Taxation - new legal intrastat requirements

From 2022, Intrastat requires these new data elements from exporters:

  • The VAT number of the partner company (importer)
  • The country of origin for the exported goods

The Business Partner Identification Number is an existing attribute in the Intrastat Transactions (tccom7171m000) session. If the business partner has an identification number in the partner country (ship-to country), then this identification number is automatically retrieved by LN. If the business partner does not have an identification number in the partner country, this number could not previously be retrieved and remained blank. Before processing intrastat transactions, the business partner identification number can be manually specified or modified.

Intrastat logging and processing have been improved to retrieve a default business partner identification number if it is not known. These additional parameters can be specified in the Intrastat Parameters (tccom7500m000) and Intrastat Parameters by Country (tccom7107m000) sessions:

  • Defaults for Business Partner Identification Number when Empty
  • Defaults for Business Partner Identification Number when Temporary
  • Defaults for Business Partner Identification Number when Empty (Triangular)

These fields are used as defaults when creating intrastat transactions, if the business partner identification number is empty.

The same fields are also available in the Process Intrastat Transactions (tccom7271m000) session and are applied if the business partner identification number is blank when creating the intrastat file. This session can be used for data created before defaults were specified in the Intrastat Parameters.

Note: The fiscal ID is no longer considered as business partner identification number for intrastat.

The Country of Origin is also an existing attribute in the Intrastat Transactions (tccom7171m000) session, which is filled based on the country of origin specified in the Item Data. This country can now be modified manually to take into account the country of origin specified in warehouse shipments.