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title: "How to communicate invoices?"
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updated: 2026-07-30T07:47:01Z
published: 2026-07-30T07:54:25Z
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# How to communicate invoices?

- [x] PT
- [ ] ES
- [ ] AO
- [ ] CV
- [ ] MZ
- [ ] ST
- [ ] GW

- [x] Professional
- [x] Executive
- [x] Public Sector
- [ ] Omnia
- [ ] Evolution

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To comply with the Decree no. 198/2012, from August 24, regarding the communication of invoices to the AT, **a utility has been created to generate the SAF-T file (PT).**

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## Export invoices

To export invoices, follow these steps:

1. Access **[Marketing & Sales / Purchases] | Tax Obligations | Communication with the AT | Document Communication**;
2. Define the date interval and the posting types;
3. Click **Export**;
4. On the export screen, specify the following information: - Options; - File being generated; - Remarks;
5. Click **Confirm.**

**Note:** For invoice communication purposes: it indicates that the export will be performed to comply with the specified Decree. This export type is monthly, **it should only contain the documents regarding that same period and it stays recorded in the database**. The files generated will also be archived, allowing them to be viewed and extracted.

> [!WARNING]
> If the error "Path not found" is presented, you must check if the directory selected to export the file (confirmation window) exists on the computer disk.

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## See documents

To see the documents, you mustaccess **[Marketing & Sales / Purchases] | Tax Obligations | Communication with the AT | Document Communication,** select the period, the posting type and which documents you want to view: **Not Exported** or **All**.

To view the export history, you must access the tab **History** and on the record list, you can filter from:

- Export data from which the records can be shown;
- Last records being presented.

From the context menu of the record history grid, it is possible to extract the file generated.