Symptom
Information regarding the temporary reduced value-added tax rates for Germany in SAP Business ByDesign.
The German coalition government has agreed on a stimulus package to help relaunch the country’s economy after the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. As one part the stimulus package will see the main value-added tax rate cut from 19% to 16% and the reduced rate from 7% to 5%. This change is valid from July 1st until December 31st, 2020.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Resolution
The following Blogs outline the implementation, configuration and information on the temporary reduced value-added tax rates for Germany in SAP Business ByDesign:
Befristete Mehrwertsteuersteuersenkung in Deutschland (Temporary VAT reduction in Germany)
See Also
2943501 - Error When Adding Items With Different Tax Rates for the Same Tax Rate Type: Only one tax rate allowed for tax type Value Added Tax and rate type
2943462 - Incorrect Tax / Gross Total Calculation For Gross Priced Contracts
2943472 - Tax Date Cannot Be Changed When Invoicing a Scheduled Invoice Request
2013756 - VAT Tax Return Run Error: No configuration for tax VAT, event XYZ, and rate ABC
Keywords
Covid; #COVIDGermanyTaxChange; Tax Change; Germany; VAT reduction; Mehrwertsteuersenkung; Konjunkturpaket; Umsatzsteuersenkung; , KBA , AP-TTE-TC , Tax Calculation , Problem