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Posted July 28, 2022 by Victor Duarte
BRAZIL: Scheduled maintenance stop in the SVRS and SEFAZ-RS Authorization Environment on 31 July 2022

On 31 July 2022, from 7 am, lasting up to 2 hours, a scheduled stop for maintenance of the authorization environment of the electronic Tax Documents of SVRS and SEFAZ-RS will take place. During the maintenance work, the National Environment Contingency Virtual Sefaz will be activated, for the NF-e authorization, and the São Paulo Virtual Contingency […]

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Posted July 28, 2022 by Victor Duarte
BRAZIL: Updated NF-e Technical Note 2021.004 v.1.32

The NF-e Technical Note 2021.004 v.1.32 was published. This update corrects the documentation for Rule K01-20 to improve its applicability. In the case of Sales for Future Delivery operations, the CFOPs of Exception 3 of this same rule were replaced by the correct ones. With these changes, the deadlines are as follows: Testing: until 25/07/2022 Production: […]

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Posted July 20, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Dominican Republic: XSD update for the Comprobantes Fiscales Electrónicos (e-CF v1.0)

The Tax Authority in the Dominican Republic updated the XSD of the following documents, on 15 July 2022: e-CF 31 v1.0 (Factura de Crédito Fiscal Electrónica) e-CF 32 v1.0 (Factura de Consumo Electrónica) e-CF 33 v1.0 (Nota de Débito Electrónica) e-CF 34 v1.0 (Nota de Crédito Electrónica) e-CF 41 v1.0 (Comprobante Electrónico de Compras) e-CF […]

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Posted July 20, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Mexico: Complemento de Comercio Exterior version 1.1 Revision E is published

The Mexican Tax Administration Service (SAT) published an update for the Complemento de Comercio Exterior version 1.1 Revision E, in force from 19 July 2022. The updated document Standár de Comercio Exterior version 1.1 Revision E is available here: http://omawww.sat.gob.mx/tramitesyservicios/Paginas/documentos/ComercioExterior_v11_revision_E.pdf    The updated document Matriz de Errores version 1.1 Revision E is available on SAT’s […]

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Posted July 19, 2022 by Selin Adler Ring
India: E-invoicing Scope Expected to be Expanded

India has a Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC) System in place since October 2020. E-invoicing has been rolled-out in stages, meaning e-invoicing requirements are applicable to more and more taxpayers over time. At its current stage, e-invoicing is mandatory for taxpayers with an annual turnover of 20 Cr. rupees or more. On 18 July 2022, the […]

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Posted July 15, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Peru: Resolution Officializes New Rules on the E-transport Document

Following the recently released draft publication, the Peruvian tax authority, SUNAT, published Resolución de Superintendencia 000123-2022 on 12 July 2022, officially modifying the rules regarding the country’s e-transport document, the Guía de Remisión Electrónica – GRE. As provided in the draft, the official resolution requires mandatory issuance of the e-transport document electronically, no longer allowing […]

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Posted July 12, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Italy: Decree Introduces Threshold for Reporting of Cross-border Transactions

The Italian government recently published Law Decree n. 73, which introduces a threshold to the mandatory cross-border invoice reporting requirement that became effective on 1 July 2022. According to article 12 of the Decree, taxpayers covered by the cross-border reporting mandate, who are obliged to transmit data relating to the sales of goods and provisions […]

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Posted July 12, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Brazil: New Ajuste SINIEF 16/22 Postpones Implementation of the NF3-e

Ajuste SINEF 16/2022 has now been published postponing the implementation of the electric energy electronic invoice (Nota Fiscal de Energia Elétrica Eletrônica – NF3-e). The calendar of implementation of the NF3-e for each state is updated, as follows: ·       1 June 2022: Mato Grosso ·       1 October 2022: Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, […]

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Posted July 7, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Portugal: Mandatory B2G invoicing for SME’s postponed again

In a recent move, the Portuguese parliament has once again postponed the implementation of mandatory B2G e-invoicing for small, medium and microenterprises. The mandate has been postponed before and was previously set to become effective on 1 July 2022. With the change published in Law Decree 42-A/2022, of 30 June 2022, the postponement now means that […]

