R2023.04 | 7 April 2023

Content Legislative Updates

  • Hungary VAT return:
    Updated the VAT return .pdf forms included under the Main Return schedule with the latest form versions published for 2023.
  • Italy VAT Return:
    Added English language version of Annual VAT return .pdf forms included under the Main Return schedule for reporting period 2022.

Content Enhancements

  • Germany VAT return:
    • The Prepayments sheet has been enabled in Group returns and consolidates the values from the child entities. To be able to see the value in December, the values from previous months (starting from January to December) must be added in all child and group returns.
    • Further automation was implemented of boxes in the VAT return using tax code mappings. To support this the following changes have been introduced:
      • Intra-community acquisition of goods: Exempt (AP_INTRAACQGDS_E) – A new tax code was created and is mapped to box 91,
        VAT exempt Intra-community acquisitions
        . Previously this box was linked to tax code AP_INTRAACQGDS_Z. If transactions are expected to populate box 91, the source tax code must be remapped to the exempt rate. As a result, manual adjustments may be required while preparing corrective returns. This change applies to datasets with a start date from January 2023.
      • Intra-community acquisition of goods: Zero rated (AP_INTRAACQGDS_Z) – The tax code is now linked to box 90 –
        Intra-community acquisitions subject to 0% VAT
        . Previously this box was subject to manual entry and tax code AP_INTRAACQGDS_Z was linked to box 91.
      • Added new tax code Domestic supply of goods/services: AR_DOMSPLYGDSSRV_Z:
        The new tax code was created to allow reporting of taxable supplies subject to zero VAT in box 87 which previously was subject to manual entry
    • Adjusted the period length value, which was populating incorrectly in the quarterly German version of the return.
  • Czech Republic VAT return
    : 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.
  • France VAT return
    : Box A3 in the VAT return referring to
    Purchases of services realized with a taxable person not established in France (article 283-2 French tax code)
    was revised and now combines purchases both from EU and non-EU suppliers. Tax code
    Services purchased from non-EU supplier
    (AP_NONEUSUPSRV) was remapped and transactions using this tax code are no longer included in box A2. They are reported in box A3 instead.
  • Denmark ESL:
    Removed rows with zero value from being displayed in the listings sheets and the output file. These lines are not accepted during the submission.
  • Denmark VAT return:
    Added a warning to alert users to missing VAT registration number in the Company Information sheet, as this value is required for e-filing.
  • Spain ESPL:
    Added logic to replace country code not accepted in the submission by replacing these values in the listings sheet. Country code GR and GB and now replaced with EL and XI respectively in the listing sheet and in the filing output. Original values can be reviewed after showing hidden values in the listings sheet.
  • UK VAT return:
    Corrected an issue were import with deferments were displaying the totals on hidden rows in the Return Summary Analysis sheet.
  • Romania ESPL and Intrastat:
    The VAT Registration Numbers required for ESPL and Intrastat will be populated from separate sections on the Company Information sheet, since the formats of the registration number differ depending on the filing purposes. This will allow clients to use the same calculation both for submitting the Intrastat and ESPL and fill the VAT registration fields with the appropriate format.
  • Slovenia ESPL corrections:
    The ESPL listing report was enhanced to split the reporting between original submission related to the current period and corrective submission referring to prior periods. The original submission will exclude any transactions that have OriginalInvoiceDate populated and will automatically include these transactions in a separate sheet's
    ESPL Corrective
    section. The prerequisite is to map in the import specification field
    Original Invoice Date
    and include the value in the source data. Alternatively the field can be populated in the application using the edit functionality. The corrective transactions require populating the
    OriginalNetAmount
    value manually in the corrective sheet and will be included in the current period submission.
  • Malaysia ACC VAT return:
    Fixed an issue related to rounding formats in Return Summary sheets to display decimals.

Croatia Exchange Rate Errors

With Croatia moving to the Euro on 1st January we have identified an issue due to 2022 datasets being set to Kune and 2023 datasets being set to Euro. The impact of this is that the new January return will have missing exchange rates errors for any prior period values. This can be resolved by setting an exchange rate for the return.
Please note the application of this exchange rate at return level will have no impact on any of the January return numbers and will only be applied to the prior period values.

