Setting up new Tax code in E-Business Tax R12

We are attempting to setup a new TAX in E-Business Tax R12.

All existing taxes were migrated from  R11 over 2 years ago.  No jurisdictions are set up; none of the existing taxes have any Geography types/names entered.

We are only calculating ‘use tax’ on select AP suppliers; no AR taxes are calculated

We are not using ‘self assessment’ checkbox; when ‘Calculate Tax’ is press, two tax line are added to the invoice, one being an ‘OFFSET’ tax.  Distribution amounts  have recoverable and nonrecoverable amounts created.

Users have created limited new rates since going to R12.

When I   set up the new TAX, after going through setup for statuses, recovery rates and rates, I go into the tax to check the  ‘Make Tax Available for Transactions’  and get the errors about geography and jurisdictions needed.