Invoices & Taxation

On the Invoices & Taxation tab you can define the following:

 

Field Description

Tax ID

Callshop reseller’s tax ID.

Taxation Method

  • No Taxation – Select this option if the customer is exempt from taxation.
  • As defined by the Customer Class – Select this option to apply the taxation method defined in the customer class.
  • Tax Included into the Rate – Select this method when the rates from the customer’s tariff include all required taxes. This method is ideal for prepaid services. Since every xDR produced contains a tax amount, charges and taxes are debited from the customer’s balance immediately after the service is rendered. This is also convenient for European countries, where customers are used to seeing all prices as “final.”
  • EZtax (US, Canada) – Select this method to use the EZtax plug-in. EZtax is a software vendor that has US tax information in their library, in conjunction with PortaBilling. This ensures that proper tax calculation is applied to American and Canadian customers.
  • SureTax (US, Canada) – Select this method to tax voice call services and subscriptions in the US and Canada. SureTax is another taxation system that allows you to accurately and easily calculate taxes for your US and Canadian customers.
  • Fixed VAT Rate – Select this method when you need to specify a certain percentage of value-added tax.
  • GST (Malaysia) – This plug-in handles the goods and services tax (GST) that was implemented in Malaysia in April 2015.

Send Statistics via email

Defines what kind of xDR statistics should be delivered you by email:

  • As defined by the Customer Class – Use the settings for the customer class.

  • Full Statistics – Send a .csv file with a complete list of xDRs.

  • Summary Only – Do not send a full list of xDRs, only a brief summary

  • Do Not Send – This option prevents the delivery of event statistics to you via email.

Invoice Template

Defines the invoice template for this callshop reseller. Choose Customer class default in order to apply the invoice template defined for this class, and so avoid defining an invoice template for each callshop reseller specifically.

Send Invoices

Defines whether new invoices should be delivered to this callshop reseller by email.

 

Customer class default – Use the settings for the customer class.

 

 

Other option on this tab depend on the selected tax method and are described in the following subsections.

 

EZtax (US, Canada)

 

Field Description

Type

This field is used to specify the type of customer involved in the transaction:

  • Default – Select this to apply customer class settings.
  • Business – Select this when a customer pays taxes as a legal entity.
  • Residential – Select this when a customer pays taxes as a private individual.

Incorporated City Area

This is used to specify whether a customer is inside or outside of an incorporated area that is designated as their location.

  • Default – Select this to apply customer class settings.
  • Inside – The customer is inside of an incorporated area designated as their location.
  • Outside – The customer is outside of an incorporated area designated as their location.

NOTE: Inner city tax jurisdictions are often based on postal code groupings. EZtax offers a service to define the correct US Post Office postal code using the customer's entire address.

Taxation Mode

This defines the taxation mode that helps apply relevant taxes for wide scale service.

  • Non-switched – Taxation is applied based on the number of lines the customer uses.
  • Switched – Taxation is applied based on the number of trunks, extensions and outbound channels that the customer uses. All of them may work in conjunction.

Exempt From

This designates which jurisdictional level of taxes are not applied to the callshop resellerr:

  • Federal Taxes – Taxes at the federal level are not applied.
  • State Taxes – Taxes at the state level are not applied.
  • CountyTaxes – Taxes at the county level are not applied.
  • Local Taxes – Taxes at the local level are not applied.

 

 

SureTax (US, Canada)

 

Field

Description

Sales Type

This field is used to specify the type of customer involved in the transaction:

  • As defined by the Customer Class – Select this to apply customer class settings.
  • Business – Select this when a customer pays taxes as a legal entity.
  • Industrial – Select this when transactions are made at an industrial business.
  • Lifeline – Select this when transactions are made by a customer granted a subsidy.
  • Residential – Select this when a customer pays taxes as a private individual.

Summary Type

  • Default – Select this to apply customer class settings.
  • No Summary – Select this to separately display federal, state and local taxes.
  • Summary by Federal, State and Local Taxes – Select this to display federal, state and local taxes summarized.

Decimal Digits

Define number of decimal digits for rounding the taxes.

Tax Exemption

Click the Choose tax exemption button and in the dialog box select particular service categories to relieve a customer from taxes related to them.

 

 

Fixed VAT Rate

 

Field Description

Apply taxes at the moment of payment (for prepaid customers and debit account only)

With this option selected, the taxes for services will be calculated and applied to prepaid customers based on the tax rate and the top up amount. The total sum of payment will be increased by the calculated tax amount (e.g. a user enters a $10 payment to top up the balance. The system calculates the taxes and adds them to the entered amount, increasing the sum total. The user is provided with full payment information: the entered amount, the tax amount and the sum total.)

Upon payment processing, the customer’s balance is increased by the actual amount ($10), excluding taxes.

Exempt From Tax

This defines whether customer is relieved from taxes:

  • Default – Select this to apply customer class settings.
  • Yes – Select this if the customer is not obliged to pay this tax.
  • No – Select this to enable the usage of the Fixed VAT Rate taxation method.

VAT percentage

Specify a certain percentage of value-added tax.

Tax xDR Per Service

Select this check box to produce tax xDRs for each service separately. 

 

 

GST (Malaysia)

 

Field Description

Relief Certificate

By default, the GST plug-in applies a 6% goods and services tax. If you have a relief certificate code that applies 0% tax for goods, specify the code in this field.

Expiration Date

Indicate when the relief certificate expires.

Goods

Select the goods that fall under the relief certificate with 0% tax.