Regulatory Analysis

Posted June 14, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Colombia: Draft Resolution Implements Threshold for the Issuance of Cash Register Tickets Generated through P.O.S. Systems

DIAN, the Colombian tax authority, published on 9 June 2022, a Draft Resolution for the implementation of the threshold of five (5) tax value units (UVT – unidad de valor tributario) 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.). When […]

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Posted June 13, 2022 by Enis Gencer
EU Council authorizes Poland to introduce mandatory e-invoicing as of January 2024

On 10 June 2022, the Council of the European Union published the Council Implementing Decision authorizing the Republic of Poland to apply a special measure derogating from Articles 218 and 232 of Directive 2006/112/EC. While it was expected that the mandatory e-invoicing would start as of 1 April 2023, the recently published decision stated that Poland requested […]

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Posted June 13, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Romania: E-Transport technical documentation has been published

The National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) published the technical documentation for the e-transport system. The technical documentation includes APIs, sample XML files, schema and validation rules. The documentation is available here.

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Posted June 10, 2022 by Victor Duarte
Ecuador: New resolution establishing e-invoicing obligations to taxpayers previously out of scope

The Internal Revenue Service (SRI) issued RESOLUTION No. NAC-DGERCGC22-00000024 on May 27, 2022, establishing the obligation to issue e-invoices to taxpayers obliged to issue invoices but not required to issue e-invoices, as well as the obligation for these taxpayers, qualified as agents of withholding, to issue the Simplified Transactional Annex (ATS) version of withholding documents. […]

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Posted June 9, 2022 by Victor Duarte
Mexico: SAT announced that the new electronic invoice 4.0 will be mandatory from 1 January 2023

With the purpose of granting more time for taxpayers to comply with their obligations, the Tax Administration Service (SAT) announced that the new electronic invoice 4.0 will be mandatory as of January 1, 2023. The previous date was 1 July 2022, therefore, with this new deadline taxpayers will have more time to continue with their […]

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Posted June 9, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Peru: Draft Resolution Introduces Changes to the Guía de Remisión Electrónica (E-transport Document)

The Peruvian tax authority (SUNAT) has published a draft resolution introducing changes to the guías de remisión electronica (GRE), the electronic transport document that must be issued in connection to invoices (comprobantes de pagos). The aim of this draft resolution is to further regulate the issuance of the e- transport document, introducing several changes, mainly […]

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Posted June 2, 2022 by Victor Duarte
MEXICO: SAT Released the Anticipated Versions of Resolutions Modifying the Miscellaneous Fiscal Resolution (RMF) for 2022

The SAT published the Second and Third Anticipated Versions of the Fourth Resolution Modifying the Miscellaneous Fiscal Resolution (Resolución Miscelánea Fiscal RMF) for 2022. Among the changes introduced to the RMF, the option to cancel the CFDI from fiscal years prior to fiscal year 2022 was extended until December 31, 2022. The Second Anticipated Version […]

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Posted June 2, 2022 by Victor Duarte
Hungary: Real-time reporting 3.0 – API Documentation Update Published in Test Environment

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, WARN, and INFO messages. Currently, this document is available only in Hungarian in the test environment; however, this document and its English version should be published soon in […]

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Posted June 1, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Peru: On 1 June 2022 e-invoicing becomes mandatory for the last group of taxpayers operating in the country

According to Peruvian legislation (Resolución de Superintendencia n. 128-2021/Sunat), 1 June 2022 is the final deadline for the inclusion of the last group of taxpayers in the country’s e-invoicing system (Sistema de Emisión Electrónica). On 1 April 2022, B2B electronic invoicing became mandatory for the small taxpayers with annual revenue below 23 UIT (Unidad Impositiva […]

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Posted May 26, 2022 by Filippa Jörnstedt
Portugal Postpones a Stricter Authenticity and Integrity Requirement to 1 Jan 2023

