Fiscal Positions

Odoo 19 Enterprise · Accounting

Fiscal positions automatically map taxes and accounts for specific customers or transaction types — useful for exports, foreign customers, or exempted parties.

What are fiscal positions

A fiscal position is a tax mapping rule. When a fiscal position is applied to an invoice, Odoo automatically substitutes the mapped taxes for the defaults. Example: a customer in Singapore is zero-rated for SST — a fiscal position maps the standard SST rate to 0% for all transactions with that customer.

View fiscal positions

Accounting ▸ Configuration ▸ Fiscal Positions

The list shows all configured fiscal positions with their name and company. Click any position to see its tax mapping and account mapping rules.

Create a fiscal position

Accounting ▸ Configuration ▸ Fiscal Positions ▸ NEW

Click New and configure the mapping.

Fiscal position fields

Fiscal Position * Name — e.g. "Export (Zero-Rated)", "SST Exempt Customer".

Detect Automatically If ticked, Odoo applies this position automatically based on country or customer group.

Country If set, position is applied to all customers from this country.

Tax Mapping Map one tax to another. Tax on Product: the original tax. Tax to Apply: the replacement tax. Leave Tax to Apply blank to remove the tax entirely.

Account Mapping Optionally substitute a different account for transactions under this fiscal position.

Apply fiscal position to a customer

Assign a default fiscal position to a customer on their contact record: open the customer, go to the Sales & Purchase tab, set the Fiscal Position field. The position will apply automatically to all new invoices for that customer. It can also be overridden at invoice level in the Other Info tab.

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