SuiteTax is a non-reversible feature and when enabled, it can no longer be disabled. Please consider any incompatible features before deciding to implement SuiteTax in your account.
Product-related limitations
- SuiteTax currently does not support some NetSuite products such as NetSuite CRM, NetSuite CRM+, NetSuite JCurve, NetSuite Small Business, OpenAir etc.
Feature-related limitations
- If promotions need to be used alongside SuiteTax, users would need to use SuitePromotions as the Advanced Promotions option is being deprecated.
- Intercompany Cross subsidiary fulfillment feature is not supported by SuiteTax as Multiple Shipping Routes [MSR] which is a prerequisite for this feature is not supported by SuiteTax
- Multi-book accounting is not possible in full fledge alongside SuiteTax, especially in the case of reporting
- Store Pickup feature is not supported by SuiteTax as this feature requires the NetSuite Tax engine logic to be changed to US
- SuiteConnect – To query your SuiteTax data with SuiteAnalytics Connect Service, you must access the NetSuite2.com data source. However, Legacy tax records and fields are only accessible through the NetSuite.com data source.
- You can only enable SuiteTax if Site Builder websites are inactive or their Web Site Scope is set to ‘Information and Catalog’ or ‘Information Only.’ For all other Web Site Scopes, SiteBuilder is not supported by SuiteTax.
Preference-related limitations
- Combine Detail Items on Expense Reports [Accounting preference] – Expense Reports with combined items will be uncombined once migrated to SuiteTax. One exception to this are expense reports where combined items have associated Tax Amounts applied. These expense reports will remain combined when migrated to SuiteTax and cannot be edited.
- Combine Time Items on Invoices [Invoicing preferences]
- Combine Expense Items on Invoices [Invoicing preferences]
- Combine Billable Items on Invoices [Invoicing preferences]
- International Tax Reports bundle with enabled Cash Basis preference [Commerce preference] – The Cash Basis preference is currently unsupported by the SuiteTax Reports bundles in SuiteTax.
Commerce Bundle-related limitations
- NetSuite Point of Sale
- Reference checkout
- SuiteCommerce – SuiteTax is currently only compatible with U.S. and Canada Commerce accounts and not with VAT countries.
- SuiteCommerce Advanced – Customers currently using an incompatible version of SuiteCommerce Advanced must upgrade SuiteCommerce Advanced 2019.1 or later to use SuiteTax. SCA is currently compatible with U.S. and Canada accounts only.
- SuiteCommerce InStore
- Web Site – You can only enable SuiteTax if Site Builder websites are inactive or their Web Site Scope is set to ‘Information and Catalog’ or ‘Information Only’. There are no current plans to support SiteBuilder in SuiteTax.
SuiteApp/Bundle related limitations
| SUITEAPP/BUNDLE NAME | LOCALIZATION | BUNDLES NOT SUPPORTED | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Global | 286684, 262088, 120119 | — |
| Affordable Care Act (ACA) Reporting | US | 147355 | — |
| Affordable Care Act Back Office | US | 155007 | — |
| Australia Post | Australia | 93157 | — |
| Brazil Localization | Brazil | 130074 | Dedicated Brazil SuiteTax localization bundle available. |
| China Bills & Expense Reports Generation | China | 273503 | — |
| International Tax Reports | Global | 43003, 14864 | Regional bundles in SuiteTax available for specific countries |
| Japan Financial Statements | Japan | 249424 | — |
| Japan Localization | Japan | 321605 | — |
| Mexico Compliance | Mexico | 131375, 37153 | Mexico has its own SuiteTax localization bundle. Refer to bundle ID 373485. |
| Payment Gateway | Global | 47196 | — |
| Portugal Invoice Certification | Portugal | 282346, 33315 | — |
| Southeast Asia Localization | Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand | 234547 | Bundle can remain installed during SuiteTax migration |
| Supplementary Tax Calculation | EU Countries | 123426 | The NetSuite SuiteTax Engine includes most of this functionality |
| Tax Audit Files | France, Germany, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, OECD Member Countries, UAE, Others (GL Data Extracts) | 47492, 15003 | France, Germany and the Philippines supported in SuiteTax via regional bundles |
| Withholding Tax | Global | 47459, 21144 | — |
Transaction-related Limitations
- Advanced intercompany Journal entries
- Finance charge – In SuiteTax, the tax is not auto calculated. We must add the tax code manually so that the tax can be calculated.
- Write Tax liability – manual workaround possible
- Sales Tax payment – manual workaround possible
Tax functionality-related limitations
- Cash Basis Tax Reporting
- U.S. Use Tax – Tax fields are available on purchase transactions. Tax rates are also available, but users are required to select them manually on transactions.
- Partially deductible VAT and reverse charge on partially deductible purchases
- Tax Periods – SuiteTax does not support Tax Periods. We added a second date field Tax Point Date instead. Tax Point Date can be enabled at the Nexus level. Tax reports are based on this date field.
- Early Settlement Discounts – Tax calculation on early settlement discounts. To be able to use this functionality, you need to create your own customization.
- Withholding Tax – Withholding tax codes and tax rates are not automatically provisioned. Users will have to create them manually.
- Withholding Tax on Payments – NetSuite SuiteTax Engine does not support Withholding Tax on Payments.