Portuguese authorities have announced another delay to its expected new e-invoicing requirements, by issuing a Ministerial Order that prolongs the validity of PDF invoices for all tax purposes. This is not the first time the entry into force has been delayed, but this time the entry into force has been postponed from 1 July 2022 […]

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Posted May 25, 2022 by Victor Duarte
MEXICO: Catalogs for the Complemento Carta Porte 2.0 updated

The SAT has released an update of the catalogs and the schema of the catalogs for the Complemento  Carta Porte 2.0. The scheme of the catalogs is available at the following link: http://www.sat.gob.mx/sitio_internet/cfd/catalogos/CartaPorte/catCartaPorte.xsd The catalogs for the Complemento Carta Porte 2.0 are available at the following link: http://omawww.sat.gob.mx/tramitesyservicios/Paginas/documentos/CatalogosCartaPorte20.xls

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Posted May 25, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Brazil: GTIN Consultation Becomes Available on the NF-e and NFC-e SVRS Portal

From 12 September 2022, the GTIN (Global Trade Item Number, formerly called EAN code) will be validated by the NF-e and NFC-e authorization systems. The NF-e and NFC-e that cover products with a GTIN must have the information corresponding to this code validated with the GTIN Centralized Registry (Cadastro centralizado de GTIN – CCG), in […]

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Posted May 20, 2022 by Victor Duarte
MEXICO: SAT Releases New Versions of the CFDI Catalogs for Versions 3.3 and 4.0

A new version of the catalogs for the CFDI Version 3.3 and version 4.0 of the CFDI has been released by the SAT. The updated version of these catalogs is available at the following links: Catalog for CFDI 3.3: http://omawww.sat.gob.mx/tramitesyservicios/Paginas/documentos/catCFDI_V_33_17052022.xls Catalog for CFDI 4.0: http://omawww.sat.gob.mx/tramitesyservicios/Paginas/documentos/catCFDI_V_4_17052022.xls

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Posted May 20, 2022 by Enis Gencer
Romania: Mandatory B2G e-invoicing as of July 2022

The Draft Law on the approval of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 120/2021 on the administration, operation, and implementation of the national e-invoicing system was enacted and published in the official gazette on 17 May 2022. According to the law; B2G e-invoicing will become mandatory as of 1 July 2022. Since November 2021, the RO E-Factura system […]

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Posted May 19, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Brazil: Deadline for the transmission of the ECD and ECF postponed

Normative Instruction (Instrução Normativa) n. 2082 of 18 May 2022, extends the deadlines for transmission of Digital Accounting Bookkeeping (Escrituração Contábil Digital) and Fiscal Accounting Bookkeeping (Escrituração Contábil Fiscal) for the 2021 calendar year. Transmission of the ECD is postponed until the last business day of June 2022. Transmission of the ECF is postponed until […]

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Posted May 19, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Brazil: Scheduled Stop of the SVRS Authorization Environment for Fiscal Electronic Documents (DF-e)

On 22/05/22, a scheduled stop for the maintenance of the SVRS authorization environment of Fiscal Electronic Documents will be carried out, starting at 5 am, with a duration of up to 3 hours. During this time, the Virtual Sefaz Contingency of the National Environment (Sefaz Virtual de Contingência do Ambiente Nacional) will be activated, for […]

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Posted May 17, 2022 by Marta Sowińska
Belgium: on its way to implement B2B e-invoicing

On 11 May 2022 Belgium Chamber of Representatives published a draft law amending the law of 2 August 2002 on combating late payment in commercial transactions, as last amended by the law of 28 May 2019, in order to implement electronic invoicing between companies (B2B). Based on the law proposal, companies (with the exception of […]

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Posted May 13, 2022 by Victor Duarte
MEXICO: Online validator of Federal Taxpayer Registration (Registro Federal de Contribuyentes – RFC)

The Tax Administration Service (SAT) makes available an online validator in order to verify whether the RFC is valid and able to receive CFDI. The online validator allows users to verify up to 5,000 RFC simultaneously. This online validator is available at the following link on the SAT website and the user guide is available at the following link.

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