Regulatory Analysis

Posted November 1, 2022 by Andrés Landerretche
Chile: Change in the definition of the concept ¨Service¨

The Chilean Internal Revenue Service published Circular No. 50 with instructions on the forthcoming entry into force of the modifications introduced by Law No. 21,420, which reduces or eliminates tax exemptions. Among its modifications is the change in the definition of the basic taxable event “service” which is defined as “the action or provision that one […]

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Posted October 26, 2022 by Andrés Landerretche
Peru: Issuance of e-Invoices to Foreign Tourists

The National Superintendence of Customs and Tax Administration of Peru (SUNAT) published a draft resolution to allow the issuance of electronic invoices for foreign tourists. The draft resolution modifies the Payment Voucher Regulations, as well as the regulations on the electronic issuance of payment vouchers to allow the issuance of invoices for sales made by […]

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Posted October 26, 2022 by Andrés Landerretche
Ecuador: Electronic invoicing for commercial land transport

The National Directorate of the Internal Revenue Service of Ecuador published resolution DGERCGC22-00000052 by virtue of which the electronic invoicing of land transport operators throughout the country, except taxis, will be made possible. With this regulation change, the partners, or shareholders of commercial transport operators, except taxis, may be designated as exclusive points of issuance […]

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Posted October 5, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
El Salvador: Implementation of Mandatory E-invoicing System

The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador has recently approved Decree 487 with relevant reforms to the Tax Code, introducing the initial and general legal framework for its mandatory electronic invoicing system, for which there is currently no provision under the country’s tax legislation. The Decree defines the different types of Electronic Fiscal Documents (Documentos Tributários […]

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Posted October 5, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Argentina: New Obligation to link the E-Transport Document for Flour to Sales E-Invoice

The Argentinian tax authority (AFIP) has established the procedure for linking the electronic transport document for flour (Remito Electrónico Harinero – REH) with the electronic sales invoice that supports the operations of sale of flour and by-products derived from the milling of wheat. As recently established for the e-transport document for meats (Remito Electrónico Cárnico […]

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Posted October 4, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Uruguay: Testing of the New Formats of the Electronic Fiscal Documents and Daily Report is now Available

The Uruguayan tax authority (DGI) has informed that Version 23.2 of the CFE Format document (electronic fiscal documents), version 13 of the Report Format document, version 15 of the Response Message Format and XSD schema version 1.42.1 are now available for testing. The new versions and their XSD schemas are published in the Functional and […]

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Posted September 27, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Argentina: E-transport document for meats must be linked to sales e-invoice

The Argentinian tax authority (AFIP), by means of Resolution 5259/2022, established the obligation to consign the number of the electronic document for the transport of meats (Remito Electrónico Cárnico – REC) in the electronic sales invoice that support the operations of sale of meat and by-products derived from the slaughter of the cattle/buffalo species and […]

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Posted September 1, 2022 by Victor Duarte
Dominican Republic: XSD Update for the Comprobantes Fiscales electrónicos (e-CF v1.6)

The Tax Authority in the country published an XSD update for the following documents: e-CF 31 v1.6 (Factura de Crédito Fiscal Electrónica) e-CF 32 v1.6 (Factura de Consumo Electrónica) e-CF 33 v1.6 (Nota de Débito Electrónica) e-CF 34 v1.6 (Nota de Crédito Electrónica) e-CF 41 v1.6 (Comprobante Electrónico de Compras) e-CF 43 v1.6 (Comprobante Electrónico […]

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Posted August 22, 2022 by Victor Duarte
Dominican Republic: New Informe Técnico for the CF-e

The Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII) published a new “Informe Técnico” for the CF-e. Among the changes, the new document updates the examples used for the calculation of the additional tax for the codes and updates the limit of the lines in the CF-e with a maximum of 1,000 lines, which before was only […]

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Posted August 11, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Uruguay: Formato CFE version 23.2 has been Published

The Uruguayan tax authority (DGI) has published new technical documentation regarding version 23.2 of the Formato Comprobantes Fiscales Electrónicos – CFE (electronic invoice) document. In this new version, the text of the validation of indicator 16 for elements B-C4 and D-C7 are modified. The new document version is available for download at: https://www.efactura.dgi.gub.uy/files/formato_cfe_v23_2-pdf?es

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Posted August 10, 2022 by Victor Duarte
Chile: New regulation establishing requirements for DTE used for purchase and sales of foreign currency

The Tax authority in Chile (SII) published Resolución Exenta N° 66 requiring taxpayers performing purchasing and sales of foreign currency to follow the technical instructions on how to register these operations in their DTE’s issued for these operations. The resolution includes in its annex the rules that must be implemented by taxpayers carrying out these […]

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Posted August 10, 2022 by Victor Duarte
Chile: New regulation establishing to certain taxpayers filling requirements for invoices used for sales of cigarettes

The Tax authority in Chile (SII) published a Resolución Exenta 65 requiring certain taxpayers to populate the field “sale transaction type” with 6 (Tipo Transacción de Compra <TpoTranCompra>: “6”) for the issuance of invoices used on sales of cigarettes under substitution of taxable person regime only. The resolution will be effective from 1 September 2022. […]

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Posted August 8, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Uruguay: DGI Releases Formato de los CFE version 23.1

Version 23.1 of the Formato de los CFE technical documentation and its corresponding XSD have been published by the Uruguayan tax administration (DGI). This version includes the changes published in version 23 and is adjusted with new updates. The changes entail the update of several validation codes. The schedule for such updates follows as previously […]

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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 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 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 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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