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Country notes

When you create a restaurant, you choose its country. Sofrito then sets up the currency, tax rates and tax categories, the name of the tax number, the documents it issues and how they are numbered, the payment methods, and the fiscal rules that seal each document. This chapter describes, country by country, what Sofrito does and what it leaves to you. It is for owners, managers and the people who install Sofrito.

Before you start

• Read Taxes, receipts and legal documents for how taxes and documents work in Sofrito.

#What every country gets

In every country:

• Legal documents can never be changed or deleted. A refund, or a paid order that a manager reopens, gets a credit note that refers to the original document ("Ref.: …").
• Each type of document has its own numbered series, one per year, with no gaps.
• Each document is sealed with a code that includes the previous document's code, so a missing or changed document shows. Back office › Taxes & fiscal › Series & integrity checks every series and says "Every document chain is intact" when all is well.
• The day close (Z report) freezes the day's totals and keeps a running grand total. Each close is sealed and linked to the one before.
• Every restaurant also gets a gift card payment method, besides the country's own methods. Selling a gift card is not a sale: tax is charged on the order the card pays for.

You can change every tax rate, tax category, payment method and receipt setting later. The country and the currency can't be changed once the restaurant is set up: the setup screen says "Choose with care".

Receipts print their labels in the restaurant's language when Sofrito has it: English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Italian or Dutch. In other languages they print in English. To choose another, use Back office › Settings › Receipts › Receipt language. The document title, such as Receipt, follows that language too, except where Sofrito prints the titles the law uses: Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Angola, Mozambique, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. A new restaurant's receipt footer is a thank-you line in its language, for example "Grazie e arrivederci!" in Italy.

The tax category names below are the ones in Back office › Taxes & fiscal › Tax rates, in the language of the country's receipts. When you choose a dish's tax in Back office › Menu, each category shows the rates it applies, for example "Alcohol (20%)", followed by any order type taxed differently, such as "Takeaway 0%".

Each country also comes with a time zone. When you set the restaurant up on a device in that country, Sofrito uses the device's own time zone, for example the Azores, the Canary Islands or Manaus. Otherwise it sets the country's main time zone (for example New York for the United States). Check it in Back office › Settings › Language and region › Time zone before you sell.

#How to read the status

Back office › Taxes & fiscal › Compliance shows one of four statuses for your country, with what Sofrito does there and a list of checks. When you create a restaurant, the country list shows the same statuses with slightly different words.

The Compliance tab also shows Country notes: the short legal notes behind each country pack, in the language of your back office (English, Portuguese, Spanish or French). The country list shows them too when you create a restaurant.

#At a glance

In countries with standard receipts, a document number looks like RC A2026/1: the document type, the series (A and the year) and the number. Each document ends with a short check code such as #3F2A-9C01, taken from its seal.

#Main markets

#Mozambique

Status: Built in.

Money: meticais (MZN). Prices include IVA. Sofrito does not round cash payments unless you set it in Back office › Settings › Taxes and rounding.

Taxes: IVA 16% (code NOR) on the tax categories Comida, Refrigerantes and Bebidas alcoólicas. Two 0% rates come ready: Isento (exemption code M01, "Isento nos termos do CIVA") and ISPC (sem IVA) ("Sujeito a ISPC — não liquida IVA"), with an ISPC (sem IVA) tax category for restaurants that pay ISPC instead of IVA.

Tax number: NUIT. Sofrito prints the number you enter but does not check it.

Documents:

• Every sale is a Factura-recibo (FR). When the guest gives a name and NUIT with Invoice with NUIT, they print on the same Factura-recibo. Without a buyer, the document says "Consumidor final". In Settings › Invoicing you can choose a Venda a dinheiro (VD) or a Factura (FT) instead.
• Each line shows the quantity, the unit price before IVA and the rate, as the country note asks.
• Refunds and reopened orders get a Nota de crédito (NC).
• Each till or handheld has its own series, numbered without gaps: FR T12026/1 is terminal T1, 2026, number 1.

