Legal Books 

Definition

A register, required by the Brazilian tax authorities, that contains financial operations related to the nota fiscal.

Use

The legal books have to be printed out monthly and shown to the authorities in the case of an audit. SAP R/3 makes all the entries for these registers automatically, and you can prepare copies of them as and when necessary. Country Version Brazil supports the following legal books:

Name	English Description	Portuguese Description
Modelo 1, 10	List of incoming documents and vendor list	Registro de Entradas
Modelo 2	List of outgoing documents	Registro de Saídas
Modelo 3	Overview of production and inventory	Registro de Controle da Produção e do Estoque
Modelo 7	Physical inventory overview	Registro de Inventário
Modelo 8	Directory for calculating IPI tax	Registro de Apuração do IPI
Modelo 9	Directory for calculating ICMS tax	Registro de Apuração do ICMS
Modelo 12	List of interstate goods movements	Listagem de Operações Interestaduais
ISS Report	Directory for calculating ISS tax	Registro de Apuração do ISS
Livro Diário	General journal	Livro Diário
Livro Razão	Accounting book	Livro Razão

You can access the reports from the SAP Easy Access menu as follows:

·        Modelos and ISS report: Accounting ® Financial Accounting ® Accounts Receivable or Accounts Payable ® Reporting ® Brazil.

·        Livro Diário: Accounting ® Financial Accounting ® General Ledger ® Periodic Processing ® Closing ® Report ® General Ledger Reports ® Document ® Brazil ® Journal.

Since the general journal function is available as an SAP Query, it enables you to easily create extensions without modifying the source code. The name of the relevant query is LD, the functional area is /SAPQUERY/J1B2, and the user group is /SAPQUERY/XX.

·        Livro Razão: Accounting ® Financial Accounting ® General Ledger ® Periodic Processing ® Closing ® Document ® Balance Audit Trail ® All Accounts ® General Ledger from the Document File.

For more information, refer to the respective report documentation.