{"id":33939,"date":"2025-09-30T14:56:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=33939"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:34:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:34:25","slug":"recording-vat-paid-on-imports","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/en\/kasutusjuhendid\/recording-vat-paid-on-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording VAT paid on imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When entering the purchase invoice for imported goods, use the VAT type <strong>0% Import<\/strong> on the expense line.<br \/>\nCustoms broker services are often used when preparing the import customs declaration and paying VAT. The broker issues an invoice covering VAT and customs charges.<br \/>\nInstructions for recording the customs broker\u2019s invoice are provided below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-accordion su-u-trim\">\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-folder-1 spoiler-green su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Customs broker purchase invoice entry<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p>The VAT paid at customs and the additional costs (customs duty, customs broker service fee) are separately itemized on the customs broker\u2019s invoice.<\/p>\n<p>Accounts to be used when entering the invoice:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1511<\/strong> VAT paid on import at customs \u2013 VAT type<strong> 0% Import<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>5090<\/strong> Customs expenses \u2013 VAT type depends on the nature of the expense: customs duty calculated on the value of goods (= not turnover), or other customs-related costs subject to 24% VAT<\/li>\n<li>For the customs broker service fee, use expense account<strong> 5050<\/strong> Purchased services \u2013 VAT type 24% Estonia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33941 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"981\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng.png 981w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-768x215.png 768w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-50x14.png 50w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-920x258.png 920w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-600x168.png 600w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-320x90.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\"><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-folder-1 spoiler-green su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>VAT types in environments created before 2022<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\"><strong>Settings -&gt; Environment settings -&gt; VAT classes:\u00a00% Import,<\/strong> make sure that the input VAT account is set to 1511 Value added tax paid on import at customs.<br \/>\nThis is important to ensure that the system correctly calculates the amounts in the period closing entry under the VAT statement.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-folder-1 spoiler-green su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>VAT statement<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p><strong>Accounting -&gt; VAT statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The VAT paid at customs is included in the amount on line 5 and is also itemized on line 5.1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/02_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33944 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/02_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"709\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/02_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng.png 709w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/02_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/02_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-50x13.png 50w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/02_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-600x157.png 600w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/02_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-320x83.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Control calculation:<\/em><br \/>\n<em>1511 Value added tax paid on an import customs: 880.00<\/em><br \/>\n<em>1510 Input value added tax: 12,00<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Total: 892,00<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-folder-1 spoiler-green su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Company pays customs VAT directly<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p>If the company has not used a customs broker and has prepared the customs declaration on its own, the customs declaration serves as the supporting document for the transaction. The transaction can be entered as a purchase invoice or as a financial entry. The customs declaration file can be attached as a supporting document.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/03_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33948\" src=\"http:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/03_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"935\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/03_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng.png 935w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/03_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/03_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-768x239.png 768w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/03_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-50x16.png 50w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/03_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-920x286.png 920w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/03_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-600x187.png 600w, https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/03_impordilt-tasutud-kaibemaksu-kajastamine-eng-320x100.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 935px) 100vw, 935px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>If you have any additional questions, please write to us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:support@simplbooks.ee\">support@simplbooks.ee<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">\n","protected":false},"author":426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht_kb_category":[964],"ht_kb_tag":[919,917,633,555,916,915,548],"class_list":["post-33939","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-purchase","ht_kb_tag-brokers-fee","ht_kb_tag-customs","ht_kb_tag-import-2","ht_kb_tag-purchase-invoice","ht_kb_tag-tax","ht_kb_tag-valude-added-tax","ht_kb_tag-vat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/33939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/426"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33939"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/33939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35139,"href":"https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/33939\/revisions\/35139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_category?post=33939"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.simplbooks.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_tag?post=33939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}