Brazil Account Setup

Setting up an account for an organization doing business in Brazil usually requires enabling several features and installing SuiteApps.

Enabling Features for a Brazil Account

Some features available in your NetSuite account can be important or even essential for users in Brazil. If they are inactive, you should consider enabling them. Follow the instructions below to enable the most common features beneficial for users in Brazil. However, if you want to get access to some specific product area, see Functional Areas and check the exact requirements.

Note:

If you do not have sufficient permissions to enable features, contact your account administrator.

To enable the most common features for Brazil:

1. Go to Setup > Company > Setup Tasks > Enable Features.

2. On the Company subtab, enable the following features:

   • Multiple Units of Measure

   • Multi-language

   • Multiple Currencies

   • File Cabinet

3. On the Accounting subtab, check the following boxes:

   • Accounting

   • Accounting Periods

   • Installments

4. On the Tax subtab, check the following boxes:

   • Advanced Taxes

   • SuiteTax

   Note:

   The SuiteTax feature must be shared to your NetSuite account before you can enable it. For more information about SuiteTax, contact your account manager and see SuiteTax.

5. On the SuiteCloud subtab, enable the following features:

   • Custom Records

   • Advanced PDF/HTML Templates

   • Client SuiteScript

   • Server SuiteScript

   • Custom GL Lines

   • Custom Transactions

   • REST Web Services

6. Click Save.

Available SuiteApps

Some additional features will only become active if you install a specific SuiteApp to your NetSuite account. SuiteApps are applications that extend NetSuite for specific industry and business needs. If you would like to get access to some specific product area, see Functional Areas and check which SuiteApps are required to be installed. Brazil-specific features are currently available in the following SuiteApps:

SuiteApp	Area	Description	Help Topic in Portuguese
Brazil Localization	Accounting Billing and Invoicing Payments Taxation	Enables you to comply with Brazilian accounting and financial requirements.	Brazil Localization
SuiteTax Latam Engine	Taxation	Provides a Tax Engine plug-in implementation and a structure of custom records that enables you to comply with Latin American tax requirements.	SuiteTax Latam Engine
SuiteTax Latam Engine - Brazil Records	Taxation	Enables you to determine and calculate several Brazilian taxes in different business scenarios.	SuiteTax Latam Engine - Brazil Records
Brazil Reports	Accounting Tax Reporting	Enables you to generate accounting, financial, tax, and statutory reports to comply with Brazil's reporting requirements.	Brazil Reports
LATAM File Builder	Payments Tax Reporting	Enables you to build dynamic file layouts to generate and import electronic data files.	LATAM File Builder
Electronic Invoicing	Billing and Invoicing	Provides the framework for generating electronic invoices.	—
LATAM E-Document Certification	Billing and Invoicing	Enables you to send e-documents for certification. The SuiteApp provides features for setting up communications with tax authorities' web services, and managing e-document certification requests and responses.	LATAM E-Document Certification
Brazil Certification Tax Authorities	Billing and Invoicing	Provides predefined plug-ins, templates, and records to enable you to submit e-documents to several Brazilian tax authorities.	Brazil Certification Tax Authorities
Payment Gateway	Payments	Provides integration with PayU Latin America External Checkout payment gateway for Brazil.	—

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