Printed on every document: "Processado por computador", followed by your DAF authorisation when it is set ("Processado por computador · Autorização …"), and a verification code ("Cód. verificação" and eight characters) from the document's SHA-256 seal.

Payment methods: Numerário, Cartão (POS), M-Pesa, e-Mola and mKesh. The three mobile wallets ask for the transaction reference.

Monthly file: in Taxes & fiscal › Exports, the SAF-T (MOZ) file downloads the month's invoice data as XML (Download XML). The country note says the file goes through e-Declaração by the last business day of the following month, and that the AT has not published its template, so Sofrito builds it on the Portuguese SAF-T structure: validate it with the tax authority's validator before you submit it. The file needs your NUIT in Settings › Business details.

DAF authorisation: type its reference in Back office › Settings › Invoicing › DAF authorisation. The Compliance tab checks your NUIT, the DAF authorisation ("No DAF authorisation reference" until it is set, with Add in Settings), your last day close and the SAF-T (MOZ) file.

Check with your accountant:

• your DAF authorisation for computer-processed invoices, and how its reference must appear
• whether a Factura-recibo suits every sale, and what to issue to companies that ask for a Factura
• whether the SAF-T (MOZ) file is accepted as Sofrito produces it
• whether you pay IVA or ISPC. With ISPC, give your dishes the ISPC (sem IVA) tax category
• whether and how to round cash payments

#Portugal

Status: Built in. The country note says going live needs Sofrito's AT certificate (see below).

Money: euros. Prices include IVA. Tips are off unless you turn them on.

Taxes: IVA 23% (NOR), 13% (INT), 6% (RED) and Isento (ISE, exemption M07, "Isento artigo 9.º do CIVA"). The tax categories are Refeições e serviço de mesa (13%), Cafetaria, águas, sumos e néctares (13%), Refrigerantes e água tónica (23%), Bebidas alcoólicas (23%) and Bens à taxa reduzida (6%).

Tax number: NIF. Sofrito checks the NIF's check digit when you set up the restaurant and when a guest gives one ("That tax number is not valid."). Without a buyer NIF, the document says "Consumidor final".

Documents:

• Each sale is a Fatura simplificada (FS) up to €100 before VAT. Above that, Sofrito issues a Fatura-recibo (FR) by itself, which shows each line's unit price before VAT and its rate.
• Invoice with NIF prints the guest's name, NIF and address on the document. Above €1,000 before VAT, the switch stays on and the receipt needs the buyer's name and address ("Above this amount the customer's name and address are required.").
• Print check issues a Consulta de mesa (CM): a signed table check marked "Este documento não serve de fatura".
• Refunds and reopened orders get a Nota de crédito (NC).
• Each terminal has its own series for each document type and year: FS T12026/1.

Printed on every document: four characters of the document's signature, the certificate mention ("Processado por programa certificado n.º …/AT"), the ATCUD just above the QR code, and the AT QR code.

Certification: the country note says going live in Portugal needs Sofrito's AT certificate. Sofrito signs documents with its producer key only when that key and its certificate number are set up on the server. Until then, every document prints "Programa não certificado pela AT. Documento sem validade fiscal." Read the bottom of a printed receipt to see which you have. The Compliance tab shows No software certificate number yet until the server signs documents, and Back office › Settings › Invoicing › Software certificate shows the number once it does.

ATCUD and series: the country note says every series must be communicated to the AT before its first document. In Taxes & fiscal › Series & integrity, under AT validation codes, create this year's (or next year's) series in advance: one for each document type on every till and handheld. Communicate each one to the AT (Portal das Finanças, e-Fatura, Séries) and type the validation code the AT returns with Add code. When a series has no code, the Compliance tab warns that "the ATCUD prints as 0-number, which AT does not accept", and so does the till's payment screen ("No AT validation code for this terminal's … series"). Once documents use a code, it can no longer change.

Payment methods: Numerário, Multibanco / Cartão, MB WAY (asks for the reference) and Cartão de refeição.

Monthly file: Taxes & fiscal › Exports › SAF-T (PT) file › Download XML: "Monthly invoicing file for AT (e-Fatura), due by the 5th of the following month." It needs your NIF in Settings › Business details. Validate it with the AT's validator before you submit it.

