Step 5. Monthly compliance check
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 |
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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) |
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Purchase invoice or credit note for import |
A business registered in France purchases goods from a vendor in China (or another non-EU country) |
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Import stock transfer |
A business registered in France transfers their own goods from China (or another non-EU country) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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Export sales invoice or credit note |
A business registered in France sells goods to a buyer in China (or another non-EU country) |
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Intra-community stock transfer |
A business registered in France transfers their own goods from/to Spain (or another EU country) |
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Example documents
An example of a VAT compliant invoice with all of the required fiscal representation details can be downloaded here.