchases(both goods and services) in the CanaryIslands that are subject to the Canary Islands

VAT regime Impuesto General IndirectoCanario (IGIC). Total purchases with suppliersbelow the specified threshold are not included

in the report.ES AP

AR Spanish Inter-EU InvoicesJournal report

Use the Spanish Inter-EU Invoices Journalreport to review the invoices entered andposted in Oracle Payables that have offset taxdistributions. These invoices normally areInter-EU invoices that you receive fromsuppliers in other countries within theEuropean Union. The Spanish Inter-EUInvoices Journal report displays theinformation that would be displayed on theSpanish Output VAT Journal report (IVARecapulativa) if you created the

corresponding self invoices in OracleReceivables. You can use this report as aguide to create the self invoices in OracleReceivables or you can simply include thisreport along with the standard Spanish Output

VAT Journal report that you send to taxauthorities. Because offset tax codes areusually defined as fully recoverable, theSpanish Inter-EU Invoices Journal reportdisplays the full amounts of offset tax.

ES AP Spanish Inter-EU InvoiceFormat (DocumentoEquivalente)

Use the Spanish Inter-EU Invoice Format(Documento Equivalente) to print a self invoice to justify the inclusion of Inter-ECgoods purchases invoices on both the SpanishInput VAT Journal report and the SpanishOutput VAT Journal Report. The SpanishInter-EU Invoice Format (DocumentoEquivalente) prints details of the sameinvoices that appear on the Spanish Inter-EUInvoices Journal Report.

ES AP Spanish Operations with ThirdParties Magnetic Format(Modelo 347)

The Spanish Operations with Third PartiesMagnetic Format (Modelo 347) provides anelectronic report for submission to the Spanishgovernment. The report contains operationswith third parties and property rentals over a

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exceed a threshold designated by the Spanishgovernment.

ES AP Spanish Inter-EU OperationsSummary Magnetic Format(Modelo 349)

The Spanish Inter-EU Operations SummaryMagnetic Format (Modelo 349) provides anelectronic report for submission to the Spanishgovernment. The report is a magnetic formatof all Inter-EC sales and purchases of goodsover a period that you specify.

ES AR AutoInvoice importinginvoices. DFF for Rentallocation.

Global Descriptive Flexfield:JG_RA_CUSTOMER_TRXContext Code:JE.ES.ARXTWMAI.MODELO347PR

ES AR AutoInvoice importinginvoices. DFF for the correction

year and correction period

Global Descriptive Flexfield:JG_RA_CUSTOMER_TRX

Context Code: JE.ES.ARXTWMAI.MODELO349ES AR AutoInvoice importing

invoices. DFF for propertylocation.

Global Descriptive Flexfield:JG_RA_CUSTOMER_TRXContext Code:JE.ES.ARXTWMAI.MODELO415_347PR

ES AP AR

Spanish Periodic ModeloReports

Spanish Receivables Canary Islands AnnualOperations Data Extract (Modelo 415)Spanish Payables Canary Islands AnnualOperations Data Extract (Modelo 415)Spanish Receivables Operations with ThirdParties Report (Modelo 347)Spanish Payables Operations with Third

Parties Report (Modelo 347)Spanish Payables Inter-EU OperationsSummary Data Extract (Modelo 349)Spanish Receivables Inter-EU OperationsSummary Data Extract (Modelo 349)

ES AR Spanish Output VAT Journalreport

Use the Spanish Output VAT Journal report togather and report information about tax ontransactions entered in Oracle Receivables.The report is required by Spanish authorities.The Spanish Output VAT Journal report hastwo parts: a detailed section, ordered byinvoice accounting date and number of

invoice, with totals at the end of the section;and a summary by tax, ordered by tax code,with totals at the end of the report. OracleReceivables displays invoices accounted forwith VAT for the balancing segment value thatyou choose. If an invoice has several lineswith different tax codes, the lines for thesame tax code are summarized.

ES AR Spanish Receivables Inter-EUOperations Summary DataExtract (Modelo 349)

The Spanish Receivables Inter-EU OperationsSummary Data Extract (Modelo 349) is asummary by customer of Inter-EC sales of physical goods. For transactions that correctprevious declarations, the report separately

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amounts, with the period and year of thecorrection. The report also marks transactions

that are triangulation operations and displaysinvoice totals for each customer. Do not entertax groups on Modelo 349 invoices.

ES AR Spanish ReceivablesOperations with Third PartiesData Extract (Modelo 347)

The Spanish Receivables Operations withThird Parties Data Extract (Modelo 347) is asummary by customer of all domestic salesand exports of services. The SpanishReceivables Operations with Third PartiesData Extract (Modelo 347) includes all salesthat are not reported on the SpanishReceivables Inter-EU Operations SummaryData Extract (Modelo 349) or not reported to

customs (such as movements of goodsbetween the Canary Islands and themainland).

ES AR Spanish Receivables CanaryIslands Annual OperationsData Extract (Modelo 415)

The Spanish Receivables Canary Islands Annual Operations Data Extract (Modelo 415)is a summary by customer of domestic sales(both goods and services) in the CanaryIslands that are subject to the Canary Islands

VAT regime Impuesto General IndirectoCanario (IGIC). Total sales with customersbelow the specified threshold are not includedin the report.

