Legislative Updates for Fiscal Document Generation Layout supporting Brazil VAT Reform

Stay compliant with the latest legislative changes impacting fiscal document layouts for Brazil VAT reform. Legislative updates are provided to address requirements introduced during government testing and the initial application phase of the new VAT rules. Administrators can ensure fiscal documents meet evolving standards and regulatory guidelines as mandated by Brazilian authorities.

In certain scenarios, the company needs to issue an inbound fiscal document. Use the Operation Type field in the Fiscal Attributes page to indicate that you are creating an inbound fiscal document.

Inbound Operation Type in the Fiscal Attributes page

Inbound Operation Type in the Fiscal Attributes page

National Service Fiscal Document Substitution

Replace a previously approved national service fiscal document using the Substitution as the Issuing Type. It will display the reference fiscal document fields in the Fiscal Attributes page.

National Service Fiscal Document Substitution area in the Fiscal Attributes page

National Service Fiscal Document Substitution area in the Fiscal Attributes page

Fiscal Document Attributes

Use the additional fiscal document attributes  to provide the required information by the tax authority for service fiscal documents to comply with the Brazilian VAT tax reform:

Fiscal Header Attributes for Brazil Goods Export

  • Conversion Rate
  • Conversion Date

Fiscal Line Details Attributes Supplement for Brazil Medicine

  • Product Code 
  • Exception Reason

Fiscal Line Details Attributes for Product Tracking

  • Lot
  • Quantity
  • Aggregation Code
  • Manufacturing Date
  • Expiry Date

Fiscal Line Details Attributes for Brazil Import

  • Importation Method
  • Customs Clearance Date

Fiscal Document Generation XML file updates

Fiscal Document Header attributes

ID XML Tag Description Parent Type
A1 FISCAL_DOC_HEADER Fiscal Document Header   GROUP
 

OPERATION_TYPE_CODE

Indicates if it is an inbound (0) or outbound (1) fiscal document

A1

CHAR

  PAYMENT_TYPE_CODE Indicates if the payment is in cash (0) or in terms (1) based on the payment term used in the source transaction. A1 CHAR

This is the mapping for the new regional information attributes in the Fiscal Document Generation XML file:

Header Attributes for Goods Export

ID XML Tag Description Parent Type
A1 FISCAL_DOC_HEADER Fiscal Document Header   GROUP
  GLOBAL_ATTRIBUTE_CATEGORY

Fiscal Header Attributes for Brazil Goods Export (JLxBRFsclHdrAtrbExtGoodsExport)

A1 CHAR
 

CONVERSION RATE

The exchange conversion rate used in the fiscal document

A1

NUMBER

  CONVERSION DATE The exchange conversion date used in the fiscal document A1 DATE

Line Details Attributes for Medicine

ID XML Tag Description Parent Type
C7 FISCAL_DOC_LINE_DETAILS   B3 GROUP
  GLOBAL_ATTRIBUTE_CATEGORY Fiscal Line Details Attributes Supplement for Brazil Medicine
(JLxBRFsclLnDtlAtrbExtMedicine)
C7 CHAR
  GLOBAL_ATTRIBUTE10 Product Code C7 CHAR
  GLOBAL_ATTRIBUTE11 Exception Reason C7 CHAR

Line Details Attributes for Product Tracking

ID XML Tag Description Parent Type
C7 FISCAL_DOC_LINE_DETAILS   B3 GROUP
  GLOBAL_ATTRIBUTE_CATEGORY Fiscal Line Details Attributes for Product Tracking
(JLxBRFsclLnDtlAtrbExtTrack)
C7 CHAR
  GLOBAL_ATTRIBUTE1 Lot C7 CHAR
  GLOBAL_ATTRIBUTE_NUMBER1 Quantity C7 NUM
  GLOBAL_ATTRIBUTE_NUMBER5 Aggregation Code C7 NUM
  GLOBAL_ATTRIBUTE_DATE1 Manufacturing Date C7 NUM
  GLOBAL_ATTRIBUTE_DATE1 Expiry Date C7 NUM

Business benefits include:

  • Allow customers to comply with the recent indirect tax regulation changes introduced in Brazil, while supporting both current and new taxes during the seven-year transition period.
  • Use the fiscal document substitution for national service fiscal documents.
  • Indicate to the fiscal document integration partner if the generated fiscal document is for inbound or outbound flow.

Steps to enable and configure

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Access requirements

No new access requirements.