Step 5. Monthly compliance check

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Avalara will perform a compliance check every month and will ask you to provide copies of documents that relate to your recent transactions. These must be provided by the end of the month. Types of documents requested may include:

Purchase invoices
Sales invoices/credit notes
Cross-border transfer of goods documents
Import documents

What documents do I need to provide as part of the compliance check?

Transaction type	Transaction example	Document to provide
Purchase invoice or credit note with domestic VAT	A business registered in France purchases goods or services from a vendor in France	Invoice or credit note
Purchase invoice or credit note for intracommunity B2B	A business registered in France purchases goods or services from a vendor in Spain (or other EU country)	Invoice or credit note
Purchase invoice or credit note for import	A business registered in France purchases goods from a vendor in China (or another non-EU country)	Invoice or credit note Import & customs clearance document
Import stock transfer	A business registered in France transfers their own goods from China (or another non-EU country)	Stock transfer document Import & customs clearance document
Sales invoice or credit note with domestic VAT	A business registered in France sells goods to a buyer in France – the buyer can be a business or final consumer	Invoice or credit note
Sales invoice or credit note with VAT exemption	A business registered in France sells goods to a buyer in France, when the goods are exempt from VAT, or the buyer is exempt from paying VAT – the buyer can be a business or final consumer	Invoice or credit note with exemption mention/reason
Sales invoice or credit note for intracommunity B2B	A business registered in France sells goods to a VAT registered buyer in Spain (or other EU country)	Invoice or credit note Transport documents Client VAT number validation
Export sales invoice or credit note	A business registered in France sells goods to a buyer in China (or another non-EU country)	Invoice or credit note Transport documents Customs documents
Intra-community stock transfer	A business registered in France transfers their own goods from/to Spain (or another EU country)	Transport documents Stock transfer documents

Example documents

An example of a VAT compliant invoice with all of the required fiscal representation details can be downloaded here.