Skip to main content

Search

Welcome to our Support

INTRASTAT

Shinjinee Sarkar
  • Updated
You can generate the Intrastat report to view the trade details with EU member state trade partners. After generation, you can download and submit the reports to the Revenue. 

Complete the following steps to generate and download the Intrastat reports.

  
  • Prior generating the report, ensure that appropriate transactions with your EU trade partners are already complete
  • With effect from 01 January, 2021, the United Kingdom is no longer a member of the European Union. So, Intrastat reporting for customers based out 
    of the United Kingdom is not applicable
  • Northern Ireland is a EU member state and Intrastat reporting is applicable

Generating the Report

1. Log in to BrightBooks and click the required business.

2. The Customers page appears. On the left panel, click General Ledger > INTRASTAT.

3. The Intrastat page appears. Click New.

4. The New Intrastat window appears. Enter the required details.

5. A new Intrastat cannot be created till the time, the current opened Intrastat is not Closed.

6. You have the following options after entering the required details.

    • To view the summary of export and import values and save it as a record, click Save. After saving, if there are more trades during the selected period, you can remove this record and create an updated one in the same way. To delete the report, click the 'drop-down' icon and then click Delete.

       

    • To view the detailed report in the form of the Intrastat Details report, click Print and the report appears. A new column is added for the Country of Origin. A warning is displayed, stating " Warning: If a Product Does Not have a Country of Origin it will assume the Country of the Supplier/Customer, these are highlighted on the report with a *"

Downloading the Report

To download the report, complete the following steps.

1. Generate a detailed report.

2. On the Intrastat Details page, click Exports CSV to download the export details or the Imports CSV to download the import details.

3. Submit the CSV files to Revenue. You may update the details such as commodity or nature of transport code prior submission.

4. At the top of the page, a warning is posted for the user. It states, "Warning: If a Product Does Not have Country of Origin it will assume the Country of Customer/Supplier, these are highlighted on the report with a *."

5. The Exports CSV option if clicked displays a confirmation message. The message is “Warning: If a Product Does Not have a Country of Origin it will assume the Country of the Customer. Nature of Transaction code, Mode of Transport code, Commodity Code, Net Mass may contain default values, which need to be edited either in the CSV prior to import, or in ROS Offline after import. The CSV contains exports only.“. The message is displayed below. A new column called Identification Number and Country of Origin has been added to the CSV File.

6. The outcome of generating of exporting the CSV Format for Intrastat is reflected in the downloaded CSV File. The file downloaded shows columns reflected as selected by the user. The file pulls the information either from the Customer/Suppliers information that are provided by the user or from the Intrastat Settings page as set by the user. The file also fetches the details as and when required from the Products setup confirmed by the user.

7. The Imports CSV option if clicked displays a confirmation message. The message is “Warning: If a Product Does Not have a Country of Origin it will assume the Country of the Supplier. Nature of Transaction code, Mode of Transport code, Commodity Code, Net Mass may contain default values, which need to be edited either in the CSV prior to import, or in ROS Offline after import. The CSV contains imports only.". The message is displayed below. A new column called Identification Number and Country of Origin has been added in the CSV File.

8. The outcome of generating of importing the CSV Format for Intrastat is reflected in the downloaded CSV File. The file downloaded shows columns reflected as selected by the user. The file pulls the information either from the Customer/Suppliers information that are provided by the user or from the Intrastat Settings page as set by the user. The file also fetches the details as and when required from the Products setup confirmed by the user.