Madeira and the Azores: the country note gives Madeira's rates as 4%, 12% and 22%, and the Azores' as 4%, 9% and 16%. Change them in Taxes & fiscal › Tax rates, where each rate has a Region (PT, PT-MA or PT-AC), and set Back office › Settings › Invoicing › Tax region to Madeira (PT-MA) or Azores (PT-AC): the QR code and the SAF-T file use it. In the Azores, also check the time zone.

Check with your accountant:

• that your documents are certified, and the certificate number they print
• how and when to communicate your series, and the validation codes
• which category each dish and drink belongs to (13% or 23%)
• whether you send invoice data monthly with the SAF-T file or by other means
• the rates and tax region for Madeira and the Azores

#Angola

Status: Needs a certified add-on.

Money: kwanzas (AOA). Prices include IVA.

Taxes: IVA 14% (NOR), IVA 7% (RED) and Isento (ISE, exemption M00). Comida and Refrigerantes use 7% and Bebidas alcoólicas 14%. Sofrito's country note says: "Verify whether the 7% hospitality rate applies to your business; otherwise use 14%."

Tax number: NIF, not checked by Sofrito. Without a buyer NIF, the document says "Consumidor final".

Documents: a meal paid on the spot gets a Factura/Recibo (FR), with the buyer's NIF if given, and each line shows its unit price before IVA and its rate. Refunds and reopened orders get a Nota de Crédito (NC). Each terminal has its own series: FR T12026/1. Documents are signed and chained per document type and series. There is no QR code and no ATCUD.

Validation: the country note says invoicing software must be validated by the AGT. Sofrito's AGT validation number and the key that signs documents are set up on the server. Until they are, each document prints four characters of its signature followed by "Programa não validado pela AGT. Documento sem validade fiscal.", and the Compliance tab shows No software certificate number yet. Once the server signs documents, they print "Processado por programa validado n.º" and the validation number instead. Sofrito does not send invoices to the AGT in real time. Its country note says that real-time electronic invoicing applies to large taxpayers since 1 January 2026, then to other VAT taxpayers in phases.

Payment methods: Numerário, Multicaixa, Multicaixa Express and Unitel Money. The last two ask for the transaction reference.

SAF-T (AO): Taxes & fiscal › Exports downloads the invoicing file in the SAF-T (AO) structure ("Export it whenever AGT asks for it."). It needs your NIF in Settings › Business details.

Check with your accountant:

• whether you may issue your sales documents from Sofrito today, given AGT validation and the e-invoicing calendar that applies to you
• which document type your sales need (Sofrito issues a Factura/Recibo)
• whether the 7% rate applies to your restaurant
• whether the SAF-T (AO) file is accepted as Sofrito produces it

#Brazil

Status: Needs a certified add-on.

Money: reais (BRL). Prices include tax. Tips are on, with a 10% button for the customary "serviço".

Taxes: one 0% rate, Simples Nacional (sem destaque) (code SN), on the tax categories Alimentação, Bebidas and Bebidas alcoólicas. The country note says the 0% rate is for restaurants in Simples Nacional, whose receipts don't show ICMS. Outside Simples Nacional, set your state's ICMS rates in Taxes & fiscal › Tax rates.

Tax number: CPF/CNPJ, not checked by Sofrito.

Documents: numbered receipts titled "Recibo" (RC A2026/1) in a SHA-256 chain, with the check code at the bottom.

Payment methods: Dinheiro, Crédito, Débito, Pix (asks for the transaction reference) and Vale-refeição.

Not included: Sofrito does not issue NFC-e. Its country note says that each consumer sale must be authorised by the state SEFAZ, and Sofrito does not connect to an NFC-e provider.

Check with your accountant:

• how you will issue NFC-e for every sale, alongside Sofrito
• your tax regime (Simples Nacional or another) and the rates to set up
• how to treat the 10% serviço
• the time zone: Sofrito sets São Paulo time, unless you set up on a device in another Brazilian time zone

#Africa

#Cape Verde

Status: Needs a certified add-on. Money: escudos (CVE), prices include IVA. Taxes: IVA 15% (NOR) on Comida, Refrigerantes and Bebidas alcoólicas. Tax number: NIF. Payment methods: Numerário and Vinti4. Documents: numbered receipts titled "Recibo", in a SHA-256 chain.

