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title: "Value Added Tax"
source_url: https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/value-added-tax
language: en
last_updated: 2026-09-28
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# Value Added Tax in Lucanet VAT

## Overview of the 'Value Added Tax' Functional Area in VAT

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](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/all-steps-at-a-glance.md) page. Functions that are available in all workspaces are described on the [User Interface and General Functions in VAT](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/user-interface-general-functions.md) page.

> **Warning:** 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.

## Navigation to the 'Value Added Tax' Functional Area in VAT

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'.](https://support.lucanet.com/assets/docs-images/income-taxes/vat/value-added-tax/_images/en/umsatzsteuer-overview.png)
'Status' workspace in the 'Value Added Tax' functional area

## Workspaces in the 'Value Added Tax' Functional Area in VAT

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

| Workspace | Description |
|---------|---------|
| [Status](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/value-added-tax/tax-sales-status.md) | Is 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. |
| [Import](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/value-added-tax/import-single-company.md) | Here 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 Import](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/value-added-tax/import-multiple-companies.md) | Lets you import declaration data and reconciliation reports for several companies at once and then transfer them to the respective company. |
| [Reconciliations](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/value-added-tax/performing-reconciliations.md) | Lets you perform up to 13 configurable plausibility and completeness checks of the preliminary VAT return based on the imported reports. |
| [Declaration](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/value-added-tax/declaration-edit-finalise.md) | Shows 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 Return](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/value-added-tax/vat-group-return.md) | Shows 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 corrections](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/value-added-tax/comparison-corrections.md) | Shows 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 overview](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/value-added-tax/monthly-overview.md) | Provides 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 overview](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/value-added-tax/yearly-overview.md) | Shows 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 declaration](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/value-added-tax/send-declaration.md) | Transmits 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. |
| [Reports](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/income-taxes/vat/value-added-tax/create-download-reports.md) | Lets 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. |

## Available Workspaces per Company Type in VAT

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

| Company type | Available workspaces | Form of the VAT declaration |
|---------|---------|---------|
| Standalone (STA) | All workspaces except **VAT Group Return** | The company creates its own declaration and sends it directly. |
| Representative VAT group member (OT) | All workspaces | The 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 declaration** | The parent representative VAT group member transmits the consolidated declaration. |
| VAT group member (OG) | All workspaces except **VAT Group Return** and **Send declaration** | The data flows into the declaration of the representative VAT group member. |
| Company subdivision (TG) | All workspaces except **VAT Group Return** and **Send declaration** | The company transfers its data as value carrier to the parent representative VAT group member. |