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Here at Sovos, we’ve noticed how many companies are starting to reflect on what their e-invoicing strategy should be. That doesn’t mean they view e-invoicing as an isolated process, or necessarily want to acquire it as a standalone service – but in whichever form they’ll be adopting this still way-too-often missing piece of the enterprise […]
In 2016, China’s Business Tax to VAT reform legally enabled many consumer-facing industries to issue electronic normal VAT invoices (not eligible for input VAT claim) to their customers. Since this tax reform, the past year has seen China make an increased effort to focus on the electronic normal VAT invoice (not eligible for input VAT […]
What began as an e-invoicing mandate in Brazil just over 10 years ago has significantly transformed the way businesses operate – not just in Latin America, but across the globe. Governments are progressively turning to technology to close tax gaps, crack down on tax evasion and gain visibility into transactions that happen within – and […]
Two years ago, a small number of forward-looking enterprises issued RFPs requesting ‘end-to-end invoice compliance automation services’. These RFPs requested all VAT-related compliance decisions to be managed through a single SaaS platform which integrated with the requesting company’s invoicing engine. In this article, we’re exploring the background and implications of this apparent evolution in market […]
Anyone who travels for work knows the pain of sorting through weeks’ or months’ worth of receipts and completing clumsy spreadsheets. If you work in a company’s financial administration and are on the receiving end of these messy expense reports, you’re not much better off. It should not be a surprise that the market for […]
After 8 years of voluntary e-invoicing, Costa Rica has begun its transition to mandatory e-invoice submissions. The first 10 companies began compliance in March 2017 as a pilot, and the DGT, Costa Rica’s tax authority, will continue to roll the program out to additional enterprises over the next two years via email notifications. Like other […]
Norway will soon require SAF-T (Standard Audit File for Tax), electronic submissions of transaction-level accounting records, joining a growing number of European countries that are adopting eAccounting. Across the world, the wave of change continues to sweep over more countries, as governments move to require real-time or near-real-time transactional reporting. Tax administrators in 69 countries […]
Recently, most medium and large retail businesses across Russia shifted to internet-connected cash desks that every day, in real-time, report to the Federal Tax Administration approximately 70 million B2C transactions. According to official sources, since July 1st 2017 when the mandate entered into force, over 6 billion B2C electronic receipts have been issued so far […]
Already known as a worldwide leader in technology-driven tax compliance, Brazil has announced several changes and additions to its requirements starting in 2017. These changes, designed to close reporting loopholes and gather even more information to improve validations, affect Brazil’s e-invoicing and transportation tracking processes, as well as introduce new measures to monitor social security […]
A Closer Look at NFe 4.0 Nota Fiscal (NFe) version 4.0 marks the first new release of Brazil’s e-invoicing schema in two years, and companies can expect a major change from their previous compliance processes. NFe 4.0 requires a new XML structure, new fields, new data, new communication protocols and new web services, impacting both […]
Earlier this year we reported about the soon-to-be Hungarian invoice data reporting export requirement, and more importantly, about unanswered questions at the time. This summer, a draft regulation (modifying Decree 23/2014. (VI. 30.) NGM) was published, shedding some light on many of those questions: When is the obligation entering into force? As expected, the previous […]
We have been writing about the rapid emergence of ‘clearance’ systems worldwide for some time now. Our annual white paper and the 2017 Billentis market report provide more detailed analysis of different real-time controls that tax administrations are experimenting with. It’s happening everywhere, from Rome to Rio and from Seoul to Saint Petersburg. Some call […]
With the acquisition, Sovos adds eReceipts to its real-time tax reporting solution, expands its presence in Brazil and extends Latin American operations to Chile, Colombia and Peru. Wilmington, Mass. – Global tax compliance and reporting software leader Sovos announced today that it has acquired Chile-based Paperless to expand its real-time government reporting capabilities with electronic […]
To ensure globally compliant e-invoicing on an ongoing basis, you should keep a close eye on the following eight functional domains: Technical and legal document rules: Are there mandatory technical rules for the file format? What is the minimum required content for an invoice? Do you have means to ensure the correct calculation of all […]
We’re excited to announce the acquisition of Paperless, which expands our real-time government reporting capabilities with electronic receipts and consumer point-of-sale tax reporting – and extends our presence in Latin America. Paperless, which is based in Santiago, Chile, is the world’s largest eReceipts and eDocuments company, processing more than two billion transactions last year across […]
Nos complace anunciar la adquisición de Paperless, que amplía nuestras capacidades de informes al gobierno en tiempo real con boletas electrónicas e informes fiscales de puntos de venta al consumidor y extiende nuestra presencia en América Latina. Paperless, con sede en Santiago, Chile, es la mayor compañía del mundo en facturas y documentos electrónicos, procesando […]