VAT Refunds: Period Fields 
The different meanings of the period fields Counter and Version are described below using an example.
If you run the VAT Refund report program (RFUMSRVG00) with the following selection parameters, the system creates the respective periods in the reporting portfolio. The Counter and Version fields of each period then start with the value 1.
Selection parameters for the VAT Refund report program (RFUMSRVG00):
Dominant Enterprise |
Reporting Country |
Refund Country |
Year |
Period |
Counter |
Version |
0001 |
DE |
IT |
2009 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0001 |
DE |
IT |
2009 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0001 |
DE |
IT |
2009 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0001 |
DE |
IT |
2009 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0001 |
DE |
IT |
2009 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0001 |
DE |
IT |
2009 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
Now the following activities are performed in the reporting portfolio:
Periods 1 to 3 are combined into a single VAT refund application and transferred to the tax authority.
Periods 4 and 5 are combined into a single VAT refund application with the status Completed .
Period 6 remains unchanged.
In the next step, the VAT Refund report program (RFUMSRVG00) is executed again with the parameters above. The results are shown in the following table:
Dominant Enterprise |
Reporting Country |
Refund Country |
Year |
Period |
Counter |
Version |
0001 |
DE |
IT |
2009 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0001 |
DE |
IT |
2009 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0001 |
DE |
IT |
2009 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0001 |
DE |
IT |
2009 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0001 |
DE |
IT |
2009 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0001 |
DE |
IT |
2009 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
Periods 1 to 3: new tax refund periods
The system created new tax refund periods for the periods 1 to 3. The increase in the counter by the increment of 1 indicates the new tax refund period.
These periods have the version 1 since these are new tax refund periods.
Furthermore, the periods include only documents that were not yet included in the original periods; for example, subsequently posted documents.
Periods 4 and 5: Status Completed
For periods 4 and 5, all documents are written to new periods and the version for the new periods is increased by 1. However, the old periods are retained.
Period 6:
The data for period 6 is completely discarded and overwritten with the data of the new period. Only the manually created line items are retained. The version and the counter remain equal to 1.