How do you generate the sales journal and the VAT report?
Quick answer (5 steps)
- Select the tax period (month or quarter, depending on your tax profile).
- The invoices you have issued are pulled automatically from the database.
- Apply the filters you need: operation type, VAT rate (5%, 9%, 19%), customer type (B2B, B2C, UE).
- Generate the sales journal in Excel, PDF or XML format for accounting.
- Export the VAT report ready for the D300 or SAF-T (D406) filing.
What the law says (in brief)
- The sales journal is mandatory for VAT payers (art. 323 of the Tax Code).
- VAT is declared monthly (if turnover exceeds 100.000 EUR) or quarterly (below that threshold).
- D300 is filed by the 25th of the month following the tax period.
- SAF-T (D406) includes the sales journal in a standardized XML format — mandatory for large and medium taxpayers.
- Retroactive corrections are made through an amending D300 return, not by altering the current journal.
Practical examples
- Monthly journal for an IT SRL with mixed rates — software services (19% VAT) and training services (VAT exempt); generated in separate columns.
- Quarterly VAT report for a PFA — turnover below 300.000 RON; quarterly period; D300 generated automatically from the journal.
- SAF-T export with the sales journal — correct operation codes (output VAT, domestic exempt, foreign exempt, non-taxable).
- Retroactive correction — an invoice issued incorrectly in the previous month is reversed and reissued; the current journal includes the reversal; an amending D300 is filed for the previous month.
Common mistakes
- Omitting reversal invoices from the journal — this creates differences against the D300.
- Misclassifying the VAT rate (e.g. 9% for food vs. 19% for other goods).
- Not including self-billed invoices (for intra-Community acquisitions) in the sales journal.
- Exporting SAF-T with incorrect operation codes — ANAF may reject the file.
- Editing the journal directly instead of issuing a reversal + a new invoice.
How 4conta helps
- The sales journal is generated automatically from the invoices you issue — zero manual entry.
- Retroactive corrections are applied directly to the period, with full traceability.
- Export in formats accepted by any accounting software: Excel, XML, PDF.
- Charts for monthly and quarterly VAT trends.
- Standard reports can be saved and reused for every tax period.