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In the Business Activity field, select an activity to which the item is related—then, the profit from sales of this item, its cost, and its production cost will be associated with the specified business activity. The system will use it in the documents for this item.
The VAT Rate field is available if the VAT Accounting option is selected on the Administration > Settings > Taxes form. In the VAT Rate field, select the VAT rate appropriate for this item; the rates are listed in the VAT Rates master data. The system will apply this the selected rate for VAT calculation in the documents for this item in documents. The VAT Rate field is available if the VAT Accounting VAT Exempt and 0 % options appear for selection if the Tracking of Zero-Rated and VAT-Exempt Purchases option is selected on the Administration > Settings > General Settings Taxes form. The Out of Scope option appears in the list if one of the Tracking of Out-of-Scope Sales or Tracking of Out-of-Scope Purchases options or both are selected on the Administration > Settings > Taxes form.
In the Default Customs Duty Rate field, select the rate used by customs for this item if it is being imported.
Select the Use Characteristics option to indicate that for this item additional characteristics will be used such as color, size, fabric, and so forth. This option is available only if the Enable CharacteristcsCharacteristics option is selected on the Administration > Settings > Purchasing and Warehouses form (for more information on characteristics, refer to Settings: Purchasing and Warehouses. To add characteristics for the item, click the Characteristics link above the form toolbar. If the item has been already used in any document, you cannot remove this functionality.
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