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This page summarizes the taxes represented by each available tax output.




Tax Output Name

 


Description

 


Incremental* or Total Cost**?




Tax Equalization / U-Calc


Grossup Only


No Equal

Tax Output Names

Some Tax Input Names are identified by the tax engine as Short Term Business Expenses. When used in a Cost Estimate template where Assignment Type is set to Short Term…

Short Term Business Expense

This article provides detail on the Qualifies for Short Term Exemption? feature available for Cost Estimates.
When set to Yes, this feature applies the income tax treaty exemption, typically for…

Short Term Exemption

What are Tax Position Sets?
Tax Position Sets are a feature of the Equus Platform where default values for country-specific tax settings can be selected. 
Once the default setting is…

Tax Position Sets

This article outlines how to create a new template.
Navigate to the Compensation Templates - Company screen to create new, or view/edit existing templates.
Click on the + icon to create a…

Compensation Calculation Template Creation

The General Info tab collects and displays the basic information needed to proceed with a compensation calculation. 

The majority are defaulted from data already captured in other areas of the…

Compensation Calculation Wizard: General Info Tab

The Calculation Inputs tab summarizes the inputs required for the compensation calculation.
Currency Conversion
The fx rate defaults based Home Country, on Effective Date. 
Custom Calculations
Inputs

Compensation Calculation Wizard: Calculation Inputs Tab

In scenarios where the host country is not supported by the tax engine (see Supported Authorities, it is possible to input externally provided host tax values to be used in…

Host Tax Input for Cost Estimate

Creating a New Tax Position Set
When your tax policy differs from the Baseline sets, users can change the default country-specific tax settings defined by copying a pre-existing Tax Position…

How Can I Change/Create a New Tax Position Set?

This page provides an overview of the Automatic Social Tax Feature, which can be used to apply social security agreements to cost estimates and U-Calcs.
Automatic social tax enables the…

Automatic Social Tax Feature

This page provides an overview of the Enhance Automatic Social Tax? tax position, which can be used to apply partial social security agreements for moves between the listed countries for…

Enhanced Automatic Social Tax Feature

This page provides an overview of the US Assignment Type tax position, which can be used to generate Cost Estimates between two American states, as of Equus Tax Engine v.25.4. A…

US Domestic Cost Estimates

The attached Excel file lists all Tax Estimator and Tax Position helptext for both Cost Estimates and Compensation Calculations. The information is located in 3 tabs:

Tax Estimator. This tab provides

Tax Estimator and Position Helptext

This article outlines how to create a new template.
Navigate to the Cost Estimate Templates screen to create new, or view/edit existing templates.
Click on the + icon:

Under "Company…

Cost Estimate Template Creation

Table of ContentsIntroductionBase CompensationAllowancesRelocation CostsEmployer Only CostsTax Costs InputIntroductionThis article is a complete list of all available Tax Input Names, alongside their

Tax Input Names

In certain scenarios, it may be desirable to use externally provided hypothetical tax values in cost estimates instead if the hypothetical taxes calculated by the tax engine. This article details…

Hypothetical Tax Input for Cost Estimate

The Tax Calc Inputs tab collects and displays the Tax Estimator inputs for the authorities selected on the General Info tab. 
Tax inputs fall into 3 categories:

Assignment - defaulted…

Cost Estimate Wizard: Tax Calc Inputs Tab

The General Info tab collects and displays the basic information needed to proceed with cost estimate calculation. 

The majority are defaulted from data already captured in other areas of the…

Cost Estimate Wizard: General Info Tab

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