Non-invasive deployment options
Through tight integration with both your financial systems and business processes Sabrix ensures tax policies are being realised at an operational level for initiatives such as self-billing, shared service centres and outsourced AP/AR processing.
Sabrix may be implemented to support all your company’s indirect tax requirements worldwide or alternatively, indirect tax complexity may only exist in a limited number of countries or business entities. In such cases manual AP tax determination and a limited level of AR tax determination automation can continue to be managed within ERP systems, and Sabrix can resolve the tax complexities in the countries or entities where it lies.
Sabrix 5.0 also provides companies the choice of which business processes they wish to support through tax automation. For example, this can range from channeling vendor charged VAT into the correct reporting and account assignments, right through to automation of VAT determination in the full purchase process. Alternatively, depending on how indirect tax is managed in your ERP system, Sabrix can be used as a rate look up tool to accurately determine the correct rate to apply to transactions.
As the majority of Sabrix deployments are linked to an ERP upgrade / project, the roll out / implementation of Sabrix often reflects a company’s overall ERP roll out schedule.
As the majority of Sabrix deployments are linked to an ERP upgrade / project, the roll out / implementation of Sabrix often reflects a company’s overall ERP roll out schedule.
Example Implementations
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In the example seen here, AR functions are carried out in Ireland and the tax department resides here also. As a shared service centre has been established all pan European invoicing is conducted on behalf of the various EU subsidiaries or using the Ireland entity’s VAT registration number. Sabrix is automating the AR VAT determination in all taxing jurisdictions. |
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AP functions were previously carried out in India using a manual tax code selection process. By automating this with Sabrix, the tax department in Ireland has visibility of the tax logic applied. Finally, a manufacturing facility in China uses Sabrix for local indirect tax determination and for purchases/ sales associated with the supply chain. |
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| Country specific example | |
In some company structures, the indirect tax complexity may only lie in certain countries. This may be due to the fact that the main manufacturing/ distribution entities are located there. In the other European countries the entities are performing sales and marketing activities only. |
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In the example seen here, Tax, AP and AR are dispersed throughout the EU. The indirect tax complexity only really lies in Germany, France and the UK. Sabrix can be deployed at a country level to realize the benefits of automated tax determination for complex business units whilst ensuring non-complex business units can still use their existing ERP processes for tax determination. |
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 Manual tax determination/ERP |
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Companies may also choose to deploy Sabrix to support specific business areas such as a centralised procurement organisation. |
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In this example, a centralised procurement organisation is located in Luxembourg and in turn has global indirect tax requirements which are automated using Sabrix. Due to the nature of the supply chain, the various EU subsidiaries only make rudimentary domestic supplies and in this case tax determination can be carried out within the ERP system. |
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