You must set up the sales date and the document receipt date for conclusive evidence of VAT reporting. The sales date is the fulfillment date of the transaction in Accounts receivable. The document receipt date is a date that demonstrates the rights to claim VAT deduction in Accounts payable. Each received document has a date for audit purposes.

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You must select the Trade dates (TradeDates_W)configuration key before you set up parameters to initialize and validate the sales date and the VAT registration date. For more information, see "Configuration (form)" in the Applications and Business Processes Help

1. Click General ledger> Setup> Sales tax> Sales tax groups.

2. In the Sales tax groupfield, select the appropriate sales tax group.

3. Click the Generaltab, and then select the Mandatory sales datecheck box to use the mandatory entry of the sales date to validate the sales invoice.

4. In the Date of VAT register fillingfield, select the method for date of VAT register filling.

5. In the Sales date fillingfield, select the method for sales date filling.

6. Press CTRL+S or close the form.