USE CASE

Last updated: Mar 25, 2024

Corporate Tax Compliance and Reporting

Manage tax return compliance and global tax reporting.
  • Robust content
  • Easy compliance
  • Efficient processes
  • API Connectivity

ONESOURCE Corporate Tax uses advanced technology to prepare, review and file corporate tax returns with total accuracy, every time. Built on the trust and experiences of Big Four firms and hundreds of leading corporations for over thirty years, stay ahead of changing regulations and file compliant returns from wherever you are working.

Tomorrow’s tax landscape is uncertain. With Making Tax Digital on the horizon, you need robust corporate tax return software to ensure your organization remains compliant with ever-changing rules and regulations. Thrive under increased pressure from the authorities and better evaluate exposure and risk with accurate and transparent reporting. Give greater flexibility to your tax department by building an end-to-end compliance process that can be tailored to suit your organization. Import data from multiple sources and carry out accurate tax accounting and multi-trade compliance calculations with ease. With ONESOURCE Corporate Tax, you’ll have complete confidence you’re always using the very latest information, using the very latest technology.

Key Benefits

  • Efficient processes – Drive efficiency in your compliance process with advanced data technology; simple e-filing and automated electronic tagging free up time for thorough analysis and value-add activities.
  • Robust content – Rely on trusted content developed by our highly experienced in-house team, which is updated automatically via the cloud, so you always have the latest legislation.
  • Easy compliance – Stay ahead with expert tax content and nimble cloud technology. Automate calculations and generate tax returns and pre-configured income tax notes, with the flexibility to cater for your group structure. Give your team the edge with streamlined tax dataflows and powerful integration and reporting tools.
  • Connectivity – Have the freedom to build a safe and secure tax process that works for you, using API enabled software which allows effective interaction with your existing systems.

Scenarios

Tax return preparation process flow and data extraction in ONESOURCE Corporate Tax

ONESOURE Corporate Tax provides a list of APIs, which allow customers to integrate their systems to prepare corporate tax returns, import/retrieve data and perform modifications to the data exposed. These APIs range from the initial step of creating a reporting entity and tax returns for the reporting entities, to the last step of E-Filing the tax returns for compliance and/or retrieving the data for additional analysis.

  1. 1Create reporting entities.
  2. 2Create tax returns.
  3. 3Create chart of accounts.
  4. 4Create mappings.
  5. 5Import trial balance and transactional Data.
  6. 6Extract reportable data for additional analysis.
  7. 7E-File tax returns.
Image showing steps to generate tax returns in ONESOURCE Corporate Tax using APIs.Image showing steps to generate tax returns in ONESOURCE Corporate Tax using APIs.

1
Create reporting entities
An API call to create reporting entities. Reporting entity refers to the legal entity for which the tax returns are being prepared. There are related APIs in the Master Data API set to fetch entities, jurisdictions to which the entities belong.
2
Create tax returns
An API call to create datasets. Datasets are a group of returns created for reporting entities. There are related APIs in the Datasets API set to fetch status of the tax return creation, list of tax returns and export a tax return of an entity to an excel file & JSON.
3
Create chart of accounts
An API call to add chart of accounts. Accounts need to exist and be mapped to tax targets to import trial balance. There are related APIs in the Chart of Accounts API set to fetch the list of charts of accounts and to update those.
4
Create mappings
5
Import trial balance and transactional data
Import trial balance and transactional dataAn API call to pull in trial balance and transactional data to populate the tax returns. There are related APIs in the Data Import API set to fetch the applicable import types for a given dataset, metadata for an import type and status of an import.
6
Export reportable data for additional analysis
Export reportable data for additional analysisAn API call to run a report to extract data out of one or more tax returns. There are related APIs in the Reports API set to fetch list of reports, metadata of a report, queue and fetch the status of a report.
7
E-File tax returns
An API call to initiate a submission of the e-filing package generated for a tax return. There are related APIs in the E-Filing API set to fetch the submissions that are queued, submission package along with any attachments included, status of a submission and receipts received if any from tax authorities.

Related APIs

ONESOURCE Corporate Tax
ONESOURCE Corporate Tax Master Data API
ONESOURCE Corporate Tax Master Data API

API to create and retrieve Jurisdictions, Templates, Template Families & Entity.

ONESOURCE Corporate Tax
ONESOURCE Corporate Tax Datasets API
ONESOURCE Corporate Tax Datasets API

API to create and retrieve Datasets & Calculations.

ONESOURCE Corporate Tax
ONESOURCE Corporate Tax Chart of Accounts API
ONESOURCE Corporate Tax Chart of Accounts API

API to create & update chart of accounts

ONESOURCE Corporate Tax
ONESOURCE Corporate Tax Account Mappings API
ONESOURCE Corporate Tax Account Mappings API

API to create & update tax account mappings

ONESOURCE Corporate Tax
ONESOURCE Corporate Tax Imports API
ONESOURCE Corporate Tax Imports API

API to perform Imports in calculation.

ONESOURCE Corporate Tax
ONESOURCE Corporate Tax Reports API
ONESOURCE Corporate Tax Reports API

API to run reports.