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Thai Localization A Comprehensive Solution that Addresses Statutory Requirements

Thai Localization in SAP R/3 Release 4.6C complements R/3 with functions that meet the Thailand-specific statutory requirements and common business practices in Thailand. The localization facilitates handling of tax throughout all processes in your supply chain management.

Value Added Tax (VAT)

The Thai Localization provides exclusive functionality including calculating, capturing and reporting your input and output VAT according to the regulations of the Thai Revenue Department. With the fully integrated R/3 System, you can make sure that VAT transactions are captured throughout the process from procurement through sales and distribution.

The R/3 System is currently installed in over 110 countries around the world. The Thai Localization is one of SAPs commitments to R/3 customers with operations in Thailand. The localization covers both specific statutory requirements and common business practices. Moreover the localization supports language capabilities, such as screens/menus, reports/forms and transaction input in Thai. The Thai Localization has been delivered as an add-on solution for the R/3 Releases 3.0D, 3.0F, 3.1H, and 4.0B. From Release 4.6C, the Thai-specific requirements are addressed in R/3 itself.

With a complete set of predefined VAT reports, your organization not only at headquarters, but also at the branch operation can produce all legally required reports and submit them to the local office of the Revenue Department.

Withholding Tax

In R/3 Release 4.6C, the extended withholding tax function enables you to calculate and post withholding tax during both invoicing and payment transactions from both customer and vendor sides. The system comes preconfigured with settings such as the revenue type, withholding tax rate, and withholding tax legal forms/reports.

specified period, such as daily, weekly or monthly. After validation, cash journal entries can be posted directly to the general ledger. Related taxes such as VAT and withholding tax are also automatically calculated and posted in the cash journal.

Fast-Track Implementation

The preconfigured settings that reflect Thai tax requirements such as tax codes, tax types, etc. accelerate implementation projects and enable you to adapt quickly to legal changes.

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Thai Asset Accounting

Thai-localized asset accounting can help you to manage your companys fixed assets. Significant features include country-specific charts of depreciation complying with Thai legal requirements, full support throughout the asset life cycle from acquisition to retirement, depreciation simulation and interest calculation, and integration with project management and order accounting for management of capital assets.

The Thai Localization not only supports the inventory reports required by the Thai Revenue Department such as the Stock Card Report, Inventory and Raw Material Report, Stock Balance Report and Stock Card for Special Stock - but it also addresses common Thai business practices in inventory management and costing.

Thai Localization versions are available as follows: R/3 3.0D as an add-on solution R/3 3.0F as an add-on solution R/3 3.1H as an add-on solution R/3 4.0B as an add-on solution R/3 4.6C as a standard solution

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Sales and Distribution

Cash Journal

The cash journal is designed to manage your companys cash transactions. The function is easy-to-use even for users without an accounting background. Using the cash journal, your accounting clerks are able to monitor cash transactions and the status of the opening through the closing balances in a

With R/3 you can focus on improving your sales and customer services. It offers a reliable, fully integrated sales system with a complete localized solution to handle Thai-specific sales and distribution requirements, such as service sales, free of charge, free goods and tax invoicing.

To find out more about Thai localization, please contact: SAP Thailand (Tel: +662 631-1800) or visit our homepage: www.sap.com/globalization

Postdated Check (PDC)

PDC is a common business practice in Thailand. The PDC function helps you to manage your PDCs for the whole PDC life cycle - such as PDC received, presented to bank, cleared at bank, etc.

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