MODCHQCF - NATIONAL CONFIGURATION Ó UNCTAD - SITE (V1.15) 8.14 Creating New Global Taxation Rules To create a new Global taxation rule is a simple process. With an existing rule highlighted on the screen, click ‘Insert’  or press ‘I’. This will insert a new rule name in the list. It copies the name and the  priority  but  not  the  rule  itself.  The  priority  is  the  order  in  which  the  rules  are  calculated  by  the system, with the lowest number first, 01 to 99. To change the name and priority, simply over type the details for the new tax and click ‘Modify’   or press ‘M’. The new rule can then be defined. With the new rule highlighted, click ‘Edit’  or press  ‘E’. A blank screen is displayed in which the rule may be defined. Copying in other Rules Another   rule   can   be   copied   to   modify   or   insert   by   highlighting   the   rule   with   the   mouse   and <Control> <Insert>.  This copies the rule and it can then be pasted by <Shift> <Insert> . Look Up Facility The   Lookup    <F9>    box   provides   the   facility   to   consult   the   list   of   ‘Variables’,   ‘Functions’   and ‘Keywords’. See Appendix A of this Reference Document for a full listing. Examples of Global Taxation Rules Example 1:  Here is an example of a rule to calculate a charge per entry of 2 NCU per item: Rule "COMPUTER FEE"; Action IS DoTax("CF", "1", ItmTotal, 2, ItmTotal * 2); This  calculates  ”CF”  with  number  of  Declaration  items  as  the  taxbase,  tax  rate  of  2  NCU  and calculates the tax as number of Declaration items times 2 NCU. Example 2:  This rule calculates a flat rate of 5 NCU for each import and 2 NCU for each export . Rule "PROCESSING FEE"; If TypProc = "4" Then Action IS DoTax("PFI", "1", 1, 5, 5); Endif; If TypProc = "1" Then Action IS DoTax("PFE", "1", 1, 2, 2); Endif; This  tells  the  system  to  calculate  “PFI”  or  “PFE”  with  1  Declaration  as  the  taxbase,  tax  rate  of  5 NCU at import or 2 NCU at export and calculates the tax as the tax rate times 1. Syntax Check and Saving New Rules After defining the rule click ‘OK’  or press ‘K’. This will close the rule editing screen and return to the Global Taxation Rules screen after first checking that the syntax is correct. Click  ‘OK’  or press  ‘K’ to save the new rule. This will open a screen asking if you want to save the new configuration. When checking the syntax it is a good practice to use the ‘Tab’ key to move out of the rule-editing field. If syntax is correct the cursor will move to    ‘OK’ .  If  the check  fails,  an  error  message  appears.  Syntax  must  be  correct  before  the  rule can  be  saved.  However,  you  can  save  the  rule  at  any  time  as  a  text  file  using ‘Local Menu’, ‘Write file’. Saving  the  new  configuration  will  save  it  to  your  Client.  Send  the  Rule  to  the  Server  uses  the Configuration transfer option from the Functions menu. This is explained later in this Section.