Prerequisites for ECD

Note:

To access the Brazil Reports documentation in Brazilian Portuguese (Português do Brasil), see Brazil Reports.

Before you generate ECD files, ensure you meet the following prerequisites:

If you need to include account information in reports, set up your accounts.

For more information, see Setting Up Accounts to Appear in Reports for Brazil.
If you use cost centers:
- Enable the Departments feature.
  
  For more information, see General Company Features.
- Create department records for your cost centers.
  
  For more information, see Creating Departments.
- Add codes to your department records.
  
  For more information, see Cost Centers in Reports for Brazil.
- Associate the departments to your transactions.
If you want to include the accounting book number in your ECD files, set up the book number and year of your last ECD submission.

For more information, see Setting Up Accounting Book Numbers for ECD Files.
Identify the journal entries used for closing income accounts and to post amounts after the end of the posting period.

For more information, see Setting Journals Entries as Closing Journals for Brazil.
Include additional federal registration numbers assigned to your subsidiaries.

For more information, see Adding Other Federal Registration Numbers to ECD Files.