E-Filing Expansion

  • We are pleased to announce we have expanded our efiling coverage to
    Finland VAT
    return based on customer requests.
  • Users can export
    Lithuania Intrastat
    reports in CSV format that can be used to upload on the tax authority portal.
  • Users can export the intrastat listings report to .xml format that can be used to upload on the tax authority portal. There is a separate Company Information sheet in the Listings section required for intrastat submission that must be completed before e-filing.
Other E-filing Updates
  • Turkey BA and BS listings .xml filing:
    Updated the version number used in the .xml output.
  • Norway E-filing:
    The issue with frequent expiration of access tokens is now resolved. Users can now generate the access token, which will be valid for a year.

SAF-T Updates

SAF-T Data Edits
Following feedback from customers, users will now have the flexibility to edit SAF-T data if required, even though SAF-T data should represent the data directly from accounting system. We understand this is not always feasible in practice and can be defended in audit position. This feature is subject to various controls and confirmation messages to ensure it is not used accidentally.
If this feature is required, please discuss it with the ONESOURCE team or contact Customer support, as this requires a database setting to be enabled
(Enable Edit for DTR import
). When this setting is enabled, users will be able to edit SAF-T imports using the same process as transactional edits.
Audit Controls for SAF-T
We have introduced some further audit controls for the generated SAF-T reports in the ‘Output’ screen which allow users to set the status of the reports and add additional comments regarding the status.
  • Report Status: This column allows the user to set the status of the SAF-T report to Draft, Review, Final and Submitted. If the status is set to final or submitted then the delete report option will be removed.
  • Comments: Users can add any additional free form comments to enable review, etc or append an internal version number.
  • Entity Permissions: We have included entity level permissions for SAF-T and SII reports. This means that any user that has access to the relevant entity will now be able to see the SAF-T and SII reports, rather than these being only viewable by the user that has run these reports. This has been added based on customer feedback that multiple users require access to the reports to review, etc.

General Updates

  • Editing transactions: Improved import process for the scenarios involving editing transactions for “No returns found” scenarios.
Returns
  • Tooltip Enhancements: Added the relevant help links for the respective tooltip when users select on the tooltip info icon.
  • Template Upgrade Prompt: Prompt for template upgrade is now available to user when we try to open return from view uploads screen of import details. Added a new setting “Prompt for upgrade when opening a return from upload details”. When turned on users see the upgrade prompt when trying to open the return from view that uploads the Import Details screen.
  • Returns Navigation from Imports: The returns are now opened in new window when we try to open return from view uploads screen instead of opening in same window same as how it works in Returns screen. The returns will continue to open in same window from both the Returns screen and Import Details if it is a multi-client database.
Reports
  • Oman Taxpayers checklist report: A new standard report is added to support users to file additional details to the tax authorities of Oman. The report is similar to the existing box number report with a few additional columns. However, if the taxpayer wants to submit the checklist to the tax authority, they should manually fill in details that are not supported by the application.
  • One-off customer and supplier reports: Before the fix the user was seeing the net and tax values divided by 100,000 to display small values with decimals. With the fix provided the user will see the actual values imported into ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Compliance.
  • New audit report for SAF-T adjustments: A new report has been added to capture the details of the adjustments made on the SAF-T transactions. Users can view adjustments made on multiple SAF-T transactions of different SAF-T types by executing a single report. We are supporting the output in the Excel format with multiple sheets where each sheet supports a different SAF-T type.
  • Transactions Deferred into Period: A new standard report is added that shows transactions that have been deferred into a period of the report, excluding transactions that have since been deferred out of period. Unlike the existing Deferred transactions report, this new report cut out middle stages and only shows the latest iteration of the transaction (referencing the original imported data).
  • Show/Hide filters: The fix is provided to display the show/hide filters button on the returns screen. With the fix provided the user can apply the filter and take back the filter when not required.
  • Inconsistent number of decimals: With the fix provided users will not see the inconsistent number of decimals when grouped by any column, such as
    Transactee ID
    ,
    Invoice ID
    , etc .