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Manage the Complexity of Tax Compliance

Insights from our partner Avalara

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Sales tax compliance becomes more complex as businesses grow. Expanding into new markets, adding locations, selling online, or integrating systems after an acquisition can quickly introduce new tax obligations.

Many organizations find manual tax processes difficult to manage and scale. Automation can simplify compliance, improve accuracy, and reduce the risk of costly penalties.

When Compliance Gets Complicated

Changes such as the following often create new tax requirements:

• Upgrading or changing ERP systems
• Mergers or acquisitions requiring system integration
• Adding locations or warehouses
• Expanding into e-commerce
• Managing remote employees
• Selling at trade shows across multiple states

Businesses may also struggle with large transaction volumes, exempt products or customers, audit exposure, and tax obligations in complicated states.

Why Avalara & Crossroads RMC

Avalara automates tax registration, calculation, filing, and document management, helping businesses maintain compliance as they grow.

Crossroads RMC integrates Avalara directly with Infor ERP environments, enabling automated tax calculations and reporting within existing ERP workflows.

Avalara supports more than 41,000 businesses and government organizations in over 75 countries, helping organizations manage complex tax requirements while focusing on growth.

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Infor ERP Tips & Tricks: Already Have Avalara? Integrate It with Your Infor ERP

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If your company already uses Avalara for tax compliance, you can integrate it directly with your Infor ERP system.

Crossroads RMC has developed integrations that connect Avalara’s automated tax calculation and compliance platform with Infor ERP environments, allowing tax calculations, reporting, and compliance processes to run seamlessly within your existing ERP workflows.

This integration helps eliminate manual tax processing, improve accuracy, and ensure tax compliance as your business grows.

If you’re already using Avalara and want to streamline tax automation within your ERP, Crossroads RMC can help you connect the two.

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Elevate Your Team's Output with Expert CloudSuite/LN & Baan Help Desk Services

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In today’s fast-paced business environment, maintaining an efficient and responsive ERP system is crucial for success. However, managing ERP support internally can be resource-intensive and distract from your core business objectives. That’s where Crossroads RMC comes in. With our on-demand ERP Expert Help Desk Service, your organization can enhance efficiency, boost customer satisfaction, and allow your team to focus on key business goals.

Key Advantages

  • Round-the-Clock Support: Access functional and technical support 24/7, 365 days a year—even on weekends and holidays!
  • In-depth Expertise: As an Infor Partner, we offer extensive knowledge across all Infor CloudSuite/LN & Baan versions, ensuring you get the best possible support.
  • Comprehensive Technical Management: Expert assistance with extensions, personalizations, report development, and system administration to keep your environment optimized and tailored to your needs.
  • Multiple Communication Channels: Reach out via phone, text, email, online portals, Microsoft Teams, web meetings, or in-person visits.
  • Transparent Monitoring: Receive transparent monthly reports to keep track of service utilization.
  • Disaster Recovery Solutions: Benefit from comprehensive ERP disaster recovery solutions tailored to safeguard your operations.
  • Specialized ION Support: Get expert assistance with your ION data flows, workflows, and APIs for seamless integration and management.

Why Crossroads RMC - Partnering for Success

  • Cost Savings: Outsourcing your ERP Help Desk with Crossroads RMC can significantly reduce the overhead costs associated with supporting and maintaining your ERP system.
  • Access to Specialized Expertise: Our team consists of skilled consultants who are deeply familiar with your ERP systems. Their expertise ensures quick and effective resolutions to your issues, minimizing downtime and enhancing overall productivity.
  • Scalability: Adjust the level of support as your business needs change, without the hassle of hiring or training new staff. Whether your company is growing, scaling down, or experiencing seasonal fluctuations, Crossroads RMC provides the flexibility to match your evolving requirements.
  • Focus on Core Business: Free up your internal team to focus on strategic projects that drive growth and innovation. Outsourcing your ERP help desk allows your staff to concentrate on core business functions, leading to better use of time and resources.
  • Comprehensive Partnership: At Crossroads RMC, we are dedicated t

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for TECHNOLOGY: Audit Configuration Management

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You use LN audit features to fully or partially log changes that users make to the LN database tables when they use LN sessions.

The audit functionality is based on the concept of audit profiles. In an audit profile, you define which tables and fields are audited and when, in the context of an audit profile. To bundle profiles in the same functional area, you can relate the profiles to audit categories. You can export and import audit profiles with various options to enable a quick configuration. The audit trail is stored in sequence files, which are generated for each combination of company and table.

