STANDARD AUDIT FILE FOR TAX
SAF-T as part of the accounting work in Cove.
Cove builds the Standard Audit File for Tax from your books — by the official schema and with the nomenclatures of the National Revenue Agency.
- Part of the one platform
- By НАП's schema and nomenclatures
- Connected accounting data
What is SAF-T, and who does it apply to?
Standard audit file
SAF-T is an OECD international standard for the electronic exchange of data between taxpayers and the revenue administration.
Phased in across Bulgaria
The duty is phased in from 1 January 2026 — first for the largest enterprises, and by 1 January 2030 for everyone liable.
Monthly file
The journal entries, the sales and purchase invoices and the payments — filed by the end of the month after the reporting month.
Annual file
The fixed assets with both depreciation plans — filed within the term of the annual corporate tax return, by 30 June.
Structured XML
The data is prepared by НАП's nomenclatures for accounts, VAT codes, units of measure and payment methods.
On-demand file
Stock levels and stock movements — when the revenue authority asks for them, within the term it sets.
HOW IT WORKS
How Cove's SAF-T module works
The three files are built from one screen, for the period you choose, from the data the books already hold.
Generated from the books
Cove builds the XML file by НАП's schema — 1.0.2 or 1.0.3, depending on the date it's built.
НАП's nomenclatures
Accounts, VAT codes, units of measure and movement types — by the official lists.
Errors named before the download
Missing company details or IBAN, unposted payments, a period outside the books.
Saved to Files
Every downloaded file can be saved with your documents as a file for НАП.
An extension, not a separate system.
Cove already keeps the invoices, the payments and the journal entries in one place, so the SAF-T files don't need the data entered again — Cove converts it into the format НАП requires.
MOVING TO COVE
SAF-T from your previous program — your start in Cove
Import your previous program's SAF-T file and start with a ready chart of accounts, counterparties, products, opening balances and assets.
Any of the three files
Monthly, annual or on demand, on schema 1.0.2 or 1.0.3 — as XML or ZIP.
Choose what to import
Opening balances come in as a draft, and fixed assets from the annual file.
Only your company
Another company's file is refused before anything is written.
Clear steps. Connected data.
- Step 1
Choose the period
A calendar month for the monthly file, the year for the annual one, or the period НАП asked for.
- Step 2
Confirm the company details
Name, ЕИК, address, representative and group membership — before the file is built.
- Step 3
Download and file
The file is ready to file on the НАП portal with a qualified electronic signature.