Withholding tax information

Question

Hello Friends,
With respect to withholding tax Iu2019m facing difficulty to map the below user requirement.
User want to incorporate the withholding tax (WHT) information at purchase order level, but in the purchase order we can't find any such provision to input withholding tax information.
Standard system behavior is that if vendor is subject to WHT, WHT can be calculated at invoice verification level.
We have to cater the below 2 scenarios, guys please provide your expert advice on this:
1. WHT information is to be maintained at PO so that the person making VIV will not commit any error in selecting the tax code or will not make the invoice without inputting the relevant WHT information to avoid invoice being created without WHT on invoices subject to WHT.
2. In a purchase order there are more then one line items some are subject to WHT and some are not, we want to capture the WHT on the items liable for WHT.
We know that WHT is not calculated on item level it is calculated at header level on vendor.
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi Sapref,
1. WHT information is to be maintained at PO so that the person making VIV will not commit any error in selecting the tax code or will not make the invoice without inputting the relevant WHT information to avoid invoice being created without WHT on invoices subject to WHT.
Ans : What you want to ensure at the P.O. level is actually controlled at the Vendor master level and whichever P.O. you use.. if it is maintained in the vendor master, it will deduct TDS at the time of Invoice.. so there is no chance of committing any mistake.. if it is once maintained in vendor master data. Further there is no provision in SAP to maintain TDS Tax codes at the P.O. level
2. In a purchase order there are more then one line items some are subject to WHT and some are not, we want to capture the WHT on the items liable for WHT.
Ans : You are correct, that TDS is at the vendor level and not at the line item level. But Suppose you have an Invoice, which contains two line items, one on which TDS is to be calculated and the other on which TDS is not to be calculated, then at the header level in MIRO, you can enter the Witholding Tax Base amount and the TDS amount manually, and it will get calculated accurately.
Regards,
SAPFICO