Compliant and automated indirect tax determination on sales and purchases
Meridian's VAT Add-on solves all known limitations and shortcomings concerning sales and purchase tax determination in SAP. The solution is built into SAP and does not require interfaces to an external tax engine. It solves determination on common challenges such as Triangulation and Plants Abroad.
Benefits
Compliant and automated tax determination on all sales and purchase transactions
Meridian solves all known limitations and shortcomings concerning VAT determination in SAP and delivers automation and improved compliance on all complex sales and purchase transactions. No manual intervention is required. The VAT Add-on is also optimized for European indirect tax rules
Improved Audit Performance. Reduced Compliance and Maintenance cost
The VAT add-on delivers accurate tax ready data that can be trusted. There are no manual processes required to meet tax authority reporting requirements. Maintenance costs are significantly reduced as changes to legislation or the business are easily updated using standard SAP data fields.
Automated and centralised VAT determination
VAT and Finance teams take ownership for all VAT decisions and can implement all business or legislation changes quickly and efficiently via the Cockpit. Comprehensive reporting and monitoring tools streamline the process.
Enhanced VAT Reporting, Analytics and Control Functionality
Delivers full traceability and visibility of every VAT decision made within SAP. Enhances the standard VAT reports delivered by SAP through enhanced VAT analytics and control functionality.
Features
Sales Module
Fully automated and compliant VAT determination on sales flows: Drop shipments & chain transactions, Triangular or A-B-C transactions (intercompany and 3rd party), Extended and domestic reverse-charge flows, Ex-works deliveries & customer pickups, cross border consignment flows, special VAT regions.

Purchases Module - Manual and Electronic
All complex EU flows are solved for AP, integration and automation for all electronic AP processes, including IDOCS, & EDI ( self billing ERS, vendor consignment settlements). No manual selection of tax codes required. Automated determination of the correct VAT ID number of the buying entity on PO.

VAT ID Checks Module
Real-time call to VIES website, integrated within customer and vendor master data routine, full audit control and status tracking, bulk checking and re-checking, tax certificate upload and management.

VAT Cockpit with Reporting & Analytics
VAT cockpit is a single dashboard for performing all maintenance & reporting tasks - activate sales organisations company codes, maintain VAT rules & Condition Records for sales & purchases, maintain VAT ID check results from VIES module. Execute VAT & ECSL reports, analytics and control reports.

Tax Codes Module
Introduces validity periods for Tax codes and ensure you never run out of Tax codes. Allows for a Stable and aligned tax code structure and ensure you don't need to create new tax codes for changes in VAT rates.

Plans and pricing
All plans include:
- Sales Module. Sales Module enables fully automated and compliant VAT determination on all sales flows in the SAP system Tax Module.
- Purchase Module. Purchase Module automates SAP systemTax Module for invoice and purchase orders
- VAI ID check module. VAT ID (validation) checks with real time call to VIES website.
- Tax Module. Tax Code Module ensures you never run out of tax codes for your SAP tax sysyem.
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- Purchase Module VAT automation. Purchase Module automates SAP invoice and purchase orders
- VAT ID check VAT automation. VAT ID (validation) checks with real time call to VIES website.
- Tax Module VAT automation. Tax Code Module ensures you never run out of tax codes.
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- This brings transparency to the whole process, providing global tax and finance managers with a clear understanding of how and why the VAT Add-on has arrived at a tax decision.
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- Meridian eliminates need need to turn AP and sales order desk staff into VAT experts, which greatly reduces costs associated with training and staff turnover.
- Sales Module VAT automation
- Purchase Module VAT automation
- VAT ID Check Module VAT automation
- Tax Module VAT automation
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- The benefit of this approach is that it’s no longer a requirement to create new tax codes each time there’s a VAT rate change
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Resources
SAP Certified - Integration with SAP S/4HANA
ARCO brochure
Vat Add on Brochure
EU VAT TRiangulation Guide
Seven Reasons for SAP ERP System Tax Module VAT determination
10 reasons why your SAP system cannot handle EU VAT
Meridian VAT Add-on General Brochure
Publisher
Meridian Global VAT Services Limited
Meridian tax determination solutions solve all known limitations and shortcomings concerning VAT determination in SAP. Meridian VAT determination solutions have been implemented by some of the largest globally distributed companies.
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