Note: For some important parameter tables it is required that auditing is enabled.

You can view or print the history of modifications.

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: Production Order Parameters

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To avoid having to report quantities also at the order level, set the Post to Inventory when Reporting on Last Operation parameter to Yes in these sessions:

  • Production Order Parameters (tisfc0100s000) > Planning tab
  • Production Settings by Site (timfc0180m000) > Production Order tab

With regard to as-built handling, because JobControl acts as a reporting tool similar to the Machine Work List (tisfc4600m000) session, we recommend these settings in the Production Order Parameters (tisfc0100s000) session (Miscellaneous tab) and Production Settings by Site (timfc0180m000) session (Production Order tab):

  • In the Serials section, set the Generate Serial Numbers parameter to On Printing Documents or On Release as the serial number that can be selected in JobControl to report completed or rejected products must have the Valid status in LN.
  • In the Serials section, we recommend setting the As-Built Status Handling parameter to Manual as the serial number assignment is performed in JobControl.

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for FINANCE: Copy Received Purchase Invoices (tfacp1210m000)

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When the invoice is copied, the status in the Invoice Status field in the Received Purchase Invoices (tfacp1500m000) session is set to Registered. The invoice cannot be copied again.

Note: If you have started this session using the browse arrow, you can only find and select a record.

Field Information

  • Invoice-from Business Partner: The invoice-from business partner
  • Document - The document number: The document number is a sequence number under which the invoice is temporarily recorded. When an invoice is registered officially, you must assign the invoice to a different number, in combination with a transaction type.
  • Business Partner Invoice Number: The invoice-from business partner's invoice number is the invoice identification used in LN: This number is printed as the payment reference when the invoice is paid.
  • Invoice Date: The date printed on the invoice. This date is used as a reference date for the term of credit allowed.
  • Currency: The invoice currency
  • Amount: The invoice amount
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Infor LN & Baan Period End & Fiscal Year End Processing Checklist

Year-end is always a busy time and it is easy to forget things that must be done in your ERP system to close out the year properly and also set you up for a good start to the following year. Here are some things that you should make sure to add to your to-do checklist:

The year-end close process provides an opportunity to:

_____ Remove discontinued items.

_____ Remove sold purchase receipts.

_____ Remove lot attributes for sold lots.

_____ Update standard cost based on current cost field (for environments without Manufacturing only).

Prepare for Year-End Close

_____ Conduct full physical inventory and update quantities before actual year-end or establish a strong cycle-counting program.

_____ Check for any applicable sales and purchase invoices/returns and post.

_____ Prepare users for a year-end push to complete all year-to-date inventory adjustments, receipts, and invoicing.

_____ Determine how to handle new year transactions without posting.

_____ Determine what new standard costs should be entered for the upcoming year. (Manufacturing)

_____ Discuss cutoff dates for removing Archived BOMS and Closed/Canceled Mfg Orders. (Manufacturing)

Finance Specific Items:

_____ Set up the financial periods for 2022 (fiscal, reporting, and tax, as applicable).

_____ Open period January in 2022.

_____ Finalize any outstanding transactions from the current year (2021).

_____ Soft-close any open periods in 2021.

General Baan/LN Tips:

_____ Issue any old sales invoices.

_____ Fix any outstanding financial integration errors.

_____ Set up new integration mapping for 2022 as needed.

_____ Test the mapping in a test environment prior to the new year.

_____ Review & update jobs as needed to ensure they will process in 2022.

_____ Determine for cash-flow purposes, what purchase invoices won’t be paid until 2022.

_____ Make sure that calendars are set up for the new year with holidays properly indicated.

_____ Check jobs to make sure any that are hard-coded with dates will point at the new year.


Want even more tips for year-end processing? See the following documents in the Infor Knowledge Base:

 KB 

 Content 

 1879191  

 Document including step by step procedure, possible error/warning messages, and more (Infor LN) 

 1147023 

 Step by step procedure description (Infor LN)

 1116239 

 Step by step procedure description (Infor LN)

 1117334

 Step by step procedure description (Infor LN; Portuguese)

 1171300 

 Step by step procedure description (Baan IV) 

Need help? Contact us and we’ll be happy to walk you through what needs to be done to ensure that everything is done correctly and completely. 1.800.762.2077 or solutions@crossroadsrmc.com

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