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France e-invoicing and e-reporting: choosing the right PDP

5 Questions to Ask Yourself Note: The Finance Law for 2024 has been officially adopted and published in the Official Gazette on 30 December 2023. Our blog, France: B2B E-Invoicing Mandate Postponed, is promptly updated whenever there are changes to the rollout of the French mandate.   Tax compliance in France is already complicated. New e-invoicing […]

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Bizkaia: What is the Batuz tax system?

Bizkaia is a province of Spain, and a historical territory of the Basque Country, with its own tax system. Before the approval of the Batuz strategy, the Bizkaia tax authority developed different approaches to implement a comprehensive strategy that would reduce tax fraud. The goal was to stop fraud from affecting revenue generated from economic […]

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Guide to France’s Partner Dematerialization Platform (PDP)

Note: The Finance Law for 2024 has been officially adopted and published in the Official Gazette on 30 December 2023. Our blog, France: B2B E-Invoicing Mandate Postponed, is promptly updated whenever there are changes to the rollout of the French mandate. France will implement a mandatory B2B e-invoicing and an e-reporting obligation. Every company operating in […]

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As an SAP Customer, What are My Options for E-invoicing Compliance?

You have SAP and you need a solution to manage your e-invoicing compliance. What should you do? As an SAP user, when it comes to implementing an e-invoicing solution you basically have two choices in the approach you take. You can build your own tools on SAP architecture or select an end-to-end provider. These are […]

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Thailand: E-tax filing

Thailand has permitted e-invoicing since 2012. From 2017 – following regulations issued on e-tax and e-receipts – taxpayers may prepare, deliver, and keep their invoices and receipts electronically, subject to prior approval from the Thai Revenue Department. Currently, the Revenue Department and the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) are working together to improve the e-tax […]

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Poland e-invoicing via KSeF
KSeF: A timeline of Poland’s e-invoicing mandate

Electronic invoicing in Poland via KSeF has undergone a long journey. Providing new expectations for B2B and B2G transactions alike, it is vital for taxpayers to understand what’s to come – though that can be tough when rules and regulations change frequently. This blog provides a comprehensive timeline of Poland’s advancement towards its e-invoicing mandate, […]

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Guatemala e-invoicing
E-invoicing in Guatemala

With the entry into force of resolutions SAT-DSI-1240-2021 and SAT-DSI-1350-2022, most taxpayers in the country are now obliged to issue electronic invoices under the Online Electronic Invoice System (Regimen de Factura Electronica en Linea – FEL). The latest taxpayers to join the mandatory electronic billing system are include taxpayers incorporated into the General Value Added […]

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E-invoicing Africa
E-invoicing and Fiscal Digitization in Africa

African countries are following e-invoicing and continuous transaction control trends implemented rapidly by many countries around the globe. Each country in the continent is developing their variation of a tax digitization system. This means there is currently no standardisation with compliance requirements differing in each jurisdiction. A common transaction reporting feature among African countries is […]

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E-invoicing Denmark
Denmark E-Invoicing Requirements

New bookkeeping law – Lov om bogføring On 19 May 2022, the Danish Parliament passed a new bookkeeping law – Lov om bogføring – introducing requirements for companies to use a digital bookkeeping system. Section 16 of the Law requires many Danish companies to use a digital bookkeeping system and make their bookings electronically. The final […]

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Manage Your Mandates Before They Begin Managing You

It’s a good year to be an IT leader. After far too many years of the phrase “do more with less” being the mantra of most organizations when it came to technology spending, things are finally looking up. According to research firm Gartner, IT spending will reach an estimated $4.5 trillion in 2022. This represents […]

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French CTC Regime: How to Comply as a Service Provider and Taxpayer

France is implementing a decentralised continuous transaction control (CTC) system where domestic B2B e-invoicing constitutes the foundation of the system, adding e-reporting requirements for data relating to B2C and cross-border B2B transactions (sales and purchases). Under this upcoming regime, data or invoices can be directly sent to the Invoicing Public Portal ‘PPF’ (Portail Public de […]

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El Salvador Introduces Legal Framework for E-invoicing System
El Salvador Introduces Legal Framework for E-invoicing System

The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador has published Decree 487 on reforms to the tax code. The decree enables the use of Electronic Tax Documents (Documentos Tributários Electrónicos – DTE) in the country, introduces new articles to the tax code and reforms existing ones. The decree incorporates new articles to the tax code to regulate […]

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Northern Europe Continuous Transaction Controls Update
E-Invoicing Developments in Northern Europe

Update: 13 March 2023 by Enis Gencer Northern European Jurisdictions: CTC Update The European Commission’s VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) proposal continues to unfold with the latest details published on 8 December 2022. As a result, many EU countries are stepping up their efforts towards digitizing tax controls – including mandatory e-invoicing. While we […]

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Billing SAF-T in Portugal: A New Obligation for Non-Residents
Billing SAF-T in Portugal: A New Obligation for Non-Residents

Portugal’s state budget entered into force on 27 June 2022 after protracted negotiations. The budget contained an interesting provision: the obligation to present invoice details to the tax authorities was extended to all VAT-registered taxpayers including non-resident taxpayers, who had long been exempt from this obligation. VAT-registered non-residents now have three options for communicating invoice […]

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Brazil Introduces National Standard for the Service e-Invoice
Brazil Introduces National Standard for the Service e-Invoice

Brazil is known for its highly complex continuous transaction controls (CTC) e-invoicing system. As well as keeping up with daily legislative changes in its 26 states and the Federal District, the country has over 5,000 municipalities with different standards for e-invoicing. The tax levied on consumption of services (ISSQN – Imposto Sobre Serviços de Qualquer […]

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Spanish Congress Approves Mandatory B2B e-Invoicing 
Spain: Mandatory B2B e-Invoicing Updates

Update: 8 March 2023 by Kelly Muniz Spain launches public consultation for B2B mandatory e-invoicing The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation (Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital) has launched a public consultation on the upcoming B2B e-invoicing mandate. The mandate will enable citizens to participate in elaborating norms before its development. This […]

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Colombia Draft Law Proposes Expansion of E-invoicing Scope
Colombia: Draft Law Proposes Expansion of E-invoicing Scope

The Colombian tax authority (DIAN) continues to invest in the expansion of its CTC (continuous transaction controls) system. The latest update proposes an expansion of the scope of documents covered by the e-invoicing mandate. In this article we’ll address the newly published Draft Resolution 000000 of 19-08-2022. This advances important changes for taxpayers covered by […]

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Colombian E-invoicing Latest Mandates
Colombian E-invoicing: Latest Mandates

Update: 14 February 2023 by Andrés Landerretche Colombian e-invoicing Update: P.O.S. Tickets Threshold Rules Now in Force As of February 2023, new rules came into force in Colombia. These are for the issuance threshold of equivalent documents generated by Point of Sale (P.O.S.) systems. As a result, a ticket issued by cash registers with P.O.S. […]

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