Statutory reports

You can set up statutory reports in Business Central which gives you the ability to import and export data for electronic tax reporting and other required documents.

After you set up a report and specify the required information, you can export the report to Excel and then print it.

Getting started with statutory reports

Use the pages based on the following key tables to set up and create statutory reports.

Table	Description
Statutory Report Setup	Specifies information that is used to set up statutory reports including templates, formats, number series, and export destinations.
Format Version	Specifies setup information about the different report formats. This includes when to use which report, the XML schema to use, and the required data format.
Statutory Report	Specifies a list of statutory reports with detailed information, such as type, format version, and if the statutory report is currently active. From this page, you can define statutory report tables, requisites groups, and the XML element lines. You can also export data.
Statutory Report Table	Specifies information that is required to set up reporting tables including scalability limits, templates, and standard text. From this page, you can define table rows, columns, individual requisites, and data source mapping.
Stat. Report Table Row	Allows you to define row formats and functions for your statutory report tables.
Stat. Report Table Column	Allows you to define column formats for your statutory report tables.
Stat. Report Requisites Group	Specifies the conditions used to format and process statutory reports including export type, Microsoft Excel mapping, and cell quantity.

Data for statutory reports

Statutory reports are based on financial reports and tax registers. For each statutory report you set up on the Statutory Reports page, you create table mappings to define how the data maps to fields on tables in Business Central. On the Statutory Report Tables page, in the Int. Source Type field, you specify the area the data comes from as described in the following table.

Option	Description
Acc. Schedule	The data is based on a financial report.
Tax Register	The data is based on a tax register. Learn more at Tax Registers.
Tax Difference	The data is based on a tax difference. Learn more at Tax Differences.
Payroll Analysis Report	The data is based on payroll analysis.

See also

Tax Accounting
Tax Differences

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