Not included: the country note says that invoices are electronic documents sent to the DNRE platform (e-Fatura). Sofrito does not connect to e-Fatura.

Check with your accountant: your e-Fatura obligations.

#Ghana

Status: Needs a certified add-on. Money: cedis (GHS), prices include tax. Taxes: VAT 15%, NHIL 2.5%, GETFund 2.5% and a 1% tourism levy, all on Food & drinks and Alcohol. Tax number: TIN. Payment methods: Cash, Card, MTN MoMo and Telecel Cash (the last two ask for the reference). Documents: numbered receipts in a SHA-256 chain.

Not included: the country note mentions E-VAT electronic receipts for VAT-registered businesses. Sofrito does not issue them.

Check with your accountant: E-VAT, and whether each levy applies to your business.

#Kenya

Status: Needs a certified add-on. Money: shillings (KES), prices include tax. Taxes: VAT 16% and a 2% catering levy on Food & drinks and Alcohol. Tax number: KRA PIN. Payment methods: Cash, Card and M-Pesa (asks for the reference). Documents: numbered receipts in a SHA-256 chain.

Not included: the country note says that every sale must be transmitted to the KRA through eTIMS. Sofrito does not connect to eTIMS.

Check with your accountant: eTIMS, and whether the catering levy applies to you.

#Nigeria

Status: Standard receipts. Money: naira (NGN), prices include tax. Taxes: VAT 7.5% and a 5% consumption tax on Food & drinks and Alcohol. The country note says Lagos State levies the 5% consumption tax on restaurant sales: remove it where it does not apply. Tax number: TIN. Payment methods: Cash, Card and Bank transfer.

Check with your accountant: which taxes your state charges.

#South Africa

Status: Standard receipts. Money: rand (ZAR), prices include VAT. Taxes: VAT 15%. Tax number: VAT No. Payment methods: Cash, Card, SnapScan and Zapper (the last two ask for the reference). Tips: 10%, 12% and 15% buttons.

The country note says tax invoices above R5,000 need full buyer details. Sofrito does not ask for them by itself: use Invoice with VAT No. when a guest needs a tax invoice.

Check with your accountant: what your tax invoices must show.

#Europe

#Austria

Status: Needs a certified add-on. Money: euros, prices include tax. Taxes: USt 10% on Speisen and 20% on Alkoholfreie Getränke and Alkoholische Getränke. Tax number: UID. Payment methods: Cash and Card. Documents: numbered receipts titled "Beleg", in a SHA-256 chain.

Not included: the country note says receipts must be signed by a registered signature unit and carry the RKSV QR code. Sofrito does not connect to one.

Check with your accountant: RKSV.

#Belgium

Status: Needs a certified add-on. Money: euros, prices include tax, cash rounded to €0.05. Taxes: TVA 12% on Plats (6% for takeaway and delivery), 21% on Boissons sans alcool and Boissons alcoolisées. Tax number: BTW/TVA. Payment methods: Cash and Card. Documents: numbered receipts titled "Ticket", in a SHA-256 chain.

Not included: the country note says restaurants with significant food turnover must use a certified cash register system (GKS/SCE), and that Sofrito is not one.

Check with your accountant: whether the certified cash register system applies to you.

#Denmark

Status: Standard receipts. Money: kroner (DKK), prices include tax, cash rounded to 0.50 kr. Taxes: Moms 25% on Mad, Alkoholfri drikkevarer and Alkoholiske drikkevarer. Tax number: CVR. Payment methods: Kontant, Kort and MobilePay (asks for the reference).

Check with your accountant: your receipt and cash register rules.

#Finland

Status: Standard receipts. Money: euros, prices include tax, cash rounded to €0.05. Taxes: ALV 14% on Ruoka and Alkoholittomat juomat, 25.5% on Alkoholijuomat. Tax number: ALV-nro. Payment methods: Käteinen, Kortti and MobilePay (asks for the reference).

