In the Value Added Tax functional area in Lucanet VAT (Value Added Tax), you create, review, and send the preliminary VAT returns of your companies. The workspaces are arranged in the order in which you typically work through the steps of the reporting process.

For an overview of all steps of the reporting process – including the optional steps – see the All Steps at a Glance page. Functions that are available in all workspaces are described on the User Interface and General Functions in VAT page.

Not every workspace is available for every company. The visibility of the workspaces in VAT depends on the following factors:

  • Company type: For VAT group members, for example, the Send declaration workspace is not available, because the representative VAT group member transmits the declaration.
  • Kind of period: In special prepayment periods, the Import workspace is not available. In annual return periods, the import is only used for the annual import and for comparison.
  • Configuration: The Import workspace is not available for companies for which manual creation of the declaration is configured.

The Value Added Tax functional area can be found under VAT | Value Added Tax and is displayed as follows, for example:

Shows the 'Status' workspace in the 'Value Added Tax' functional area in VAT for the company '1000 - Lucanet Holding GmbH (Organträger)' in the period '2025-12-DE - Dezember 2025' with the columns 'Step', 'Status', 'Log', and 'File attachments and comments', for example with the steps '1.1. V00 Import' (status 'Imported'), '2. Manual adjustments' (status 'Closed'), and '3. Reconciliations'. The overview on the left shows the workspaces of the 'Value Added Tax' functional area from 'Status' to 'Reports'.
'Status' workspace in the 'Value Added Tax' functional area

The Value Added Tax functional area in VAT contains the following workspaces:

WorkspaceDescription
StatusIs the starting point for the Value Added Tax functional area and provides information about the current status of the reporting process of the chosen company.
ImportHere you import the ERP reports that VAT needs to create the preliminary VAT return and the related reconciliations. For each company, you import up to three reports: RFUMSV00, RFUMSV10, and RFBILA00.
Mass Data ImportLets you import declaration data and reconciliation reports for several companies at once and then transfer them to the respective company.
ReconciliationsLets you perform up to 13 configurable plausibility and completeness checks of the preliminary VAT return based on the imported reports.
DeclarationShows the preliminary VAT return of the chosen company. VAT automatically enters the field values based on the imported reports and the configured tax code mapping. You can adjust values manually, create offsetting entries, and create corrections.
VAT Group ReturnShows the consolidated preliminary VAT return of the entire VAT group – only for representative VAT group members and consolidated VAT group members. The field values are made up of the declaration data of the parent company and all VAT group members directly below it.
Comparison view of correctionsShows two correction versions of a declaration side by side and displays the difference between the two versions. The view is available for both the Declaration and the VAT Group Return.
Month overviewProvides a tabular overview of the reporting progress of all companies in a period – similar to the Status workspace, but for several companies at once.
Year overviewShows the reporting progress of all companies over an entire year. For each company, a status indicator is displayed per period – month, quarter, or year.
Send declarationTransmits the preliminary VAT return electronically to the tax office – depending on the reporting country via an automated web service, as an XML download, or as a PDF export. Available for standalone companies and representative VAT group members.
ReportsLets you create and download various Excel reports for analyzing the VAT data. The available reports depend on the company type and the kind of period.

The company type determines which workspaces are available in VAT and in which form the company submits its VAT declaration:

Company typeAvailable workspacesForm of the VAT declaration
Standalone (STA)All workspaces except VAT Group ReturnThe company creates its own declaration and sends it directly.
Representative VAT group member (OT)All workspacesThe company creates its own declaration, then reviews the consolidated declaration of the VAT group and sends it.
Consolidated VAT group member (ZOT)Like the representative VAT group member, but without Send declarationThe parent representative VAT group member transmits the consolidated declaration.
VAT group member (OG)All workspaces except VAT Group Return and Send declarationThe data flows into the declaration of the representative VAT group member.
Company subdivision (TG)All workspaces except VAT Group Return and Send declarationThe company transfers its data as value carrier to the parent representative VAT group member.

This content was generated using AI and reviewed by Lucanet subject matter experts before publication.