Prepare VAT report for closing VAT periods

Before sending your VAT report to the authorities, you need to prepare the respective VAT period.

Before you start

The VAT authority supplier must have a bank account or an IBAN before you can close the VAT report period. This is normally done during the first time installation.

In Norway, before you can send the report to the tax authorities, you need to register Visma Net as accounting program in Altinn with a code and a password. This has to be entered in the AutoReport service, and you are told to register this first time or until you have done it in AutoReport.

In the Netherlands, before you can send the report to the tax authorities, you must upload a client and server certificate in the Branches (CS102000) window.

  1. Go to the Prepare VAT report (TX501000) window.
  2. Select your Tax agency.
  3. Select the Reporting period.
  4. Click Prepare VAT report. You are now navigated to the Process VAT report (TX502000) window.

What is next?

Process and close VAT periods

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Last modified February 19, 2026