Local Data Entry

Local Data Entry has its own section in Global Access. You can enter information for a state, a municipality, or a concurrent tax. Local Data Entry is used to calculate taxes under the same basis for different jurisdictions. Examples of local jurisdictions are: states in the US, provinces in Canada, IRAP in Italy, and  trade tax in Germany.

Once a local jurisdiction is activated and has the proper rates in place, all gross adjustments entered on the National (Federal) level flow down to local calculations. Administrators can set up an adjustment as a National (Federal) only adjustment so that it will not affect the local jurisdiction calculations. This is done in the Administration section of Corporate Edition. Local NOLs, Local After-Tax Temporary Differences, and Local Tax Adjustments need to be entered on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis. In addition, adjustments to a national gross permanent or temporary difference can be made under a local jurisdiction.

Note: A local jurisdiction can affect the national jurisdiction by adjusting the National (Federal) deductibility rates.

When a local jurisdiction is activated, and Corporate provides access to local users, the Local Data Entry menu displays on the bottom left side. A drop-down menu shows all local jurisdictions assigned to you. If you need to have local jurisdictions activated under the units for which you are responsible, notify Corporate.

Be sure that all proper jurisdictions are activated and assigned to appropriate users. For more information, refer to the Administration section..

Unless permanent and temporary differences are created as National (Federal) Only adjustments, they flow down from the national level to the local provision calculation automatically. You can adjust them under the local calculation by entering Local Permanent Differences, and Temporary Differences. You can also create adjustments that affect only local calculations. Among these items are Local NOLs, Local Tax Adjustments and Local After-Tax Temporary Differences.