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Update: 8 March 2023 South Korea has recently approved a tax reform which introduces several measures for 2023, among which is the possibility of issuance of self-billing tax invoices. This tax reform amends the current VAT law to allow the purchaser to issue invoices for the supply of goods and services. However, this will only […]

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 digitising tax controls – including mandatory e-invoicing. While we see different approaches to initiate this transition […]

Update: 3 May 2024 by Dilara İnal Israel Postpones CTC Rollout The Israeli Tax Authority (ITA) has postponed the rollout of the continuous transactions controls (CTC) mandate. The deduction of input tax is allowed with this second postponement, even in the absence of an allocation number, until 4 May 2024. The previous cut-off date was […]

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 […]

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 […]

Update: 28 March 2023 by Maria del Carmen Grace Period to Transition to Mexico’s CFDI 4.0 Ends On Friday 31 March 2023 the grace period granted by Mexico’s Tax Administration Service (SAT) in the Miscellaneous Tax Resolution 2023 (RMF) ends. Taxpayers must transition to version 4.0 of CFDI, Comprobante Fiscal Digital por Internet, the electronic […]

Serbia is on the final straight to implementing its mandatory e-invoicing, which will come into effect from 1 January 2023. Legislative changes are still being proposed before that deadline to allow for a complete introduction of mandatory e-invoicing to the whole B2B sector. On 12 December 2022, the Ministry of Finance published the following Laws […]

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, […]

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 […]

This blog was last updated on 25 March, 2025 by Talent Gwaindepi Little by little, we are witnessing how countries in Africa are starting to follow e-invoicing and continuous transaction control trends implemented by many other countries around the globe. Each country in the continent is developing their own variation of a tax digitisation system. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Many countries have recently started their continuous transaction controls (CTC) journey by introducing mandatory e-invoicing or e-reporting systems. We see more of this trend in the European Union as the recent reports on the VAT in the Digital Age Initiative discuss that the best policy choice would be to introduce an EU-wide CTC e-invoicing system covering […]

For the UK and other non-EU businesses it’s vital to determine the importer of the goods into the EU as this will impact the VAT treatment. For goods under €150 there are simplified options such as the Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) or special arrangements through the postal operator. However, when supplying goods over €150, […]

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 […]