Re: [ubl] Comments from Tax XML on Invoice and Small Business Subsetsubmission - Tax Category

[Tim McGrath <tmcgrath@portcomm.com.au>]

Sorry it has taken me a while to get around to this.  Somehow it just kept
slipping through my intray!

I can see from the submission that TaxXML define item tax category as:
"A categorization or classification of items that may be used to identify
items from the perspective of determining tax liability. For example, items
categorized as clothing may be subject to a standard tax rate in a particular
jurisdiction, however a sub category of clothing, such as children’s clothing
may be nontaxable or zero-rated, while another sub category such as luxury
clothing, for example furs, could have a surcharge or higher tax rate."

UBL has used Tax Category as :
"information directly relating to a specific tax category". For example,
"ZeroRatedGoods" "NotTaxable" "Standard Rate".

With UBL it is, in fact, the Tax Category the is used for the actual charges.

In other words UBL sees Tax Category as a subset of a Tax, whereas i think
TaxXML see it as a subset of an Item (or classification of an Item).

So where UBL may have a Tax Category value of "ZeroRatedGoods", TaxXML would
expect to see values like "Children's Clothing".  

Is that correct?

Is it that UBL assumes the taxability assessment has been done and TaxXML
 simple provides the raw information?

Clearly there is a relationship between these two and we should decide how
to model them.


Sylvia Webb wrote:

3) For the UBL Invoice, they would like further information on our definition of Tax Category and Item Tax Category.  After studying Stephen Greens questions, and the UBL issues list, it does not appear that their definition for these items is the same as UBL's.  Upon receipt of this additional information, they will answer Stephen's questions and submit additional comments.

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