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Chile: Changes in the Electronic Ticket for Sales and Services

The Chilean Internal Revenue Service (SII) recently published version 4.00 of the document describing the format of electronic tickets for Sales and Services. The electronic ticket (or Boleta Electrónica) is an electronic receipt issued for the sale of goods or services to individuals, consumers or end users. The document includes basic information about the transaction, […]

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France: B2B E-Invoicing Mandate Postponed

Update: 15 September 2023 In a recent meeting of the Communauté des Relais, the tax authority released additional details surrounding the previously communicated postponement of the B2B e-invoicing mandate in France. This delay is a result of the tax authority listening to feedback from French businesses who have struggled to meet the original timeline. It’s […]

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Malaysia’s E-Invoicing System

In October 2022, the Malaysian Ministry of Finance announced in its state budget plans to launch a pilot e-invoicing program in 2023 – starting with selected taxpayers. The budget statement views e-invoices as the main strategy to improve the country’s tax revenue and digital services infrastructure. The Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) and the Malaysian Digital Economy […]

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Portugal B2G E-invoicing

The Portuguese government has been working on introducing mandatory B2G (Business-to-Government) electronic invoicing in recent years, alongside other obligations for the digitization of VAT compliance in the country. This aligns with the European Union’s efforts towards harmonising the adoption of e-invoicing in public procurement. To achieve this goal, the EU has implemented Directive 2014/55/EU to […]

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Dominican Republic: E-Invoicing Law Published

The Electronic Invoicing Law of the Dominican Republic was published on 17 May 2023, mandating e-invoicing throughout the territory as of 18 May 2023. The law was published in the Official Gazette, whose purpose is to regulate the mandatory use of electronic invoicing in the Dominican Republic, including the establishment of the electronic invoicing tax […]

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Spain: B2B E-invoicing Draft Regulation Published

The Spanish government has published the much-anticipated draft regulation with the framework for implementing mandatory B2B e-invoicing. The proposed legislation outlines the operation of the Spanish e-invoicing system. Its main feature is the reliance on the principles of interoperability of e-invoice formats and interconnectivity of e-invoicing platforms. The goal is to promote digitalization (particularly for […]

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Asia Pacific E-invoicing

A glimpse into the e-invoicing landscape in Asia Pacific According to the latest global market report, Billentis, the Asia Pacific region is expected to achieve the highest annual e-invoice volume growth rates compared to Latin America and Europe until 2025. This is mainly because the Asian market is new to the tax digitization journey (except […]

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Japan: New e-Invoice Retention Requirements

Japan’s new e-invoice retention requirements are part of the country’s latest Electronic Record Retention Law (ERRL) reform. Along with measures such as the Qualified Invoice System (QIS) and the possibility to issue and send invoices electronically via PEPPOL, Japan is implementing different indirect tax control measures, seeking to reduce tax evasion and promote digital transformation. […]

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Bizkaia: What is TicketBAI Invoicing?

TicketBAI invoicing is one of the three elements in Bizkaia’s Batuz tax control strategy, which will become mandatory on 1 January 2024. Taxpayers subject to Batuz will be obliged to issue invoices using TicketBAI-compliant software, which must comply with technical specifications and functional characteristics established by law. Bizkaia’s TicketBAI system has particularities compared with TicketBAI […]

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

5 Questions to Ask Yourself Mandate postponed: France postponed the e-invoicing mandate on 28 July 2023. Read our blog to understand what this means for businesses. Tax compliance in France is already complicated. New e-invoicing and e-reporting regulations being introduced by the DGFIP in 2024 will mean companies doing business in the French Republic face […]

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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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South Korea: E-invoicing and Self-Billing Invoices

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 […]

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E-Invoicing Developments in Northern Europe

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 […]

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Israel’s CTC system

Update: 6 July 2023 by Enis Gencer Israel announces CTC implementation timeline and guidelines The Israel Tax Authority has released a set of guidelines encompassing technical details and other relevant information regarding the implementation of the Israeli Invoice model. The guidelines state the new model will be a phased implementation that begins with a pilot […]

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Guide to France’s Partner Dematerialization Platform (PDP)

Electronic invoicing in France (to enter into force from July 2024) requires using a (partner) dematerialization platform. The already enacted legislation leaves the choice of which platform up to companies. Should you use the public platform (‘PPF – Portail Public de Facturation’, i.e. Public Invoicing Portal) or a third-party private platform (‘PDP – Plateforme de […]

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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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Mexico’s Resolution Miscellanea Fiscal 2023 and CFDI matters

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 […]

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Serbia: Amendments to the E-Invoicing, Fiscalisation and VAT Laws

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 […]

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