Excise Taxes
inden Microsoft
Automate and manage excise taxes (excise duties) with flexible, compliant calculations.
Simplify the complexity of excise taxes (excise duties) with a flexible and extensible framework built for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
The Excise Taxes app enables businesses to accurately calculate, track, and manage excise duties across a wide range of products and regulatory requirements. Whether you are dealing with alcohol, sugar, plastic, tobacco, fuel, or other excise‑liable goods, the solution provides a structured approach to handle varying tax bases, rules, and calculation models.
By automating complex calculations and aligning them with local and international regulations, the app reduces compliance risks, minimizes manual effort, and helps finance teams focus on higher‑value work.
Features
Flexible excise tax (excise duty) framework
- Define multiple excise tax types (e.g., alcohol, sugar, plastic, tobacco, fuel)
- Configure tax basis per type, including weight, volume, quantity, sugar content, alcohol content (ABV), or active content, or use for EPR or CBAM calculations
- Support different calculation models to meet diverse regulatory requirements
Configurable calculation logic
- Assign excise taxes to items and fixed assets
- Define excise duty rates per item or asset
- Automatically calculate tax based on accumulated quantities and defined rates
Transaction-driven tax determination
- Control which transaction types contribute to excise calculation:
- Purchases and sales
- Positive and negative adjustments
- Production and assembly output
- Ensure accurate tax amounts based on real operational data
Excise journal and processing experience
- Dedicated Excise Journal for calculation and posting
- Support for journal templates and batches
- Automated generation of excise entries based on posted transactions
End-to-end auditability and traceability
- Maintain detailed excise transaction logs
- Review calculated entries before posting
- Provide a clear audit trail for compliance and reporting
Support for product-specific regulations
- Built-in scenarios for taxes such as:
- Plastic (based on weight and composition)
- Sugar (based on content and consumption)
- Extendable to additional excise duty types across industries
Regulatory compliance and risk reduction
- Automates complex excise tax calculations to reduce errors
- Helps minimize risk of penalties due to miscalculations
- Adapts to different country/region requirements through configuration and easy extensibility
Extensible and future-proof design
- Framework-based approach allows extension beyond traditional excise taxes
- Can support additional regulatory scenarios (e.g., environmental or sustainability-related taxes)
- Enables partners and customers to adapt outputs to local reporting formats
Supported Editions:
Premium and Essential edition of Dynamics 365 Business Central.Supported Countries:
All countries supported by Dynamics 365 Business Central.