Home (master data)

After a successful login, the VAT@GTC [Home] page is opened. It is recommended to select the reporting country, the period and the company you are going to work with at this starting page.

Reporting country	In the [Reporting country] dropdown menu you can select any of the countries available to the user. Responsible users are defined in the [Master data] dialogue. If not all required countries are available in the dropdown menu, please contact the responsible user for the master data maintenance. Missing permissions can be the reason for countries absence.
Applies to period	Using this dropdown menu, it is possible to select any of the available active periods. The catalogue might be time limited due to the settings in the [Master data] main area.
Company	The [Company] dropdown menu contains all the companies for which the user is authorised. This authorisation can be assigned in the [Master data] main area. If it turns out that not all companies for which the user is responsible are available in the menu, please contact the responsible person for the master data maintenance, since s/he may grant you the missing authorisations.
In [My Profile ] dialogue you can edit your personal profile settings. You can add contact details, including telephone number and e-mail address, change the password or add Elster certificate for electronic VAT declaration together with PIN.
Every user can adjust certain settings in the VAT@GTC per the individual requirements. These includes language settings, sorting of data sets and number format.
Sorting	In most dialogues, it is possible to select the company you are going to work with from the dropdown menu. The companies can be sorted either by ID or name.
Number format	You can select different number formats in VAT@GTC with help of the [Number format] dropdown menu. Depending on the format you select, the number format will be changed. The following options, complying with the requirements of ISO 80000 [quantities and units], are available: By selecting a language, the application automatically adjusts the number format to that used in the country. In Germany, e.g. decimal numbers are separated with a comma and a dot is used as thousand delimiters; while in the English-speaking countries decimal numbers are often separated with a dot and comma is used as thousand delimiters. Manual correction of the automatic selection is possible.

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You can also add Elster certificate (used in Germany for electronically filing of VAT declaration) for each respective user in the [Master Data: User] dialogue. For further information please see chapter [User: Elster certificate].