Send the VAT declaration electronically

You prepare the finalised VAT declaration for submission to the tax authority. You then send it to the Tax Authority (automatically).

If you do not send the declaration electronically via Profit and instead enter it manually on the Tax Authority's website, you can skip this step.

Note:

As from fiscal year 2014, you send the VAT/ICP declaration to 'Digipoort' using the SBR/XBRL channel.For this you need a 'Digipoort' certificate. If you do not yet have a 'Digipoort' certificate, you need to purchase and configure one in a timely manner. If you use Profit via AFAS Online then you can use a compilation 'Digipoort' certificate from AFAS.

As from 1 February 2015, you can also prepare and send the supplementary VAT declarations for periods in the years 2014 and 2015 to the Tax Authority via XBRL/Digipoort.

To prepare and send the VAT declaration:

1. Go to: Financial / VAT/ICP / VAT/ICP-declaration.
2. Select the declaration just created.

   If there is also an ICP declaration for the period in question, you can prepare it independently from the VAT declaration.

   You can also prepare a supplementary VAT declaration. You do have the option to suppress any supplementary declaration for sending.

3. Click on the action: Prepare.

   You now see a message that the file is ready. This means the digital file is ready for submission to the tax authority.

4. Click on the action: Send/receive.

   Using this action, you only send and receive messages for the Digipoort profile within the communication service. Profit sends the declaration exclusively via XBRL/Digipoort.

   This action is available if you are authorised for General / Communication service / Send and receive.

5. Once the declaration has been sent, the status of the declaration changes to Sent.
6. Check the sending of the declaration.

In the VAT/ICP-declaration view, extra information about the declarations sent is displayed. For example, you see when the declaration was sent and whether it has been accepted by the tax authority. The status Receive indicates that the declaration has successfully been received and that the Tax Authority can process the declaration; of course this does not mean that the Tax Authority has approved the contents of the declaration.

In addition, you can add fields to the view to show the status: Accepted, REJECTED and Generated. If the REJECTED check box is selected, the tax authority cannot process the data delivered. Once you have checked a rejected VAT/ICP declaration or supplementary declaration and have resolved the errors, you can prepare the declaration again.

The declarations in this view are colour-coded based on the status of the declaration, so you can immediately see which declarations require action:

• Red - a rejected declaration
• Green - declaration received by the tax authority or submitted outside of the system (sending suppressed)
• White - you still have to take action