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RE: Critical Fiscal Position Assignation Issue (only Germany) - 16.0 17.0 18.0

by "Sylvain DUBUISSON" <syd@omydoo.fr> - 21/02/2025 13:52:49
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From: Thorsten Vocks <notifications@odoo-community.org>
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2025 12:47:19 PM
To: Contributors <contributors@odoo-community.org>
Subject: Critical Fiscal Position Assignation Issue (only Germany) - 16.0 17.0 18.0
 
Hello,

approx. 7 days ago we have detected a critical issue regarding the fiscal position assignation for setups with installed german localisation (l10n_de). Obviously all databases created / last updated approx. 20th October are affected.

At first we thought version 18.0 is not affected but that was wrong.

Here is the video with a manual fix of the fiscal positions:

At Odoo SA we have a open bug report but no response so far:

Issue Type: Critical Bug

Module: Accounting / German Localization

Odoo Versions: [16.0, 17.0]

Also affected is [18.0]

Impacted Environment:

* Both
* Not affected is 17.04., 18.0


Summary:

The fiscal position is being incorrectly assigned to partners in the German localization (German B2B partners with Vat-ID assigned). This leads to incorrect tax calculations and potential legal compliance issues for users relying on automated fiscal position determination.


Steps to Reproduce:

1. Configure the German localization module.
2. Create a new partner with an address located in Germany.
3. Assign a VAT ID to the partner.
4. Create a sales order or invoice for the partner.
5. Observe the fiscal position that gets assigned automatically (wrong).

Expected Behavior:

* The fiscal position should be assigned based on the VAT ID, address, and configured fiscal rules.
* The correct tax rates and exemptions should be applied in accordance with German tax regulations.


Observed Behavior:

* The fiscal position is either not assigned correctly or does not reflect the expected tax rules.
* Especially B2B partners receive an incorrect fiscal position, leading to incorrect tax calculations.
* This can result in non-compliance with German tax regulations and incorrect tax reporting.


Impact:

* Financial discrepancies due to incorrect tax application.
* Compliance risks with German tax authorities.
* Increased manual corrections required by users.

Suggested Fix:

* Review and correct the fiscal position assignment logic in the German localization module.
* Ensure that VAT IDs and partner addresses are properly considered when determining fiscal positions.
* Implement additional validation checks to avoid incorrect fiscal position assignments.
* I have proposed a quick fix solution in my video.

Video:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NY32FeGzALr8e-IpN9ojKlQGwe38ksAy/view


Priority: 

Critical

Additional Notes:


* This issue was observed in trainings for our customers.
* All customers running on v16, v17, v18 in Odoo are effected (except they assign fixed fiscal positions to partners, which happens in some rare cases).
* Affected users have reported increased manual workload due to incorrect assignments.
* Maybe they have created wrong account moves. Due to audit_trail we cannot fix that easily.
* We have to investigate this now on all customer databases (german companies).
* We strongly recommend you to warn other german customers working on a v16, v17, v18 version.


Thorsten Vocks

openBIG.org
Dipl. Kaufmann (FH)
Porscheweg 4-6
49661 Cloppenburg

Phone: +49 4471 8409000
Fax: +49 4471 84090009
Mail: thorsten.vocks@openbig.org

              

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