Unit 1: SAP Document and Reporting Compliance - Overview

- Ready-to-use services on SAP Business Technology Platform

Whether a submission via cloud services is possible, depends on the availability on the
authorities' side. However, when available, we enable direct electronic transmission to tax
authorities. We have different options depending on the country and scenario, in some cases
we provide content to be deployed on the SAP Integration Suite, and in other cases, we
provide a ready-to-use service. However, in all scenarios, we provide the final content that can
be accepted by the tax authorities. The only difference is in the maintenance of the integration
layer that enables the transmission. This is also where we take care of digital signatures,
encryption, and other requirements that might need data retrieval via API. It's an integral part
of the solution to produce the final file, ready to be accepted by tax authorities. Going forward,
the clear strategy will be to provide document exchange as a service, where possible.
3. Recipient (varying per country). This layer provides:
● Validation and approval or rejection
● Electronic responses that are automatically processed, stored in the system, and
compared to the original record (e-documents or report) with full traceability

The last box depicts the recipient. SAP Document and Reporting Compliance takes care of
the connection to the authorities or networks.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Figure 9: Deployment Options - One S/4HANA Cloud

Let's look at the different deployment options.

One SAP S/4HANA system
This is the easiest deployment model. All processes run in the SAP S/4HANA Cloud, fully
reconciled, and on live data.

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