Canada
Canada local functionality in Business Central: sales tax and GST/HST reporting, use and purchase tax, deposits and electronic vendor payments, GIFI codes, and troubleshooting reports. It answers Canada-specific setup and reporting questions.
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Overview
This section covers the features that are unique to the Canadian version of Business Central. It is split into three areas: tax, banking and payments, and general functionality such as GIFI codes and troubleshooting reports.
The landing page “Canada Local Functionality” gives the overview. Start with the Tax subtopic if you need to set up use tax, purchase tax, tax areas and jurisdictions, or unrealized sales tax with sales payment discounts. Go to Banking & payments for deposits and vendor payment files. Go to General for GIFI codes and finance troubleshooting reports.
Key points
- Tax pages cover setting up use tax and purchase tax.
- GST/HST reporting and sales tax reporting (using tax areas and jurisdictions) are documented.
- Unrealized sales tax can be configured together with sales payment discounts.
- Banking covers creating deposits.
- Vendors can be paid by exporting payment files in SEPA Credit Transfer format or through the AMC Banking 365 Fundamentals extension.
- GIFI codes can be assigned to G/L accounts, and balances exported for tax software.
- Troubleshooting reports for finance data are available in the Canadian version.
Subtopics
- Tax (4 pages)
- Banking & payments (2 pages)
- General (2 pages)
More Learn pages
- Canada Local Functionality: These articles describe the local functionality unique to the Canadian version of Business Central.
Business Central pages and reports
The pages, reports and queries this hub’s Learn pages name (ms.search.form, API reference), joined to the code by exact object id (data/index/docs-objects.json); a page shows the table it runs on.
- Page 256 “Payment Journal” · captioned “Payment Journals” · on Table 81 “Gen. Journal Line” · via Banking & payments
- Page 1205 “Credit Transfer Registers” · on Table 1205 “Credit Transfer Register” · via Banking & payments
- Page 1206 “Credit Transfer Reg. Entries” · on Table 1206 “Credit Transfer Entry” · via Banking & payments
- Page 1209 “Credit Trans Re-export History” · on Table 1209 “Credit Trans Re-export History” · via Banking & payments
Learn also names 11 objects with no object page: page/10017, page/10140, page/10141, page/10143, page/10144, page/10146, page/10147, page/10148, page/10810, page/10811, page/36646.
Source: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0). Descriptions are Learn’s own.
What Learn documents here 8 of 9 Learn pages
- learnCanada Local Functionality2025-02-04
- learnGIFI Codes in Canada2025-02-04
- learnHow to create deposits [CA]2025-02-04
- learnHow to print troubleshooting reports [CA]2025-02-04
- learnHow to Set Up Use Tax and Purchase Tax [CA]2025-02-04
- learnMake payments with AMC banking (US) or SEPA credit transfer (EU)2024-08-26
- learnReporting GST/HST in Canada2025-02-04
- learnReporting Sales Tax [CA]2025-02-04