Check with your accountant: your receipt rules.

#France

Status: Needs a certified add-on. Money: euros, prices include tax.

Taxes: TVA 20%, 10% and 5.5%. The tax categories are Restauration (10%), Boissons sans alcool (10% / 5,5% à emporter), Boissons alcoolisées (20%) and Produits alimentaires à emporter (5,5%).

Tax number: N° TVA. Payment methods: Espèces, Carte bancaire and Titre-restaurant.

Documents: Ticket (RC), Facture (FT) and Avoir (NC). Tickets are chained with SHA-256 and each prints a short "Signature".

Closings: besides the day close (Z), Sofrito makes monthly and yearly closes, under Taxes & fiscal › Day closes › Monthly and yearly closes. The first day close of a month seals the month before, and the first of a year seals the year before, each with its period total and the perpetual grand total. A month waits until every day of it with sales has its Z. Once a month is sealed, its days can no longer be closed: "This month is already closed, so its days can no longer be closed."

Not included: the country note says you need an NF525 certificate or the publisher's attestation, and that Sofrito has neither. It also says Sofrito does not keep the technical event log or the signed periodic archives.

Check with your accountant: NF525 or the attestation, and your closings. The country note also says a restaurant note is mandatory from €25 including tax.

#Germany

Status: Needs a certified add-on. Money: euros, prices include tax. Tips: 5%, 10% and 15% buttons.

Taxes: MwSt 7% on food and 19% on drinks, in the tax categories Speisen (7%), Getränke (19%) and Alkoholische Getränke (19%).

Tax number: USt-IdNr. Payment methods: Bar, Karte and EC-Karte.

Documents: Beleg (RC), or Rechnung (FT) above €250 including tax, and Gutschrift (NC).

Not included: the country note says every transaction must be signed by a certified TSE, and Sofrito does not connect to one: every receipt prints "TSE: nicht verbunden (Demo)", and the Compliance tab shows "No TSE connected". It also says tax audits expect a DSFinV-K export, which Sofrito does not produce.

Check with your accountant: the TSE, receipt and DSFinV-K rules, before you trade.

#Ireland

Status: Standard receipts. Money: euros, prices include VAT. Taxes: VAT 9% on Food, 23% on Soft drinks and Alcoholic drinks. Tax number: VAT No. Payment methods: Cash and Card. Tips: 10%, 12.5% and 15% buttons.

Check with your accountant: which rate applies to each dish and drink.

#Italy

Status: Needs a certified add-on. Money: euros, prices include tax. Taxes: IVA 10% on Cibo, Bevande analcoliche and Bevande alcoliche, with 22% for drinks sold for takeaway or delivery. The country note says food and drink served at the table are 10%, and drinks sold to take away 22%. Tax number: P.IVA. Payment methods: Contanti and Carta. Documents: numbered receipts titled "Ricevuta", in a SHA-256 chain.

Not included: the country note says daily takings (corrispettivi) must be transmitted through a Registratore Telematico (RT). Sofrito does not connect to one.

Check with your accountant: the RT, and which rate applies to each item.

#Netherlands

Status: Standard receipts. Money: euros, prices include tax, cash rounded to €0.05. Taxes: BTW 9% on Eten and Frisdranken, 21% on Alcoholische dranken. Tax number: BTW-nr. Payment methods: Contant and Pin. Documents: receipts titled "Kassabon".

Check with your accountant: your receipt rules.

#Norway

Status: Needs a certified add-on. Money: kroner (NOK), prices include tax, cash rounded to 1 kr. Taxes: MVA 25% on Mat, Alkoholfrie drikker and Alkoholholdige drikker, with 15% for food and soft drinks sold for takeaway or delivery. Tax number: Org.nr MVA. Payment methods: Kontant, Kort and Vipps (asks for the reference).

Not included: the country note mentions the cash register rules (kassasystemloven): a SAF-T Cash Register export and a producer declaration. Sofrito provides neither.

Check with your accountant: the cash register rules.

