Communication to the Tax Authority
In what situations does it apply?

What is it, in what situations does it apply and how to do it?

What is communication to the TA?

The data to be communicated are contained in the transport document and include the name and registered office of the consignor, the name and registered office of the consignee, the place of collection and the place of delivery, the date and time of the start of the service, goods and quantities, among others.

The data to be communicated are contained in the transport document and include the name and registered office of the consignor, the name and registered office of the consignee, the place of collection and the place of delivery, the date and time of the start of the service, goods and quantities, among others.

The communication to the Tax Authority consists of the transmission of data from the goods transport document to the Tax Authority.

What can be considered a transport document?

The following can be considered as transport documents: invoice, delivery note, return note, (shipper’s) waybill or documents equivalent to the waybill. This transport document is not the carrier’s waybill, i.e. it is not the alfaloc waybill.

The transport document must be issued in triplicate before the transport starts and must accompany the cargo.

What data should be communicated?

The data to be communicated are contained in the transport document and include the name and registered office of the consignor, the name and registered office of the consignee, the place of collection and the place of delivery, the date and time of the start of the service, goods and quantities, among others.

How are transport documents issued?

The issuance of the transport document is done by the shipper (entity requesting the shipment). The transport document can be issued in the following ways:

  • Electronically;
  • By accounting software certified by the Tax Authority;
    • Example: Primavera program;
    • When the transport document is made in the program, when saving and given that your program is connected to the Tax Authority, the AT code is automatically generated.
  • By a computer program produced internally by the company or group, of which it is the copyright holder;
  • Through the Finance Portal;
    • Choose “Log in” in the “Sender of goods” section on this page;
    • You can generate a delivery note on this portal and it is fiscally accepted.
  • Manually, on paper, using for this purpose printed materials of authorized typography.

Once the communication of the transport document to the AT has been completed, a code is issued, which must be placed on the myalfaloc waybill in “Have you made the communication to the AT? Yes. AT code: [espaço]”, unless one of the exceptions applies (see below).

What is communication to the TA?

The data to be communicated are contained in the transport document and include the name and registered office of the consignor, the name and registered office of the consignee, the place of collection and the place of delivery, the date and time of the start of the service, goods and quantities, among others.

When should the transport document be communicated to the AT?

As a general rule, the communication of the transport document to the AT must be made before the start of the transport. The obligation to communicate to the AT is the shipper/sender of the goods, and owner of the goods, in all cases.

In what situations does the communication to the TA apply?

The communication to the AT applies in the case of national services (beginning and ending in national territory), with a recipient or purchaser who is a VAT taxpayer (VAT numbers starting with 5, 6 or 9) and if none of the exceptions of the regime apply to the company that makes the shipment.

Goods related to intra-community trade and import/export are excluded from the application of the Goods in Circulation Regime by virtue of article 3, paragraph 2, paragraphs b) and c) of DL 147/2003.

What are the exceptions to the obligation to communicate to the TA?

The exceptions to the obligation to communicate to the AT are the following:

  • The turnover of the company requesting the shipment is less than €100,000.00 (one hundred thousand euros)
  • Transport Document is invoice*
  • Recipient/Purchaser is final consumer
  • Or other (such as “samples with no commercial value”, “advertising material”, “gifts and gifts”, and other exclusions**)

In the cases mentioned above, there is an exemption from communication to the AT. However, the communication waiver never exempts the obligation to issue the transport document, that is, any shipment at national level must always have a transport document accompanying the cargo.

* As long as the invoice is issued electronically, through a certified computer program or generated internally, that is, if the invoice is issued manually, the obligation to communicate the Transport Document remains.

Important

**Issues such as Communication to the Tax Authority have a lot of legislation associated with it, being a very complex subject. We always recommend that you talk to Customer Service via 917 777 100, so that you can have all your doubts clarified, in order to prepare all the mandatory documents, avoiding fines or delay/cancellation of the shipment

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