In Portugal, in addition to the existing monthly SAF-T submission listing of all sales invoices for VAT purposes, businesses are required to provide annual accounting file in SAF-T format.
According to a recent announcement from the Portuguese tax authorities, Despacho n.º 45/2018-XXI from 2 February 2018, the obligation to provide an annual file for completion of IES is delayed with one year.
The annual accounting SAF-T obligation for IES will start now in 2019 and will cover the accounting period of 2018 or earlier years. The data requested information will be used to improve and perform more efficient and effective corporate tax audits.
Two separate files are the mandatory obligation for Portuguese SAF-T purposes:
- Monthly SAF-T file including invoicing data and transactional data about sales and purchases made in Portugal. It contains as well master data and a list of products. Submission is mandatory on a monthly basis together with the VAT return.
- The annual SAF-T file with accounting information must be produced yearly and upon request of the authorities. The inclusion of taxonomies in the structure of SAF-T (PT) aims to simplify the completion of the IES Informação Empresarial Simplificada.
SAF-T introductions and new country rollouts
KGT SAP add-ons for SAF-T, e-invoicing and MTD UK for VAT work as a standalone application within the SAP system and does not change existing customer SAP functionality or processes. It is fully configurable with custom namespace /KGT.
KGT partnered up with SAP regarding 'SAP Advanced Compliance Reporting for SAP HANA'. The 'Advanced Compliance Reporting' (ACR) service enables you to configure, generate, analyze, and electronically submit statutory reports that contain indirect taxes, such as value-added tax.
KGT provides also S/4 HANA transformation support.
