Understanding the Yearly VAT Report Program

The Belgian Tax Authorities require yearly reports that include value-added tax (VAT) amounts for all customers who were invoiced during the fiscal year. Only Belgian customers need to be reported.

Businesses can file the electronic declaration using the INTERVAT application available on the web site, https://finance.belgium.be. The web site, managed and maintained by the Belgian Tax Authorities, enables businesses to either manually enter the required VAT data in a specific web page or to upload an XML file with the necessary information. If uploading an XML file, businesses must use the official XSD scheme published by the Belgian Tax Authorities that can be downloaded from the same web site.

You should know these key concepts about the Yearly VAT Report program (R74B150):

Concept	Description
Output	When you run the report in proof mode, the program generates a report that states that no errors occurred if there are no errors, or directs you to the Work Center if errors occurred. When you run the report in final mode, the program generates only the XML file. If errors occurred while processing in final mode, the XML includes a statement that errors occurred.
Processing options	A processing option enables you to run the Yearly VAT Listing program (R74B200), which produces a PDF document that lists the total sales by customer (excluding VAT amounts) and total VAT amounts by customer. You can specify the version of the Yearly VAT Listing report to use. You should not include zero VAT amounts in the electronic file. You can set the Minimum Taxable Amount to Report processing option on the Process tab to exclude all customers under specified amounts.
Report validation	Yearly VAT Report program (R74B150) validates the VAT number or Tax Identification number of each customer when you submit the report. The VAT number, or Tax Identification number, is stored in the Tax Id field (alias TAX) that is located in the Address Book Master table (F0101). The process sends error messages to the Work Center. If invalid VAT numbers are associated with customer records, you must correct those numbers and rerun the report to avoid the government-assessed penalty. Note: You should run the report in proof mode until all of the VAT validation issues are corrected.
VAT numbers	In some cases, such as recognized health care providers, you might not have a VAT number for that customer. In those cases, you can assign 99_NB as a VAT/Tax ID value. For any case for which you do not know the VAT number, you can enter 99_unknown or 99_onbekend in the VAT/Tax ID field.
Multiple company reporting	The Yearly VAT Report program supports multiple-company reporting for the XML file. You select multiple-company reporting by including multiple companies in the data selection. You set up information for each company that you report using the Belgium Company Additional Information program (P74B010). See Setting Up Company Information for VAT Reporting in Belgium

When you run the Yearly VAT Report program, the system uses the BI Publisher to generate the report output. See Viewing Report Output Generated by BI Publisher for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.