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IT Convergence 2006
EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON VAT AND FISCAL CREDIT IN ARGENTINA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Properly Documenting Exchange Rate Fluctuations ................................................................................................................. 3
Special Requirement Special Solution ................................................................................................................................... 5 1. Default the Invoice Exchange Rate in the Payment Creation ........................................................................................ 5 2. Identify Exchange Rate Fluctuation ............................................................................................................................... 6
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Invoice Information Vendor: Louis Vuitton Invoice Currency: USD Invoice Date: 1- AUG-2006 Invoice Registration Exchange Rate: 3.0
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Payment Information Vendor: Louis Vuitton Payment Currency: USD Payment Date: 31- AUG-2006 Payment Registration Exchange Rate: 3.5
In the scenario depicted above, remitting the invoice at the payment exchange rate generates an Exchange Rate Variance of ARS 6050. The vendor is supposed to invoice this difference, generating a new document (Debit Memo). According to Argentinas tax laws, the Debit Memo must specify not only the exchange rate fluctuation but also how this fluctuation affects the VAT. If a Debit Memo is issued, then the company can claim the additional amounts VAT paid as a tax credit. Although this may be an accepted procedure, some companies decide to avoid the risk of losing the VAT Credit by preserving the exchange rate listed on the purchase order and invoice registration to pay off their invoices with their suppliers. In that scenario, if the supplier wants to collect the difference between the invoice registration and the payment exchange rate, he has to present the additional document that will include the corresponding tax credit.
Business Requirement
In order to maximize the performance of accounts payable departments, companies operating in Argentina that conduct a significant number of transactions using foreign currency usually implement the following procedures: Pay using the same exchange rate that is listed on the original invoice to make payment. Keep the record of the difference between the exchange rate used for the transaction (the exchange rate used on the transaction document) and the exchange rate valid at the moment of payment. This allows the company to control the processing of the new document from the supplier that corresponds to the difference between both exchange rates. While both of these procedures are straightforward, they become more difficult to implement effectively as a business begins scaling up its operations. Businesses that are in this situation can configure Oracle Financials Accounts Payable to allow companies to effectively record and document exchange rate fluctuations.
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1. DEFAULT THE INVOICE EXCHANGE RATE IN THE PAYMENT CREATION As previously mentioned, establishing an effective process flow hinges on the ability to assign the correct exchange rate when payment is issued. Although Accounts Payable users may guarantee that the exchange rate is accurate by manually assigning it to a payment, using an automated feature to define the payment exchange rate, based on the exchange rate used when the invoice was issued, it is recommended to avoid error. To automate this function, the exchange rate may be included as an additional invoice selection criterion in the Payment Batch standard functionality. This is done by including the additional invoice selection criteria as a Descriptive Flexfield.
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By introducing this new information into the payment selection criteria, Accounts Payable will select invoices and build the payments, combining this new information with preexisting standard criteria (due date, payment priority, payment group, etc.) This new feature will ensure that the payment creation flow is free of invoice selection errors, and will allow the company to take advantage of the strongest features of the Payments Workbench.
2. IDENTIFY EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATION The second critical business requirement is to identify the exchange rate fluctuation between the exchange rate that was used to issue the payment and the exchange rate that was valid on the payment date. This information is required in order to give the accounts payable department a reliable tool to keep track of the documents that the suppliers are required to present and to ensure that taxes are correctly calculated in the new document. A customized process must be developed to fulfill this requirement. The process will identify the exchange rate difference between the exchange rate used to issue the payment (the invoice exchange rate), and the exchange rate valid at the payment date. The exchange rate that was valid at the payment date will be defined as the Corporate Exchange Rate. This process will provide the payment information, the information related to the invoices included in the payment, and the tax calculation corresponding to the exchange rate fluctuation identified. Although this process will not create the new debit memo, the process will provide the accounts payable department with reliable information to administer this business flow. These configurations have been developed and implemented by IT Convergence for corporations that have operations in Argentina. Readers who need more information about configuring Oracle to record exchange rate fluctuations, VAT tax payments, or other issues related to doing business in Argentina may contact IT Convergence at 1-415-675-7935. Additional information about implementing Oracle in Latin America is also available in the IT Convergence white paper Rolling Out Oracle in Latin America: How to Meet the Challenge.
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