#Poland

Status: Needs a certified add-on. Money: złoty (PLN), prices include tax. Taxes: VAT 8% on Jedzenie, 23% on Napoje bezalkoholowe and Napoje alkoholowe. Tax number: NIP. Payment methods: Gotówka, Karta and BLIK (asks for the reference).

Not included: the country note says restaurants need an online cash register connected to the Central Repository (CRK). Sofrito does not connect to one.

Check with your accountant: the online cash register.

#Spain

Status: Partly built in: Sofrito numbers, chains and prints documents the way the law describes, but does not send records to the AEAT. Money: euros, prices include IVA.

Taxes: IVA 21% (G) and 10% (R). The tax categories are Hostelería (10%), Bebidas (10%), Bebidas alcohólicas en sala (10%), which uses 21% for takeaway, and Tipo general (21%).

Tax number: NIF, not checked by Sofrito. Payment methods: Efectivo, Tarjeta and Bizum (asks for the reference).

Documents:

• Each sale is a Factura simplificada (F2), up to €3,000 including IVA.
• When the guest gives a NIF, or above €3,000, Sofrito issues a Factura (F1), which needs the buyer's NIF ("This invoice needs the customer’s tax number.").
• Refunds and reopened orders get a Factura rectificativa (simplificada) (R5) when the original was simplified, or a Factura rectificativa (R1) when it was a full invoice.
• Each kind of document has its own yearly series, so numbers look like F2-T2026-000001, with F1, R5 and R1 in their own series.
• A Factura (F1) shows each line's unit price before IVA and its rate.

Printed: the AEAT QR code at the top of every ticket, with "QR tributario:" above it. Sofrito doesn't print the VERI*FACTU mark, because only a system that sends each record to the AEAT may print it. All the records of the installation form one SHA-256 chain.

Not included: Sofrito does not send the records to the AEAT. The country note says VERI*FACTU applies from 1 January 2027 for companies and 1 July 2027 for others, and that the Basque Country (TicketBAI) and Navarra have their own systems, which Sofrito does not connect to.

Check with your accountant: your VERI*FACTU obligations and date, and the rules in the Basque Country and Navarra. In the Canary Islands, also check the time zone.

#Sweden

Status: Needs a certified add-on. Money: kronor (SEK), prices include tax, cash rounded to 1 kr. Taxes: Moms 12% on Mat and Alkoholfria drycker, 25% on Alkoholhaltiga drycker. Tax number: Momsreg.nr. Payment methods: Kontant, Kort and Swish (asks for the reference).

Not included: the country note says you need a certified cash register with a control unit, registered with Skatteverket. Sofrito does not connect to one.

Check with your accountant: the control unit and registration.

#Switzerland

Status: Standard receipts. Money: francs (CHF), prices include tax, cash rounded to 0.05. Taxes: MWST 8.1% on Speisen, Alkoholfreie Getränke and Alkoholische Getränke, with 2.6% for food and soft drinks sold for takeaway or delivery. Tax number: MWST-Nr. Payment methods: Bar, Karte and TWINT (asks for the reference). Documents: receipts titled "Beleg".

Check with your accountant: your receipt rules.

#United Kingdom

Status: Standard receipts. Money: pounds (GBP), prices include VAT. Tips: 10%, 12.5% and 15% buttons.

Taxes: VAT 20% and 0%. The tax categories are Food (hot / eat-in 20%), Cold takeaway food (0%) (20% when eaten in), Soft drinks (20%) and Alcohol (20%).

Tax number: VAT No. Payment methods: Cash and Card.

Documents: receipts (RC) that print your VAT number. The country note says a receipt that shows your VAT number can serve as a simplified VAT invoice for sales up to £250. When a guest asks for a VAT invoice, staff turn on Invoice with VAT No. at payment and add the guest's name and address: Sofrito issues a VAT invoice (FT) that shows each line's unit price before VAT and its rate. A restaurant set up with an earlier version of Sofrito titles it "Invoice".

The country note also says a discretionary service charge is commonly 12.5%, and that tips and service charges must be passed to staff in full (Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023).

