Regulatory Analysis
Montenegro plans to implement a mandatory B2B and B2G e-invoicing system in cooperation with Serbia. On October 27, 2023, the Serbian Ministry of Finance and the Minister of Finance of Montenegro signed an agreement on the transfer of a software license for the use of a centralized platform for sending, receiving, managing, and storing e-invoices […]
The upper house of the German Federal Parliament (Bundesrat) recently weighed in on the Growth Opportunities Act, which includes provisions related to mandatory e-invoicing, during its session on October 20. Currently, in Germany, issuing an electronic invoice requires the buyer’s consent. However, the new act aims to introduce mandatory e-invoicing for domestic B2B transactions with […]
Following a decision from the Romanian Constitutional Court, the Romanian President has signed into law the bill implementing mandatory e-reporting and e-invoicing from 2024. The now-enacted law maintains the January 2024 roll-out date for the e-reporting obligation as well as the July 2024 date for the implementation of e-invoicing. Furthermore, the 3-month grace period – […]
Croatia has established and maintains a fiscalization system for cash transactions, and in February 2023. the Croatian Tax Authority announced its plans for the introduction of “Fiscalization 2.0” aimed at enhancing the existing system. Fiscalization 2.0 is set to introduce a decentralized e-invoicing model coupled with a continuous transaction control (CTC) reporting system for invoice […]
The updated timeline for the implementation of the French e-invoicing and e-reporting mandate has been shared. The timeline was previously postponed in July 2023, and no official new schedule was provided at that time. According to the amendment concerning the draft on Finance Law for 2024 filed on October 17, 2023, the new dates are […]
Estonia is planning changes to its Accounting Act to implement a customer-imposed B2B e-invoice mandate in accordance with the European e-invoicing standard. The intended changes are: To remove the reference to the Estonian e-invoice standard To give all accounting entities registered as receivers in the commercial register the right to demand an e-invoice that complies […]
The Malaysian 2024 Budget, which is currently pending parliamentary approval, introduces changes to the implementation timeline of mandatory e-invoicing in the country. According to the new budget law, implementation will be delayed, and will follow the below schedule: For taxpayers with an annual turnover of revenue of more than RM100 million (appx. 20 million euros) […]
The Turkish Revenue Administration continues to make arrangements in line with different sectoral needs. A significant update in this regard is the issuance of General Communique No. 550 on Tax Procedural Law (TPL) which amends General Communique No.509 on TPL concerning documents to be generated in electronic form. This communique was published in the Official […]
E-invoicing for B2B transactions is permitted but not yet mandatory in Canada. However, in the last years the Canadian government has been promoting e-invoicing and has introduced certain requirements. In 2018, it introduced a requirement for all federal suppliers to accept e-invoices and exchange e-invoices in public procurement through the PEPPOL network. Also, it has […]
The IRS recently released the 2023 Publication 1220, which contains electronic filing specifications for forms 1099 and other information returns. There are no changes to the specifications themselves, but filers should be aware of several important additions to the publication. First, information about the new IRIS filing system has been added. To use IRIS, filers […]
The IRS has released Publication 1187, “Specifications for Electronic Filing of Forms 1042-S, Foreign Person’s U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding.” The document provides electronic filing specifications and directions for Form 1042-S. The publication has the following the changes to electronic filing direction: The IRS now states that the unique form identifier for a record […]
The tax authority through Notice 08-23, establishes the implementation schedule of electronic invoicing for large national taxpayers in the following terms: “To ensure the implementation in a smooth and orderly manner during the period stipulated in the Law, the Large National Taxpayers have been segmented according to the following schedule:” It is important to mention […]
The Malaysia Inland Revenue Board has published updated e-invoicing guidelines, which are now on version 2.0. The update includes details on new topics, namely transactions with buyers, disbursement and reimbursement, API overview, cybersecurity, currency exchange rate, cross-border transactions, self-billing, and others. Additional documentation was also published, namely an e-invoicing Data Catalogue, which provides for the […]
The Council of Ministers, which is the highest executive authority at a federal level, approved today a preliminary draft law that introduces mandatory B2B e-invoicing in the country. The draft introduces changes to the Value Added Tax Code to introduce a requirement for the issuance of structured electronic invoices between taxpayers. The requirement will cover […]
France is in the process of implementing a Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC) system which introduces mandatory e-invoicing for domestic B2B transactions and e-reporting obligations. In a recent meeting of the Communauté des Relais, the tax authority announced more details surrounding the previously communicated postponement of the B2B e-invoicing mandate in France. While the formal dates […]
On August 30, 2023, the German Federal Government approved the draft act (Growth Opportunities Act) published by the Ministry of Finance (BMF) on July 14, 2023, which includes, among others, the introduction of the nationwide B2B e-invoicing mandate. This marks the onset of the legislative process for the adoption of the draft act by the […]
The Saudi Arabian Tax and Customs Authority, ZATCA, announced the eighth wave of Phase 2 of e-invoicing. The eighth wave covers taxpayers with at least SAR 40 million (app. USD 10 million) revenue subject to VAT for 2021 or 2022. Taxpayers within this group are expected to integrate as of March 1, 2024. Phase 2 […]
Through Resolution 201-5160a, the tax authority established that on July 31, 2023, expired the deadline for request in a justified manner the exception to the Electronic Invoicing System, for those companies that provide goods and services to the Government. This request will be subject to a resolution of the General Directorate of Revenue in which […]