Regulatory Analysis

Posted March 31, 2023 by Marta Sowińska
China: Expanding Fully Digitalized E-Invoice Pilot Program

China has further expanded the scope of the taxpayers issuing fully digitalized e-invoices (e-fapiao): From 1 March 2023 newly registered taxpayers in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region shall be included in the pilot scope of digital e-invoicing. From 22 March 2023, selected taxpayers in Henan and Jilin provinces can issue fully digitalized e-invoices From 30 […]

Read more
Posted March 31, 2023 by Maria del Carmen
MEXICO: The SAT published the update of the Standard Carta Porte Revision C

Mexico: The SAT published the standard and the error matrix of the Carta Porte Supplement version 2.0 Revision C, that is integrated into CFDI version 4.0 Among the main changes are: 4 service keys were incorporated into the additional validation of the CFDI ProdServ Key. The coexistence of the Carta Porte supplement was incorporated with […]

Read more
Posted March 30, 2023 by Kelly Muniz
Brazil: State of Espírito Santo Postpones NF3-e Obligation

The state of Espírito Santo has postponed mandatory implementation of the NF3-e, Electric Energy Electronic Invoice, until 1 June 2023. The amendment was established by Ajuste Sinief 2/2023, published on 10/03/2023. The updated national implementation calendar is as follow: Mato Grosso: from 1 June 2022 Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, […]

Read more
Posted March 30, 2023 by Carolina Silva
Thailand: Extension of Incentives to Promote E-Tax Invoices

The Thai Revenue Department announced an extension of tax incentives to promote the current e-tax systems. These incentives will be extended until the 31st of December of 2025. These measures highlight the Thai Revenue Department´s intentions, and priority given, to continuously promote the use of e-tax invoices, which are currently of voluntary adoption. Among the […]

Read more
Posted March 27, 2023 by Dilara İnal
Saudi Arabia: New group of taxpayers for Phase 2 of E-invoicing announced

Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) announced the criteria for the third wave of Phase 2 of E-invoicing. Taxpayers with at least 250 million Riyals revenue subject to VAT for either 2021 or 2022 must implement Phase 2 as of 1 October 2023. Phase 2 is rolled out in waves, and currently the first group […]

Read more
Posted March 23, 2023 by Andrés Landerretche
Ecuador: Update of Guide for Taxpayers on Cancellation of Electronic Vouchers

The tax authority in Ecuador (SRI) has published an updated version of the Guide for Taxpayers on Cancellation of Electronic Vouchers.  The document describes the functionality of the cancellation option for electronic receipts authorized by the Internal Revenue Service. This functionality allows to carry out the entire process of annulment of electronic receipts, which includes: […]

Read more
Posted March 23, 2023 by Andrés Landerretche
Peru: Update of Validation Rules

The National Tax Administration Superintendence (SUNAT) has published an update of the validation rules for electronic payment receipts. The adjustments will take effect from April 1, 2023.

Read more
Posted March 23, 2023 by Andrés Landerretche
Ecuador: Guide for Taxpayers on Negotiable Commercial Invoice

The Internal Revenue Service of Ecuador (SRI) has published an update of the taxpayer guide for the negotiable commercial invoice. The document describes the functionality of the application of invoices that are authorized by the SRI under electronic modality, as negotiable commercial invoices.

Read more
Posted March 17, 2023 by Marta Sowińska
Poland KseF: Draft legislation postpones e-invoicing mandate to July 2024

On 15 March 2023, the Ministry of Finance published a second draft legislation introducing certain changes to the KSeF e-invoicing system in Poland. This draft considers comments gathered during the public consultation which was completed in December 2022. Some of the points covered by the draft legislation are: The e-invoicing mandate is officially postponed with […]

Read more
Posted March 13, 2023 by Dilara İnal
Germany: Mandatory e-invoicing update

During a conference held on 10 March 2023 as a part of “Berliner Umsatzsteuertag”, the Federal Ministry of Finance announced their plans for mandatory B2B e-invoicing which will not be coupled with continuous transaction controls (CTCs) for domestic B2B transactions. Germany has applied for a derogatory decision from the European Commission to implement a mandatory e-invoicing regime and […]

Read more
Posted March 10, 2023 by Alec Webb
The District of Columbia has released the 2023 EFT Payment Guide

The District of Columbia has released its 2023 Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Payment Guide. There have been no changes from the 2022 publication. To view the D.C. 2023 EFT Payment Guide, please click here.

Read more
Posted March 8, 2023 by Victor Duarte
Spain: Public Consultation Related to B2B Mandatory e-Invoicing Launched

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 to improve the participation of citizens in the procedure of elaboration of norms, prior to its development. This public consultation is carried out through the web portal of the […]

Read more
Posted March 7, 2023 by Dilara İnal
Kenya: Rolling out of the software for e-invoicing

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) announced the second phase of the Tax Invoice Management System (e-TIMS). KRA aims to enhance the experience of taxpayers in managing their tax invoices. Under this phase, KRA will provide a software version of the system in order to allow additional ways of transmitting electronic invoices to KRA on a […]

Read more
Posted March 7, 2023 by Marta Sowińska
Belgium: first phase of the Broader Tax Reform has been launched

March 2, 2023, The Minister of Finance, Vincent Van Peteghem, launched the proposal for the first phase of the broader tax reform in Belgium. The proposal, among different tax measures, introduces the general obligation for B2B e-invoicing and reporting, which aims to reduce the country’s VAT gap. As previously communicated by the Belgian administration, the […]

Read more
Posted March 3, 2023 by Carolina Silva
Hungary: Real-Time Invoice Reporting 3.0 Updates Technical Documentation

The Hungarian Tax Authority published in the test environment of the platform an update of the API documentation: Online Invoicing System 3.0 Interface Specification adding new ERROR message to be introduced in the Online Invoicing System. This blocking validation error refers to INVALID_LINE_OPERATION (Error 60) triggered where “MODIFY” is specified in the value of the […]

Read more
Posted March 2, 2023 by Joanna Hysi
Greece myDATA: Postponement of data transmission deadlines

The Deputy Minster of Finance jointly with the governor of IAPR have in a recent press release announced a Decision amending the myDATA law (L. 1138/2020), whereby the deadlines for transmitting certain data generated in 2021, 2022 and 2023 are postponed, thus giving business more time to collect the data and transmit them according to […]

Read more
Posted March 2, 2023 by Dilara İnal
India: New Invoice Reporting Portals

The Indian Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) has announced that new Invoice Reporting Portals (IRP) have been onboarded. IRPs act as a bridge between the taxpayer (or their Accredited Service) Providers and the tax authority backend platform called the GST Portal for the purposes of e-invoice issuance. Until the new 4 were IRPs announced, […]

Read more
Posted February 27, 2023 by Andrés Landerretche
Ecuador: Update of technical sheet of electronic vouchers Off-line scheme version 2.24

The Internal Revenue Service of Ecuador published an update of the electronic receipts technical sheet for its Off-line version. In this version the rates of certain ICE taxes are updated. Version 2.24 is available at the following link: here  

Read more