The four checks
Four checks, every month end, automatically
Output VAT vs revenue in the books
The revenue you recorded is compared with the total tax base of the invoices you issued that month.
Explanations the system looks for by itself
- Sales to non-registered buyers with no tax invoice
- Advances where goods have not yet been delivered
- Zero-rated export sales
- Invoices booked in a different month from their invoice date
Input VAT vs purchases and costs
The purchases and costs you recorded are compared with the total tax base of the invoices you received.
Explanations the system looks for by itself
- Salaries and benefits, which are outside VAT
- Purchases from non-registered vendors
- Non-creditable input VAT
- Depreciation and amortisation
Withholding slips vs service costs
The service costs you recorded are compared with the tax base of every withholding slip you issued.
Explanations the system looks for by itself
- Services from vendors holding a withholding exemption
- Services outside the withholding scope
- Payments to foreign parties, which fall under a different article
- A gap between the month withheld and the month expensed
Employee tax vs salary costs
The salary and benefit costs you recorded are compared with the gross on your monthly payroll-tax return.
Explanations the system looks for by itself
- Benefits in kind untaxed up to the regulated cap
- Contributions paid by the company, not employee income
- Severance taxed at a separate final rate
- Salary that went into the cost of goods, not into expenses
One thing we deliberately do not do
We do not force the numbers to agree. If anything is left after every explanation is searched for, it is written down plainly as unexplained, with its amount. A system that closes gaps with a “miscellaneous adjustment” just moves the problem from your screen into your audit file.