What is an E-declaration (electronic tax return)?
Since 12th May 2006, the ten thousand largest taxpayers, and those making their declarations on a monthly or quarterly basis have been required to submit their declarations related to the benefits paid to private individuals and to supply other data electronically. The remaining employers face the same requirement from 2007 on. About E-declaration read more on the APEH site.
What are the responsibilities of those concerned?
In terms of benefit payment, those concerned are required to provide data on a monthly basis, which does not only mean the new format tax returns should be submitted in. Data provision responsibilities thus impose a heavy load on taxpayers who do not store these data in a single system. Universities or insurance companies are not only required to submit electronic declarations on salaries, but on any payment. This includes students' monthly stipends, indemnification payments, other benefits paid to pension funds, as well as the earnings from shares and stocks. The accomplishment of the task is further impeded by submitting an inaccurate declaration as it may mean checking and correcting the data in several systems in order to produce the tax return in the prescribed format once again.
What form is required when submitting the e-declaration?
The prescribed format for the electronic tax return is XML (Extensible Markup Language). It is a flexible data distribution format that allows the data stored in it to be processed automatically. The format - according to APEH guidelines - can be produced for entities under 100 employees by Abev 2006 (tax declaration 2006 downloadable from State Tax Authority site) application, or can be obtained from the prepared ERPs. The resulting file then needs to be uploaded to the tax office's system. Nonetheless, an application may come in handy that allows the user to review the data file on the one hand, and to edit it later on the other hand, should any need for adjustment occur. Therefore, if there are any mistakes, the entire tax return need not be reproduced.
How can one simplify the matter?
The E-declaration Module of nexONBÉR Payroll Management System is suitable for producing an electronic declaration in a standardized format based on the data entered, as well as for reviewing and editing base data. In addition, by a supplementary application, data from external sources can be exported, or even several XML files of various sources can be combined. Thus, if correcting, the entire declaration needn't be rewritten, but the original one could be adjusted. The application escorts the user along the tax declaration process via 35 data forms of a user-friendly interface, and provides basic control as well. It ensures that every private individual has a tax registration number, not any two people would have the same tax registration number, no negative amount would appear in the declaration, and total disbursement would equal with the corresponding amounts of A-forms. A-forms can be printed if necessary.
