What does the Generate French VAT Return (CA3 — EDI-TVA) skill do?

Transformez les données de TVA en déclaration CA3 (régime réel normal) transmise à la DGFiP via le canal EDI-TVA (EDIFACT) par un partenaire EDI — TVA collectée par taux (20 %, 10 %, 5,5 %, 2,1 %), autoliquidation des acquisitions intracommunautaires, TVA déductible (immobilisations / autres biens et services), coefficient de déduction, résultat (TVA nette due ou crédit de TVA) et un exemple complet

How do I run the Generate French VAT Return (CA3 — EDI-TVA) skill?

Copy the skill and paste it into your own Claude or ChatGPT, then provide your source data. FinchContext skills run inside your own AI assistant, so your financial data never leaves your control.

Which region does the Generate French VAT Return (CA3 — EDI-TVA) skill cover?

France. It targets the local tax authority / e-invoicing format described on this page.

Generate French VAT Return (CA3 — EDI-TVA)

Skill: Convert VAT figures into a CA3 VAT return via EDI-TVA

Region: France Category: Tax — TVA (déclaration CA3) Does: Takes a period's VAT figures and maps them onto the CA3 VAT return (régime réel normal) transmitted to the DGFiP through the EDI-TVA channel (EDIFACT) via a certified partenaire EDI. System: DGFiP / Télé-TVA — EDI-TVA (EDIFACT) CA3 message

The CA3 is the standard-regime VAT return, filed monthly (or quarterly for smaller payers). It can be filed through the impots.gouv.fr EFI mode or, for volume/integration, the EDI-TVA machine channel via a partenaire EDI. Line (ligne) references below follow the CA3 form, not a verbatim EDIFACT segment map.

When this applies

Businesses under the régime réel normal file the CA3 each month by the deadline set in their tax calendar (around the 15th–24th, depending on legal form / location).
The same return both declares the VAT and triggers the payment (télérèglement).

Structure (CA3 → EDI-TVA)

Identification   SIREN/SIRET, period, régime, return type
A — Montant des opérations réalisées (turnover):
   ligne 01  ventes/prestations taxable base
   ligne 02  other taxable operations; ligne 03 intra-EU acquisitions
   ligne 04/05 exports / intra-EU supplies (exonérées)
B — Décompte de la TVA à payer (output VAT):
   ligne 08  base × 20% (taux normal)
   ligne 09  base × 5,5% ; ligne 9B base × 10% ; ligne 9bis × 2,1%
   ligne 17  intra-EU acquisitions VAT (autoliquidation)
   ligne 16  TVA brute due (total)
C — TVA déductible:
   ligne 19  sur immobilisations ; ligne 20 sur autres biens et services
   ligne 23  report de crédit
   ligne 22  TVA déductible totale
D — Résultat:
   ligne 28  TVA nette due  OR  ligne 25 crédit de TVA

Calculation rules

Output VAT (TVA brute) = Σ (base × rate) across the French rates (20% normal, 10%, 5,5%, 2,1%); intra-EU acquisitions and reverse-charge are autoliquidées (self-assessed) and usually deductible.
Deductible VAT is split between immobilisations (capital) and autres biens et services; apply the coefficient de déduction where activities are partly exempt.
Net result = ligne 16 − ligne 22 (after carried-forward credit ligne 23): positive → TVA nette due (ligne 28); negative → crédit de TVA (ligne 25) to refund or carry forward (subject to refund thresholds).
Amounts in EUR; the CA3 uses whole-euro reporting.
The EDI-TVA file must conform to the DGFiP EDIFACT message structure and pass partenaire-EDI controls before transmission.

Worked example (monthly, outline)

Identification: SIRET=12345678900012, period 2025-05, régime réel normal
A: ligne 01 base 200,000
B: ligne 08 200,000 × 20% = 40,000 ; ligne 16 TVA brute = 40,000
C: ligne 20 déductible (biens & services) 15,000 ; ligne 19 immobilisations 3,000 ; ligne 22 = 18,000
D: ligne 28 TVA nette due = 40,000 − 18,000 = 22,000 EUR

Emitted as the EDI-TVA CA3 message and transmitted via the partenaire EDI to the DGFiP, with télérèglement.

Validation checklist

SIREN/SIRET, period, régime (réel normal), and return type correct
Output VAT per current French rates (20% / 10% / 5,5% / 2,1%); autoliquidation on intra-EU/reverse-charge
Deductible VAT split immobilisations vs autres biens et services; coefficient de déduction applied if mixed
Net result = ligne 16 − ligne 22 (± report ligne 23) → TVA due (28) or crédit (25)
Refund thresholds considered before requesting remboursement
Whole-euro amounts; EDIFACT structure valid; partenaire-EDI controls pass
Filed by the entity's CA3 deadline with télérèglement

Last updated: 2026-05-31 — confirm the current CA3 line structure, French VAT rates, EDI-TVA EDIFACT specification, refund rules, and the filing deadline against current DGFiP (impots.gouv.fr) guidance before use.