How Sovos SAF-T works
Understand the platform that powers SAF-T compliance.
Sovos SAF-T connects your financial systems to tax authorities through an integrated platform that handles the entire SAF-T reporting lifecycle. Understanding how this platform works will help you recognize why it's uniquely positioned to manage multi-jurisdictional compliance efficiently.
What is SAF-T?
Standard Audit File for Tax (SAF-T) is an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) XML standard for exchanging accounting data between businesses and tax authorities. Created in 2005, SAF-T has been adopted across Europe with significant country-specific variations.
Each jurisdiction implements SAF-T differently. For example, Poland requires monthly submissions through multiple modules; Norway operates on-demand; Portugal mandates monthly billing SAF-T with strict sequencing; and Romania continues expanding its requirements. These variations in data structures, validation rules, and submission frequencies create complex compliance challenges for multinational organizations.
Traditional SAF-T approaches involve separate solutions for each country, manual data preparation, and fragmented validation methods that consume resources while increasing error risk.
Main features
Import and validate your SAF-T filing data
Verify the consistency, integrity, and format of SAF-T files
Analyze your company's commercial and financial data
Explore your data and company information with graphs, KPIs, dashboards, and charts
Produce business and financial reports