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Peru eInvoicing Requirements Overhauled

Introduced in 2010, eInvoicing in Peru is undergoing a major shift in 2018, reaching an increasing number of taxpayers and requiring an entirely new technical structure. Summary of the Peru eInvoicing Law Peru’s new and updated regulations expand the universe of taxpayers mandated to comply with electronic invoicing in that country. In this context, Peru […]

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Colombia Extending the E-Invoicing Mandate Again – Large Companies Up Next

During the past couple of years, Colombia has been implementing a Clearance-type e-invoicing mandate, much in line with trends that we have seen across the world. The speed in which DIAN, the Colombian tax authority, has introduced changes and rolled out the mandate is much higher than average, with momentum only having been overtaken by […]

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9 Points to Consider When Monitoring E-Invoicing Change Management Processes

One of the key challenges within e-invoicing is to keep your processes and systems compliant at all times. Guaranteeing compliance is not easy. As we say here at Sovos, “regulation constantly evolves; VAT requirements are moving targets and there is no such thing as being half compliant”. One of the biggest mistakes enterprises make is […]

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Q&A: Colombia Mandates Large Taxpayers to Comply With eInvoicing by September 1, 2018

The Colombian tax administration (DIAN) issued a new resolution 000010/2018 on February 6th that requires large taxpayers to issue and report electronic invoices by September 1, 2018. This resolution was widely expected in Colombia since the DIAN already issued a draft of it in the last quarter in 2017, where it asked for feedback from […]

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Mandatory E-Invoicing in Italy: How Clearance Came to Europe

During the past year, much has been said and many rumors have flourished about the direction of e-invoicing in Italy – and more specifically about whether or not Italy would (and could!) make the exchange of e-invoices mandatory for all supplies. We have repeatedly reported about these developments as they have unfolded and now we […]

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México lanza nuevos requisitos de contabilidad electrónica

Tras anunciar a fines de 2016 el mayor cambio en su esquema de facturación electrónica en años, México también anunció una importante actualización de su mandato de contabilidad electrónica en enero de 2017. A pesar de que el SAT, la autoridad fiscal mexicana, no anunció un cronograma específico de implementación de eContabilidad 1.3, tomó a […]

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Why is Scanning Resurrecting Across Much of the Globe?

Most professionals in the e-invoicing world naturally strive towards a paper-less community, where financial transactions are exchanged as electronic messages in formats such as EDIFACT and XML. This is a vision that is worth pursuing and is a near reality in Latin American countries, such as Mexico and Peru where progressive government initiatives and requirements […]

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Italy Finalizes Expanded eInvoicing Requirements

Businesses Selling in Italy Must Prepare Over the last few years, Italy has proposed a series of tax reforms intended to close their substantial “VAT Gap.” At the beginning of this year, Italy finalized their plans to impose a significant new compliance obligation on businesses selling in Italy, B2B eInvoicing. Businesses will need to deploy […]

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Colombia Mandates First Companies Required to Comply with eInvoicing

The Colombian tax administration (DIAN) enacted Resolution 000072 of December 29, 2017, by which it establishes the first wave of taxpayers that will be mandated to issue and report electronic invoices in Colombia. This resolution is fundamentally different from the original draft resolution published by the DIAN in November 2017 for public consultation. In that […]

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Colombia exige que las primeras empresas a cumplir con la facturación electrónica

La Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales (DIAN) emitió la Resolución 000072 del 29 de diciembre de 2017, en la cual se establece la primera ronda de contribuyentes que deberán emitir y reportar facturas electrónicas en Colombia. Esta resolución es esencialmente diferente del proyecto de resolución original que la DIAN había publicado en noviembre de 2017 […]

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Chile Eliminates Human Aspects of Tax Filing with eAssessments

Chile’s move to this monthly VAT declaration proposal removes taxpayers’ obligation to submit the ledger of sales and purchases (libros). Instead, the SII is now preparing the Registry of Sales and Purchases, called an RCV, which records information related to all sales and purchases based on electronic invoices and documentation. With this information, the SII […]

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How to Get Control of Your Invoice Archives: It’s Not Too Late
Three Decades After the Birth of EDI, Scanning is Still a Big Thing

The future of business transaction compliance with tax and other legal requirements calls for government approaches that cater for the unlimited diversity of business processes; real-time controls are one promising avenue to do that, but on the condition that business data to be sent to government platforms maps organically onto existing business definitions of trading […]

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Mexico Launches New eAccounting Requirements

After announcing the largest change to its eInvoicing schema in years in late 2016, Mexico also announced a major update to its eAccounting mandate in January 2017. Though the SAT, Mexico’s authority, did not announce a specific implementation timeline for eContibilidad 1.3, it caught businesses off-guard when it began enforcing the measures in October. The […]

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The Rationale Behind the Fiscalization of Payments in Mexico

One of the reforms implemented in 2017 which has had a significant impact for Mexico’s fiscalization is the introduction of ‘proof of payment’. This reform outlines how in certain circumstances, when a buyer’s payment is executed as part of a commercial or financial transaction, the seller has an obligation to issue and deliver an electronic […]

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UPDATE: Colombia Accelerates eInvoicing Compliance for Large Taxpayers

In late November, Colombia executed its authority to mandate electronic invoicing compliance prior to the official January 2019 deadline. The DIAN, Colombia’s tax and customs administration, published a draft of this resolution, which specifies the companies will be subject to eInvoicing. Specifically, this resolution will apply to: a) Those designated by the DIAN as “large […]

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GDPR Compliance: What it Means for Your Global Business E-Archive

Some of the biggest business buzzwords of 2017 are without a doubt tied to the themes of privacy, integrity and personal data protection. Rightly so; these are important considerations for any organisation, and with the entry into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (more commonly referred to as GDPR) looming only 6 months […]

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Are Cloud Based Real-Time Controls Changing Trade As We Know It?

Interview with Christiaan van der Valk, Vice-Chair of the ICC Commission on the Digital Economy. This interview was originally published by the International Chamber of Commerce at: https://iccwbo.org/media-wall/news-speeches/real-time-controls-changing-trade-know/ What ICT trends are currently on your business’s radar? There are many trends, but I’d say that one of the most significant is where companies are increasingly […]

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5 Considerations for Colombia’s eInvoicing Requirement

By January 2019, all companies that pay VAT in Colombia will be required to comply with mandatory e-invoicing as the country aims to curb tax evasion and increase collections. However, businesses with operations in Colombia must begin preparing now. Here are 5 considerations that every company planning their VAT compliance strategies in Colombia should know: […]

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