ES AP AR Spanish Annual ModeloMagnetic Format Report Spanish Canary Islands Annual OperationsMagnetic Format (Modelo 415)Spanish Operations with Third PartiesMagnetic Format (Modelo 347)Spanish Inter-EU Operations SummaryMagnetic Format (Modelo 349)

ES AP AR

Spanish Canary Islands AnnualOperations Magnetic Format(Modelo 415)

The Spanish Canary Islands AnnualOperations Magnetic Format (Modelo 415)provides an electronic report for submission tothe Canary Islands tax authorities. Thereport is a magnetic format of all IGICtransactions with local suppliers andcustomers, for businesses whose annual totalsales exceeds a threshold amount designatedby the Spanish government. The SpanishCanary Islands Annual Operations MagneticFormat must be provided in electronic formatif the number of third parties declaredexceeds 500.


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Israel


IL AP Israeli Withholding TaxDetail/Summary Report

This report shows the total payments beforewithholding tax, withholding tax deductedfrom payments to the vendors, and thenumber of vendors that had withholding taxDeducted.

IL AP Israeli Withholding Tax FileForm 856

The text file lists the withheld tax amounts foreach vendor for the selected reporting period.

Additionally, the file contains the vendors'

personal details and the total amounts ontheir transactions including payments,withholding tax amounts, and liabilities.

IL AP Israeli Withholding TaxReconciliation report

Review all payments and related withholdingtax transactions for vendors and vendor sitesfor the selected reporting period.

IL AP Israeli Withholding Tax AnnualCertificate to Vendors report

Prepare an annual certificate to vendors onwithheld amounts for the total paymentsregistered by each vendor during the selectedreporting period. The certificate summarizesthe vendor's transactions with the entityissuing the certificate.

IL AP Israeli VAT AP Detailed This report displays VAT details for standard,import, and petty cash transaction categories.

IL AP Israeli VAT Files - Related to835 and Not Related to 835

Use the VAT File to prepare an ASCII file(form 835) to submit the monthly VAT file tothe tax authority. Generate the VAT files afterrunning the Israeli VAT Summary Declarationto Tax Authority report with the Updateparameter.

IL AP Israeli VAT SummaryDeclaration to Tax Authorities

The report provides a summary listingshowing VAT collected by categories for aselected reporting period, which is usually amonth or bi-month. Use this report to providethe tax authorities with the summary amounts

for input and output VAT amounts.IL AR Israeli VAT AR Detailed Report Use the report to view a list of the VAT output

transactions for each month.

Tier 4 countries

The following reports are unique to Italy and Poland.

Poland

Because of the large population, you will find extremely well educated and high calibre peoplein the projects. In general, people speak good English and German and are more opentowards change compared to the Czech Republic. There is space of improvement in terms of


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understanding deadlines.


PL GL General Ledger Journal EntryReport

Journal entry information – reportingsequence in both subledger and GL required.GL dates determines sequence.

PL GL Polish General Ledger TrialBalance Reports

Equivalent to the General Ledger Trial BalanceReport

PL AP Polish Supplier Statement The report shows for each supplier all invoicetransactions within a specified range of datesfor a specified transaction type. The reportgroups transactions by currency. The report isdivided into two sections. The first sectionlists all transactions, including invoices,payments, withholdings, and applied

Prepayments, already applied to the supplierbalance. The second section lists unappliedprepayments to show you what the supplierbalance would be if the remaining amount of prepayments is applied.Set a sequence number in theJG_ZZ_SUPPLIER_STATEMENT_TEXT lookuptype

PL AR AutoInvoice importinginvoices. DFF for Bank AccountNumber.

Global Descriptive Flexfield:JG_RA_CUSTOMER_TRXContext Code: JE.PL.ARXTWMAI.TAX_DATE

PL AR Regional Invoice Format Set the JG: Duplicate profile option at the

responsibility level. Ensure naming standardsfor transaction types. Assign product fiscalclassifications to inventory items or taxproduct categories to standard memo lines, torepresent statistical codes as determined bythe Polish government.

PL AR ECE Receivables VAT Register Use the ECE Receivables VAT Register to printall taxable transactions that were entered inReceivables. Polish users must set up a single,exclusive VAT transaction type for deferredtax transactions. Enter a tax code at thetransaction line level. Polish users should

ensure that a single, exclusive VATtransaction type is used for deferred taxtransactions.


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ItalyItaly has some rigorous legal and statutory requirements which make every implementation achallenge. Italians are open towards change and it is easy to work with them. In general,people speak good English but meetings tend to end up in Italian so it is required tounderstand some Italian in order to survive a project.


IT AP Italian Payables WithholdingTax Letter

The Italian Payables Withholding Tax Letterdisplays the amount of withholding tax foreach withholding tax rate applied to theinvoices, along with the net amount that waspaid for these invoices. The letter shows both

the withheld amounts paid to the IRPEF(Imposta sui Redditi delle Persone Fisiche)withholding tax authority and the amountspaid to the INPS (Istituto NazionalePrevidenza Sociale) social security fees tax

Authority. The Italian Pa

contractors network - complexity of european roll outs

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