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CCH CorpSystem Sales Tax Office Selected by National Pizza Company for Fast, Efficient Automated Restaurant Tax Calculations

Integrated Solution Ties Corporate Headquarters to Over 1,200 Pizza Hut Locations

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., October 4, 2012) – CCH CorpSystem® Sales Tax Office is now the go-to sales and use tax calculation solution for National Pizza Company International (NPC), the world’s largest franchise owner of Pizza Hut restaurants. NPC has chosen CCH as its exclusive provider of premier sales and use tax software and tax content to connect its corporate office with customer transaction data from 1,205 restaurants in 28 states. CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business is a leading global provider of tax, accounting and audit information, software and services (CCHGroup.com).

“We spend a great deal of time understanding our corporate customers’ operations and requirements in order to deliver the right solution to meet their needs,” said Scott Walters, Director, CCH Professional Services. “With a variety of corporate tax solutions that automate, track and update sales and use taxes across multiple jurisdictions, CCH is able to support NPC with solutions that streamline their tax processes and maintain compliance on all levels – all while working within its existing enterprise resource planning system.”

Easy CorpSystem Installation, Integration

The specific CCH solutions being implemented by NPC include CorpSystem® Sales Tax Office for SAP with certified integration to the SAP FI & MM modules. The Sales Tax Office sales and use tax calculation system also offers certified integration to the SAP SD module. The solution seamlessly integrates with a company’s existing SAP systems to process all vendor invoices and accounts payable transactions. It combines industry-leading tax rate and taxability content with the latest jurisdiction boundary information and sophisticated logic capable of supporting the most complex sourcing and tax calculation rules. For NPC, the Sales Tax Office solution performs a variety of sales and use tax functions, including:

• Automated calculations of consumer use taxes – leveraging CCH exclusive research content covering use tax exemptions for restaurant equipment purchases;
• Instant application of the latest state and local jurisdiction tax rates and taxability rules – leveraging CCH’s exclusive restaurant tax data associated with food, non-alcoholic beverages, beer, wine and mixed drinks;
• Instant application and validation of the latest state and local jurisdiction tax rates – accurately calculating all point of service (POS) sales with daily data uploads; and
• Detailed comprehensive tax liability reports to streamline month-end compliance process.

CorpSystem also offers Sales Tax Office integrations for Oracle® E-Business Suite as well as Microsoft Dynamics® AX, GP and NAV systems.

“As our company grows, so has our need to efficiently calculate and monitor tax rate changes,” said Renee Siebert, NPC Vice President of Operations Accounting. “CCH is an excellent partner in providing the software solutions and tax expertise that enable us to effectively track our tax expenditures. We feel confident as our company expands, CCH will continue to accommodate our needs.”

Exclusive Industry Resources, Content

Additionally, NPC also benefits from CCH’s CorpSystem® Sales Tax Rates and Taxability Database for Restaurants – the tax and accounting industry’s only continuously updated restaurant sales tax rates and rules database covering food and beverage products for dine-in, take out and deliveries in more than 10,000 tax jurisdictions.

By combining CCH software, database and other tax calculation tools and resources, NPC now has the ability to create daily sales tax summary reports by restaurant and tax category (hot prepared foods, beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages, etc.) that will be utilized to validate taxes calculated at their restaurant POS registers.

CCH solutions also provide NPC the ability to streamline its customer exemption certificate management process, enabling NPC to track customer exemption certificates and validate that all exempt sales processed during the month are supported by valid customer exemption certificates prior to filing the applicable returns. The Customer Exemption Certificate module of Sales Tax Office will also be leveraged by NPC’s tax department to generate monthly reports of expiring certificates to ensure their records are up-to-date when state auditors visit.

For More Information

To learn more about how CCH CorpSystem Sales Tax Office and other CCH CorpSystem® Solutions can streamline business sales and use tax processing and compliance, please contact a CCH sales representative at 1-866-513-CORP (1-866-513-2677). More information is also available by visiting CCHGroup.com/CorpSystem.

About NPC International

NPC International, Inc. (www.npcinternational.com) is the world’s largest Pizza Hut franchisee and currently operates over 1,200 Pizza Hut restaurants and delivery units in 28 states.

It is also the eighth largest restaurant unit operator in the United States according to the 2011 “Chain Restaurant Industry Review” by GE Capital, Franchise Finance. The company was founded in 1962 and its corporate office is located in Pittsburg, Kan.

About CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business

CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business (CCHGroup.com) is a leading global provider of tax, accounting and audit information, software and services. It has served tax, accounting and business professionals since 1913. Among its market-leading solutions are The ProSystem fx® Suite, CorpSystem®, CCH® IntelliConnect®, Accounting Research Manager® and the U.S. Master Tax Guide®. CCH is based in Riverwoods, Ill. Follow us now on Twitter @CCHMediaHelp. Wolters Kluwer (www.wolterskluwer.com) is a market-leading global information services company. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices.

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