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Posted July 7, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Uruguay: Production and Testing Schedules for the new versions of the CFE/Report format and Schemas

The Uruguayan tax authority (DGI) has informed that version 23 of the CFE Format document and version 13 of the Report Format document, and their corresponding XSD schemas will be implemented according to the following schedule: Testing: 1 October 2022 Production: 1 November 2022 As previously informed, the new versions of the CFE/Report format and […]

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Posted July 7, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Uruguay: New version 1.42.1 of the Electronic Invoice’s Schema

The Uruguayan tax authority (DGI) released version 1.42.1 of the XSD schema of the electronic invoice. This change is under the “to be published” status. The previous released version 1.42.0 is now under the “substituted” status. The new Schema is available for download at: https://www.efactura.dgi.gub.uy/files/xsds_fe_1_42_1-zip?es Source: https://www.efactura.dgi.gub.uy/principal/ampliacion_de_contenido/documentos-de-interes?es

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Posted July 7, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Colombia: DIAN Officializes Threshold for the Issuance of Documents through P.O.S Systems and Roll-out Dates

Following the draft Resolution published in June, the Colombian tax authority (DIAN) has officialized the implementation of the five UVT (tax value unit) threshold as the maximum amount allowed for the issuance of cash register tickets generated through P.O.S. systems (tickets de máquinas registradoras con sistemas P.O.S.), by means of Resolution 001092, published on 1 […]

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Posted July 5, 2022 by Selin Adler Ring
Saudi Arabia: Recent Updates on the E-invoicing Phase 2

Following the public consultation period, the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) in Saudi Arabia has published the amended E-invoicing Implementation Resolution. As previously mentioned, these amendments aim to clarify some requirements (e.g. Cryptographic Stamp, hash, counter etc.) rather than introducing new ones. Moreover, together with the user manual a new Fatoora Platform made available […]

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Posted July 5, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Brazil: Technical Note 2022.001 of the CT-e is now implemented

Technical Note (Nota Técnica – NT) 2022.001 of the E-way bill document (Conhecimento de Transporte Eletrônico – CT-e) is now implemented in the production environment. The main changes were the creation of the CRT tag in the issuing group, the implementation of a new rule for CFOP 5932 and 6932 and the permission to make […]

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Posted July 5, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Peru: SUNAT postpones the deadline for the transmission of electronic invoices and related electronic notes until 1 January 2023

On 30 June 2022, the Peruvian tax authority (SUNAT) published Resolución de Superintendencia n. 117-2022, which postpones again the 3-day deadline for transmission to SUNAT and the OSE (Operator of Electronic Services) of electronic invoices and its related electronic notes, until 1 January 2023. The previous rule, established by Resolución de Superintendencia 201-2021/SUNAT, determined that […]

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Posted June 30, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Peru: Urgency Decree extends the deadline for transmission of electronic invoices and receipts issued by professionals, once again

A new Emergency Decree (Decreto de Urgencia n. 016-2022) enacted by the Peruvian government, extends until 31 December 2022 the deadline of four (4) days for the transmission of electronic invoices and electronic receipts issued by professionals, as established in article 2 of Decreto de Urgencia n. 050-2021. According to this last provision, exceptionally, electronic […]

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Posted June 30, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Greece: Clarification from IAPR about B2G E-Invoicing

The transposition of the Directive 2014/55/EU into Greek law was adopted in the first quarter of 2019, making it mandatory for the central government to receive e-invoices from its private sector suppliers. Moreover, the Independent Authority for Public Revenue recently published a clarification concerning suppliers in B2G transactions. According to the clarification, suppliers that have […]

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Posted June 29, 2022 by Victor Duarte
China: The scope of the pilot program for the fully digitized e-invoice keeps expanding

The Shanghai Taxation Bureau released a notice to inform that from June 25, 2022, the Xuhui District is included in the pilot program for the fully digitized e-invoice. This pilot program keeps expanding its scope of jurisdictions across China. However, for the time being, only selected taxpayers in Shanghai, Inner Mongolia, and Guangdong are able […]

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