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Invoice tax and tax categories
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Tax categories will be released to Business Network Portal on August 22nd 2023. Until then, you do not need to apply tax categories in the sales invoice. |
When suppliers create When a supplier creates an invoice from a purchase order, the item taxes and tax categories are automatically copied from the order lines to the invoice lines. If a sales invoice is created by using the template, user must insert the correct tax percentage and tax category. Tax percentage is only defined in the invoice lines and automatically grouped (per percentage) and calculated in the invoice totals.
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Below list contains the tax categories supported in BNP sales invoice service. Each tax category has specific validation rules, that the seller must comply when saving and sending an invoice. Code column contains the corresponding Peppol code in UNCL5305 standard.
Tax category name | Code | Description and requirements | Tax % value | VAT-ID required |
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Standard rate | S | Invoice has a VAT percentage higher than 0%. Standard rate is the default category when creating a new sales invoice.
| Higher than 0% | ✅ |
Zero rated goods | Z | Invoice item has 0% tax according to the local legislation.
| 0% | ✅ |
Exempt from tax | E | Seller or invoice items are |
not applicable for tax.
| 0% | ✅ | ||
VAT reverse charge | AE | Standard VAT rate is levied from the invoicee (customer).
| 0% | ✅ |
Services outside scope of tax | O | Taxes are not applicable to the services.
| Must be empty | Not required |
VAT exempt for export outside of EU | G | Invoice item is free export and taxes are not charged.
| 0% | ✅ |
VAT exempt for supply inside of EEA | K | Invoice item is VAT exempt due to an intra-community supply in the European Economic Area.
| 0% | ✅ |
Surcharges
Purchase order or invoice surcharges are supplier added costs to the document.
When a supplier creates an invoice from a purchase order, the the surcharges are copied to the invoice. Surcharges can be added only to an order if the customer has configured the surcharges in this company settings.