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2024

2024.02 | 2 February 2024

Legislative Updates

Austria annual VAT return –
 minor caption changes in the Return Summary and updated version pdf forms
Austria periodic VAT return –
 minor caption changes in the Return Summary and updated version pdf forms.
Czechia Control Statement –
 minor caption and box description updates.
Czechia VAT return –
 minor caption updates and box descriptions in the Return Summary and updated version of the pdf form.
France VAT return –
 updated total VAT due in Box 16 to include TCR; Captions changes in the return summary used for group reporting.
Luxembourg –
 new AP tax codes added related to Reverse charge trade goods, Reverse charge fixed assets and Reverse charge overhead (goods): AP_RCPURGDSFA, AP_RCPURGDSOVH, AP_RCPURGDSTRD for rate of 17% (SA) as well as new boxes used for reporting these tax codes – boxes 769 and 770. The changes are reflected in the periodic and annual return. The pdf forms have also been updated.
Italy Annual VAT return –
 updated version of the pdf form with caption changes in the Return Summary. Part VB and CS have been removed, some sections in parts VE and VF have been revised.
Hungary VAT return, DSPL and ESPL
:
  • Updated ESPL form to the latest published versions for 2024 - 24A60
  • Updated VAT and DSPL form to the latest published versions for 2024 - 2465A & 2465M

Content Enhancements

Czechia ESL line number –
 revised logic for counting line numbers that ensure the line number does not exceed value 99 as a two digits format is allowed by the XML schema.
Slovakia ESL and VAT return –
 automation of Tax Office field. Previously the field had to be selected manually when uploading the xml output to the AT portal, now it can be populated in the Company information sheet from a drop down list and will be included in the output file,
Turkey –
 Added Boxes numbers for Totals in sheet VE2 – 1015B Totals, previously only the descriptions were included.
United Kingdom –
 a variable rate (L) for domestic supply of goods tax code. This tax code has been added to facilitate recording of transactions under the margin scheme using various tax rates without triggering error messages for rate discrepancy.
Reports fixed issue with Box Number report where annual box numbers were included in the column with periodic boxes – all jurisdictions where annual returns are supported:
Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Portugal, and Spain.
Spain ESPL –
 changed method of populating the submission identification number to use the form version and date in the filing output. Previously the form version was followed by zeros which caused submission errors.
Slovenia –
 resolved issue when printing the pdf VAT form.
VAT return PDF forms:
 New sheets were added under the Main Return section with the .pdf version of the VAT form. The form populates the values from Return Summary and Company Information sheet. In this release this has been added for Austria Annual form and Mexico.
Changes to Returns Company Information sheet:
Company Name –
 The formula to populate Company Name in the Company information sheet has been updated to allow more accurate reporting of the legal entity name in returns. The Company Name is now fed from an additional optional field in the Entity Manager titled
Reporting Company Name
 if this field is populated.
This new column was introduced to allow duplicate entries in the Entity Manager if a business is registered with the same name across multiple jurisdictions since Entity Name must be a unique value and cannot be repeated in the Entity Manager. If Reporting Company Name is not populated in the Entity Manager, the standard Entity Name will continue to be used as the default Company Name and will carry forward from prior periods in case of rolled forward datasets.
VAT Registration Number –
 this field will no longer be manual entry in the returns and instead will be populated from the Entity Manager. If the field is blank users will be prompted with an error message advising to enter VAT registration number in Entity Manager. This changed logic will apply to new datasets with start dates after the 1st of January 2024 however to support the transition period the values will carry forward from prior periods.
The above changes have been introduced in the following jurisdictions and apply to datasets created with start dates form the 1st of January 2024: Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Oman, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom
Overtime this approach will be extended to all OIC jurisdictions.

E-FILING Updates

Austria annual VAT return –
 updated schema to comply with requirements for 2023 reporting period.
Belgium –
 e-filing schema update to the latest 2024 version.
Norway –
 Updated the Norway ID porten (URL change) to ensure users are to be able to connect to Norway portal successfully.

API Automation Updates

Introducing ‘Import Re-run' endpoint:
 A new endpoint has been added to initiate the re-run of existing imports through the import API, providing flexibility and control over data processing. In particular, this endpoint can be used when users encounter an allocation error, no returns found or read only return error The import can be reprocessed to successfully import, once the necessary mappings have been added / returns created / return statuses updated. The new endpoint:
  • o <baseUrl>/indirect-tax-compliance/eap/imports/{importid}
Improved responsiveness in retrieving the RunID:
 Users can now see a quicker response in retrieving the ‘RunID’ while accessing the reports API ensuring improved usability of the reports API.

General Updates

Reports
Ability to have additional fields to GL Reconciliation:
 Large Data Volumes report: Update to support users to customize this report and add additional fields as required.
Improved Number Formatting for Sign Code Mappings:
 In response to customer feedback, an issue related to the misalignment of separators in European-style formatted data has been resolved. Users previously faced challenges with the 'flip sign' functionality, particularly in the context of amounts columns under sign mappings. The enhancement focuses on ensuring a seamless alignment of separators between API-transmitted data and CSV file formats, accommodating both European and US number separator configurations. To achieve this, the system now dynamically adapts to the client's specified number system, providing accurate and consistent conversion during sign code mapping.
Consistency of Box numbers across reports:
 Users can now see the same representation (with regard to leading zeros) of the box numbers across Return summary analysis report, Box number report and Tax classification box mapping report to ensure consistency to the user.
Increased ability to export all pages in the CMS grid:
 The ‘Export grid’ functionality has been enhanced to allow the user to export all pages in the CMS grid and not limit to the current page that the user may be viewing.
  • In case of any filters applied to the grid, the filtered data in the pages will be exported.
  • This enhancement is applicable to all the different screens of CMS grid i.e.
    • All returns
    • All returns with Counts
    • Deleted datasets.
    • Recently viewed returns.
    • P/E 90 days
    • Current returns
  • However, exporting data by grouping is not currently in the scope of this improvement and will be looked at in future releases.
LIST OF UPGRADED CONTENT TEMPLATES
VAT3CH14_5_119_TPL.XML
VAT3CHGRP14_5_108_TPL.XML
VAT3CL14_2_65_TPL.XML
VAT3CLGRP14_2_43_TPL.XML
VAT3DE15_12_251_TPL.XML
VAT3DEGRP15_12_196_TPL.XML
VAT3DEANN15_12_154_TPL.XML
VAT3DEGRPANN15_12_140_TPL.XML
VAT3EE15_2_142_TPL.XML
VAT3EEGRP15_2_90_TPL.XML
VAT3EL17_6_107_TPL.XML
VAT3ELGRP17_6_71_TPL.XML
VAT3NL14_10_363_TPL.XML
VAT3NLGRP14_10_236_TPL.XML
VAT3PT15_10_241_TPL.XML
VAT3PTGRP15_10_161_TPL.XML
VAT3SI16_4_146_TPL.XML
VAT3SIGRP16_4_117_TPL.XML
VAT3JP17_6_146_TPL.XML
VAT3JPGRP17_6_74_TPL.XML
VAT3HU15_12_337_TPL.XML
VAT3HUGRP15_12_255_TPL.XML
VAT3FR15_10_193_TPL.XML
VAT3FRGRP15_10_146_TPL.XML

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