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Intelligence Dashboard

The Intelligence Dashboard provides detailed analysis of your VAT compliance, offering deep insights into your business patterns and potential risks.

Accessing the Dashboard​

Navigate to Compliance > Intelligence from the main menu.

Period Selection​

Analyze your compliance across different time periods:

PeriodDescription
Current PeriodYour active filing period
Previous PeriodLast completed period
Year to DateFrom January 1st to today
Full YearComplete calendar year
Custom RangeSelect specific dates
CompareSide-by-side period comparison

Dashboard Sections​

Compliance Grade​

Your overall compliance health displayed as a letter grade (A+ to F):

  • A+ / A - Excellent compliance, minimal risk
  • B+ / B - Good compliance, minor improvements needed
  • C+ / C - Fair compliance, attention required
  • D - Poor compliance, significant issues
  • F - Critical, immediate action needed

Grade Factors:

  • Filing Compliance (30%)
  • Data Quality (25%)
  • Rate Accuracy (25%)
  • Documentation (20%)

Penalty Risk Assessment​

Calculates your exposure to the late-filing and late-payment fines set out in Value Added Tax Act, 2014, s. 47A:

  • Current penalty exposure amount
  • Risk factors contributing to exposure
  • Recommended actions to reduce risk
Penalty Rates

Late filing is fined at the greater of $100 or 2% of the tax payable, and late payment at 10% of the tax owed, with interest on outstanding tax at the Central Bank of The Bahamas prime lending rate plus 1% (Value Added Tax Act, 2014, s. 47A). Section 61 of the Act is an evidentiary provision ("Assessment as evidence in proceedings"), not a penalty section — there is no "200% of unpaid VAT" multiplier.

Risk Indicators​

Each risk indicator is shown as a level and a direction — a current value against a threshold, with a status of Normal, Warning, or Critical. Indicators describe where a metric stands and which way it is trending; they are not a prediction that a figure will reach zero.

Provisional figures and pending review​

Money figures are presented neutrally — Net VAT can be a payable or a refund, and is never coloured as "good" or "bad". When a period still has transactions awaiting review, the dashboard marks the Net VAT figure as provisional ("Provisional — N pending review; promote before filing") and shows how the figure would change once those items are promoted. Promote pending items before relying on the number for filing.

Data Quality Score​

Measures the quality of your transaction data:

  • Completeness of required fields
  • Consistency of categorization
  • Vendor name normalization
  • Description quality

Entropy Analysis​

Analyzes consistency in your data:

  • Vendor Entropy - How consistent are vendor names?
  • Description Entropy - How varied are transaction descriptions?

Lower entropy indicates more consistent data, which improves categorization accuracy.

Vendor Intelligence​

Insights into your vendor relationships:

  • Top vendors by transaction volume
  • Vendor VAT category patterns
  • Anomalous vendor transactions
  • New vendor detection

Period Comparison​

Compare metrics across two periods:

  • Transaction volume changes
  • VAT liability trends
  • Compliance score movement
  • Category distribution shifts

Using Intelligence Insights​

Weekly Review​

  • Check your compliance grade
  • Review new anomalies
  • Address data quality issues

Monthly Analysis​

  • Compare with previous month
  • Identify vendor patterns
  • Plan for upcoming filing

Quarterly Planning​

  • Analyze YTD trends
  • Forecast next quarter
  • Prepare for filing deadline

API Access​

For advanced users, the Intelligence API provides programmatic access:

GET /api/intelligence/context
GET /api/intelligence/summary
GET /api/intelligence/compliance-grade
GET /api/intelligence/penalty-risk
GET /api/intelligence/data-quality
GET /api/intelligence/entropy
GET /api/intelligence/vendors
GET /api/intelligence/compare

Contact support for API documentation.

Next Steps​