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id: change/bcapps/10370
type: change
title: "#10370 [Master]-Bug 647018: Withholding tax for Employees and GL Accounts"
summary: When a G/L account is used as the balance account on a General Journal line, the line now inherits the WHT product posting group from that G/L account. This lets withholding tax for employees be used outside expense management.
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    title: "microsoft/BCApps#10370: [Master]-Bug 647018: Withholding tax for Employees and GL Accounts"
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number: 10370
repo: microsoft/BCApps
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url: https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/pull/10370
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base_branch: main
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merged_at: "2026-08-21T12:28:51Z"
author: ViditGupta1277
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  - "AL: Apps (W1)"
  - From Fork
  - "Team: Finance"
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# #10370 [Master]-Bug 647018: Withholding tax for Employees and GL Accounts

> When a G/L account is used as the balance account on a General Journal line, the line now inherits the WHT product posting group from that G/L account. This lets withholding tax for employees be used outside expense management.

[Pull request](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/pull/10370) · merged into `main` (BC30) on 2026-08-21 by ViditGupta1277 (community contribution) · 1 file (+18 -0), 1 AL · fix · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## What changed

- WHT product posting group is inherited from the G/L balance account on general journal lines
- Change is in the WHT Expense Category Mgt. codeunit of the Expense Withholding Tax app
- Intended to let employee WHT also cover other payment types, not only expenses
- Behaviour changes for users or extensions.

## AL objects touched

- [Codeunit 7056 "WHT Expense Category Mgt."](../../objects/codeunit/7056.md), ExpenseWithholdingTax: modified

## Context

- Work items: AB#647018
- Labels: ADO: Sync, AL: Apps (W1), From Fork, Team: Finance
- Systems: development
- From the description: "WHT product posting group inherited from GL account to the General Journal line when used GL as a balance account."

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