Check with your accountant: which dishes are standard-rated or zero-rated, and how you share tips.

#Americas

#Canada

Status: Standard receipts. Money: dollars (CAD). Prices exclude tax: tax is added at payment. Cash is rounded to $0.05. Tips: 15%, 18% and 20% buttons, worked out on the total before tax.

Taxes: HST 13% on Restaurant food, Beverages and Alcohol. The country note says this is Ontario's rate: in other provinces, set your province's HST, or GST plus provincial sales tax, in Taxes & fiscal › Tax rates.

Tax number: GST/HST No. Payment methods: Cash and Debit / Credit.

Check with your accountant: your province's taxes. Also check the time zone: Sofrito sets Toronto time, unless you set up on a device in another Canadian time zone.

#Mexico

Status: Needs a certified add-on. Money: pesos (MXN), prices include IVA. Taxes: IVA 16% on Comida, Refrescos and Bebidas alcohólicas. Tax number: RFC. Payment methods: Efectivo, Tarjeta and Transferencia (SPEI). Tips: 10%, 15% and 20% buttons. Documents: numbered receipts titled "Recibo", in a SHA-256 chain.

Not included: the country note says CFDI 4.0 invoices are issued through an authorised PAC: on request, and as a periodic global invoice for sales to the public. Sofrito does not connect to a PAC.

Check with your accountant: CFDI and your PAC.

#United States

Status: Standard receipts. Money: dollars (USD). Prices exclude tax: tax is added at payment. Tips: 18%, 20%, 22% and 25% buttons, worked out on the total before tax.

Taxes: one Sales tax rate of 8.875% on Prepared food, Beverages and Alcohol. The country note says rates depend on the state, county and city: set your combined rate in Taxes & fiscal › Tax rates.

Tax number: EIN. Payment methods: Cash, Credit / Debit and Gift card.

Check with your accountant: your combined sales tax rate. Also check the time zone: Sofrito sets New York time, unless you set up on a device in another US time zone.

#Middle East and Asia

#India

Status: Standard receipts. Money: rupees (INR). Prices exclude tax.

Taxes: CGST 2.5% and SGST 2.5% on Restaurant service (5% GST). The Alcohol (state excise / VAT) category has no rate.

Tax number: GSTIN. Payment methods: Cash, Card and UPI (asks for the reference).

Check with your accountant: your GST rate and the state taxes on alcohol.

#Saudi Arabia

Status: Needs a certified add-on. Money: riyals (SAR), prices include VAT. Taxes: VAT 15%. Tax number: VAT No. Payment methods: Cash and Card.

Documents: Simplified tax invoice (RC), Tax invoice (FT) and Credit note (NC). Every document carries the ZATCA QR code from phase 1: seller name, VAT number, time, total and VAT.

Not included: the country note says Sofrito does not support phase 2 (the XML invoice, cryptographic stamp and reporting to ZATCA). The QR code setting in Settings › Receipts stays on.

Check with your accountant: your ZATCA phase 2 date.

#United Arab Emirates

Status: Standard receipts. Money: dirhams (AED), prices include VAT. Taxes: VAT 5% on Food & drinks and Alcohol. The country note says restaurants in Dubai hotels also charge a municipality fee: add it in Taxes & fiscal › Tax rates if it applies to you. Tax number: TRN. Payment methods: Cash and Card. Tips: 10% and 15% buttons.

Check with your accountant: VAT and any municipality fee in your emirate.

#Oceania

#Australia

Status: Standard receipts. Money: dollars (AUD), prices include GST, cash rounded to $0.05. Taxes: GST 10%. Tax number: ABN. Payment methods: Cash and Card.

The country note says a public-holiday or weekend surcharge can be set up as a service charge, in Settings › Service charges.

Check with your accountant: your GST setup. Also check the time zone: Sofrito sets Sydney time, unless you set up on a device in another Australian time zone.

#New Zealand

Status: Standard receipts. Money: dollars (NZD), prices include GST, cash rounded to $0.10. Taxes: GST 15%. Tax number: GST No. Payment methods: Cash and Card.

Check with your accountant: your GST setup.