18cross-checks per vehicle before requesting the VAT refund from the DIAN.
We automated VAT refund filings with the DIAN for electric vehicle buyers: 18 cross-checks per vehicle, official forms generated by the system, and a person who approves before anything is filed.
- Client
- Retorna by Valio
- Industry
- Electric mobility
- Country
- Colombia
- Services
- Documents and filings · AI agents
- In production since
- July 2026
- Scope
- From the buyer's file to the filing with the DIAN
Cross-checks
18
cross-checks per vehicle
Tests
1,500+
automated tests
In production
Jul. 2026
running since then
Fig. 01 — VAT refund for an electric vehicle
01The client
A filing with the DIAN for electric vehicle buyers.
Retorna by Valio handles VAT refund filings with the DIAN, Colombia's tax authority, for people who buy an electric vehicle. Each case means gathering the buyer's documents, checking them against each other, filling in the official forms and getting an appointment with the DIAN.
02The challenge
Every refund was prepared by hand, one case at a time.
Reading each buyer's documents, cross-checking them, filling in the forms and looking for a DIAN appointment: all of it was done by hand, vehicle by vehicle.
03What we built
How the process connects.
Every vehicle is a file. These are the pieces of the filing and what we built for each one.
Tap each piece to see what we built there.
WhatsApp · Buyer
Buyer
A WhatsApp assistant looks after buyers throughout the filing.
WhatsApp assistant
With AITap each piece to see what we built there.
A WhatsApp assistant looks after buyers throughout the filing.
WhatsApp assistant
With AIThe system reads each buyer's documents and pulls out the data the filing needs.
Read with AI
With AIEvery vehicle goes through 18 cross-checks between its documents before the filing is prepared.
18 cross-checks per vehicle
AutomaticThe system generates the official refund forms with data that has already been checked.
Forms generated by the system
AutomaticA bot checks DIAN appointment availability and alerts the team.
The team gets the alert
AutomaticEvery vehicle is a file with its documents, its cross-checks and its form.
One file per vehicle
AutomaticThe refund is filed with the DIAN only after a person approves the file.
Always after approval
A person approvesA person on the team reviews every complete file and approves it before filing.
Every filing, approved by a person
A person approves
Fig. 02 — Map of the VAT refund filing
Six parts of the system
- 01
Document reading
Reads each buyer's documents and pulls out the data for the filing.
With AI
- 02
Cross-checks
Checks the documents against each other before anything is prepared.
18 per vehicle
- 03
Official forms
Generates the VAT refund forms with the checked data.
DIAN
- 04
WhatsApp assistant
Looks after buyers throughout the filing.
WhatsApp
- 05
Appointment bot
Checks DIAN appointment availability and alerts the team.
Automatic
- 06
Automated tests
More than 1,500 automated tests check the system.
1,500+
04How it works
One vehicle, from documents to filing.
Rules run the cross-checks. AI reads the documents. A person approves before filing.
- 01BuyerThe buyer hands in their documents and the WhatsApp assistant stays with them throughout the filing.With AI
- 02ReadingThe system reads the documents with AI and pulls out the vehicle and buyer data.With AI
- 03Cross-checks18 cross-checks per vehicle, written as rules.Automatic
- 04FormsThe system generates the official refund forms.Automatic
- 05ApprovalA person reviews the complete file and approves it before filing.A person approves
- 06Appointment and filingThe bot flags open DIAN appointments; the team books one and files the refund.Automatic
05Results
In production since July 2026, with more than 1,500 automated tests.
Cross-checks
18
checks per vehicle before filing
Tests
1,500+
automated tests
Before
Every refund was prepared by hand, one case at a time.
After
The system reads, checks and prepares every file. A person approves before filing.
06Time and team
More than 1,500 automated tests.
07Technology
- AI document reading
- DIAN forms
- Automated tests
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