Address setup for Latin America

Each Latin American country/region has a tax identification ID to identify its taxpayers. This article explains how to associate the tax identification ID with each country or region, state or province, and county by using the LATAM extension from the Address setup page.

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites must be in place before you can add information to the LATAM extension:

• Country/region, State, and County standard fields
• LATAM fiscal register feature

Country/region configuration

Follow these steps to associate a tax ID with a country or region on the Address setup page.

1. Go to Organization administration > Global address book > Addresses > Address setup.

2. On the Country/region tab, find and select the desired country or region.

3. Select LATAM > LATAM.

4. If the selected country or region is foreign, make sure that the Foreign country/region checkbox is selected.

   Important

   By default, the Foreign country/region checkbox is selected. Make sure that it's cleared for the base country/region.

5. In the Allowed country/region document types section, select New.

6. In the list, select a tax identification ID.

7. Select Save, and close the page.

Follow these steps to add the codification that's provided by the fiscal authorities.

1. Go to Organization administration > Global address book > Addresses > Address setup.
2. On the Country/region tab, select LATAM > Tax application.
3. Select New.
4. In the list, select the tax application ID.
5. In the Tax application code field, enter a value.
6. Save your changes, and close the page.

The following procedure applies only to organizations with a primary address in Argentina. You might have to add a country/region tax ID that's provided by the fiscal authorities.

1. Go to Organization administration > Global address book > Addresses > Address setup.
2. On the Country/region tab, select LATAM > Country per Taxpayer Type identification.
3. In the Tax application ID field, select an ID.
4. In the Taxpayer type field, select a taxpayer type.
5. In the Country document type field, select document type.
6. In the Country identification number field, enter a value.
7. Save your changes, and close the page.

State/province configuration

Follow these steps to associate a tax identification ID with a state or province on the Address setup page.

1. Go to Organization administration > Global address book > Addresses > Address setup.
2. On the State/province tab, select LATAM > LATAM.
3. Select New.
4. In the State document type field, select a document type.
5. Save your changes, and close the page.

Follow these steps to add the codification that's provided by the fiscal authorities.

1. Go to Organization administration > Global address book > Addresses > Address setup.
2. On the State/province tab, select LATAM > Tax application.
3. Select New.
4. In the list, select the tax application ID.
5. In the Tax application code field, enter a value.
6. Save your changes, and close the page.

County configuration

In some situations, it might be necessary to indicate whether the city where a client, supplier, or legal entity is located is in a free trade zone.

1. Go to Organization administration > Global address book > Addresses > Address setup.
2. On the County tab, select LATAM > LATAM.
3. Select New.
4. Select the Free trade zone checkbox.
5. Save your changes, and close the page.

Follow these steps to add the codification that's provided by the fiscal authorities.

1. On the Organization administration > Global address book > Addresses > Address setup.
2. On the County tab, select LATAM > Tax application.
3. Select New.
4. In the list, select the Tax application ID.
5. In the Tax application code field, enter a value.
6. Save your changes and close the page.