Tax: VAT and filing obligations

This area covers VAT end to end: set it up once, then file it every period. Amounts come straight from your invoices and posted entries: you recalculate nothing by hand.

Pages in this area

Configure VAT Regime per fiscal year, your country's legal rate grid, editable catalogue, SYSCOHADA accounts 4431, 4452 and 4451.

File a VAT return Periods, deduction ratio, net VAT, consistency check, VAT dashboard, PDF, CSV and XLSX exports.

Countries covered

The legal rate grid is provided for the six CEMAC countries (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Chad, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea). In other OHADA countries, you add your rates to the catalogue.

In other areas

• Withholding tax is set invoice by invoice: see Withholding tax.
• VAT on purchases comes from your supplier invoices: see Record a supplier invoice.
• VAT payable or recoverable shows in your statements: see Trial balance.
• Firms follow the returns of every client file from the firm: see Accounting firm.

Further reading

• Article: VAT returns in the CEMAC zone: a practical guide