What's New: Excise Taxes Framework (2025 release wave 2)

Overview

The video introduces the Excise Tax Framework delivered in 2025 release wave 2. It is a foundation for calculating and registering excise taxes, and it can be extended to other tax types that rely on similar sources. This edition delivers the framework only, so specific excise tax calculations are not covered.

It walks through the excise journal with templates and batches, the registration transaction logs that record posted entries, and the choice of tax type (CBM, EPR or excises) that controls which journal fields appear. It also covers purchase and sales documents as calculation sources, and items as the main configuration point, with resources, item charges and fixed assets as other sources that vary by country. Additional excise options are promised for future releases.

Key points

The release delivers a framework, not specific excise tax calculations; for other calculations you can populate data manually or build your own calculation as an extension of the framework.
The Excise Journal uses journal templates and batches to enter, calculate and collect information; entries are registered (not posted), producing excise tax registration transaction logs.
The framework is extensible beyond classic excise taxes, for example plastic tax or sugar tax calculated in a similar way.
CBM and EPR calculations are introduced in the sustainability options on top of the framework; they are not directly excise taxes and are covered in a separate session.
The type selected in the journal (CBM, EPR or excises) determines which fields are shown.
Calculations can be based on purchase or sales documents depending on the scenario.
Items are the main configuration point, with taxes tied to unit of measure or other quantity values on the item card; resources, item charges and fixed assets can also be sources, depending on the country.

Features

Feature	Status	At	Evidence
Excise Tax Framework	status not stated, demoed	0:06
Excise Journal	status not stated, demoed	0:58
Excise Tax Registration Transaction Logs	status not stated	1:15
CBM and EPR Calculations	status not stated	2:03
Multiple Tax Type Options	status not stated, demoed	2:14
Purchase and Sales Document Integration	status not stated, demoed	2:50
Item-based Tax Configuration	status not stated, demoed	3:11
Extended Configuration Sources	status not stated	3:45
Future Excise Tax Calculation Options	announced	4:05	“we can promise we will enable some additional option for excise taxes in a future releases” (4:05)

AL objects mentioned

As heard in the captions. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named.

other “Excise Journal” at 0:58
other “Excise Journal Template” at 1:15
other “Excise Journal Batch” at 1:15
other “Excise Tax Registration Transaction Logs” at 1:35

Quotes

0:17 “this edition will deliver this as a framework. So we will not cover specific excise tax calculations”
0:33 “with excess taxes calculation you can expect in the future different type of excess tax calculations we will provide”
1:35 “This is completely extendable. So not only for real excise taxes. This is important.”
2:03 “option we introduce cbm and epr calculation on a top of this framework”
2:50 “excise calculations can be based on purchase on sales documents. So in some situation you will track on a purchase on some situation on”
3:11 “item is unique place where you can configure”
4:05 “we can promise we will enable some additional option for excise taxes in a future releases”

Disclaimers in the video

0:17 preview: this edition will deliver this as a framework. So we will not cover specific excise tax calculations
4:05 coming-later: we can promise we will enable some additional option for excise taxes in a future releases

Presenters (as heard): Alexander Totoich.