Understanding VAT and Profit Withholding Legal Numbers

As stipulated in article 21 of R.G. 738/99, numbering of VAT and profit withholding certificates that is performed by significant taxpayers must match the AFIP numbering when withholdings are recorded. The use of this numbering format is optional.

The format of this numbering system consists of five digits for the issue place, four digits for the date, and six digits for the withholding number (Release 9.2 Update).

This numbering does not replace the numbering set up in the Next Numbers program (P0002); it only complements it. For this reason, both tables must be maintained.

If several companies are set up in your system but you want to base certificate next numbers on only one of them, you must set up company relationships. For example, if you set up company 00028 with company 00001 as its hub company, the next numbering is based on company 00001. In this example, you would set up company 00001 with company 00028 as a related company.

You set up company relationships for document types $I (VAT withholdings) and $G (profit withholdings) so that the system obtains the certificate next numbers from the related company's next numbers for those types of withholdings.

If you number the VAT and profit withholdings of one company by using the numbering of another company, you do not need to set up next numbers for the first company in the Certificate Next Number RG 738 (A/P) program (P76A8080).