## (ECU) Understanding Country-Specific Functionality for Ecuador

This chapter discusses Ecuador-specific setup and processes that you use in addition to the standard setup and processes provided in the base software.

### Ecuador-Specific Setup and Processes

This table lists the country-specific setup and functionality for Ecuador:

Setup or Process | Description
UDCs (user-defined codes) | In addition to the base software UDCs: Set up UDCs for tax reporting. Set up UDCs for identification type codes. Set up UDCs for fiscal identification for Accounts Payable transactions. See Setting Up UDCs for Ecuador.
Automatic accounting instructions | No Ecuadoran-specific AAI setup exists.
Next numbers | You must set up next numbering by company before you can process withholding certificates for rent and value-added taxes (VAT) withholding. See Setting Up Next Numbers for Ecuador. See Setting Up Accounts Payable Next Numbers.
Address book records | The logic for validating tax IDs for customers and suppliers is different in the Address Book Revisions program (P01012) for users in the Latin American countries supported by JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software. See How to Validate Tax IDs in Latin American Countries. In addition to entering the standard information for address book records, in Ecuador, enter country-specific information for tax reporting. See (ECU) Entering Additional Address Book Information.
Tax processing | Ecuador-specific setup or functionality exists for: Tax rate areas See (ECU, PER, and VEN) Tax Rate/Areas for Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. See Setting Up Tax Rate Areas for Ecuador. Tax withholding certificates See Understanding Tax Withholding Certificates for Ecuador.
Payment processing | To process payment vouchers for Ecuador, you must set processing options for the Print Automatic Payments Check (R76E0001) program. See Setting Up the Payment Format for Ecuador.