Infor LN Multi-Legislation Setup Guide

Legislation Framework Architecture

LN's legislation framework layers country-specific rules on top of the core application. Each legislation defines tax calculation methods, document numbering schemes, statutory report formats, and compliance workflows. A company operating in Germany, the US, and China runs three different legislation configurations, each enforcing local requirements.

The legislation code assigned to each financial company determines which country-specific features are active.

• Assign the correct legislation code to each financial company during enterprise modeling, changing it later requires data migration
• Configure tax structures per legislation: VAT for EU countries, GST for India/Australia, sales tax for US states
• Set up statutory document numbering that meets local requirements for sequential, fiscal-year-specific numbering
• Enable country-specific features: e-invoicing for Italy and India, Intrastat for EU, SAF-T for Nordic countries

Tax Configuration and Compliance

Tax configuration in LN multi-legislation environments involves defining tax codes, tax calculation rules, withholding tax configurations, and reverse charge mechanisms. Each country has different rules for when tax applies, at what rate, and how it is reported. Tax configuration errors are among the most expensive compliance failures, incorrect VAT filings trigger audits and penalties.

Test tax calculations exhaustively with realistic transaction scenarios for each legislation.

• Define complete tax code matrices covering all transaction types, customer/vendor types, and item categories per country
• Configure withholding tax rules for countries requiring tax deduction at source on vendor payments
• Implement reverse charge mechanisms for intra-EU transactions and other applicable cross-border scenarios
• Test tax calculations with a comprehensive test script covering standard, zero-rated, exempt, and reverse charge scenarios

Global Rollout Planning

Rolling out LN to new countries involves legislation configuration, localization testing, user training in local language, and local integration (banks, tax authorities, e-invoicing platforms). , EU countries share VAT structures). Engage local finance teams early, they understand the statutory requirements that global teams often overlook until audit time.

• Group country rollouts by legislation similarity to reuse configuration patterns and reduce testing scope
• Engage local finance teams during configuration to validate tax rules, document formats, and reporting requirements
• Build legislation-specific test scripts validated by local accountants familiar with statutory requirements
• Plan for ongoing legislative changes, tax rules change annually in most countries requiring configuration updates