Prerequisites for EFD Contribuições

Note:

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

Before you generate EFD Contribuições files, ensure you meet the following prerequisites:

If you use cost centers, do the following:
- 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 your company is entitled to PIS and COFINS credits from the purchase of electricity, natural gas, or water, set up the nature of the calculation basis for credit.

For more information, see Setting Up the Nature of the Calculation Basis for Credit.
Create a PIS and COFINS assessment record and generate the PIS and COFINS assessment report.

For more information, see Assessing PIS and COFINS.

Ensure that the transactions you enter in NetSuite meet these criteria for inclusion in the EFD Contribuições file:

-	Sales transactions involving goods	Purchase transactions involving goods or utilities	Sales and purchase transactions involving services
Calculated taxes	Both PIS and COFINS	Both PIS and COFINS	Both PIS and COFINS
Certified e-document number	-	-	Required
Date	-	-	RPS Date field required for sales transactions Date field required for purchase transactions
E-document category	Electronic invoice for goods SAT cash receipt	Electronic invoice for goods Electronic bill of lading Tax, expense, or utility bill	Electronic invoice for services
E-document model	Model 55 required for the electronic invoice for goods category Model 55, 59, or 65 required for the SAT cash receipt category	Model 55 required for the electronic invoice for goods category Model 57 or 67 required for the electronic bill of lading Model 06, 28, 29, 55, or 66 required for the tax, expense, or utility bill category	-
E-document status	Certified status required for electronic invoices for goods	Certified status required for electronic invoices generated from import bills	Certified status required for electronic invoices generated from sales transactions