Regulatory Analysis

The Argentinean tax administration (AFIP) informed that the implementation of the electronic bill of transport (locally known as Carta Porte) required to transfer agricultural products has started. According to the Joint Resolution 5017/2021 issued by the AFIP and the ministries of Security, Transportation, and Agriculture, the mandatory use of the Carta Porte will start on […]

The Turkish Revenue Administration (TRA) published a technical guideline about the e-foreign exchange receipt. The e-Foreign exchange receipt is the electronic version of foreign exchange receipt which is issued in foreign exchange purchases and sales in paper form, and has the same legal characteristics as its paper form. The guideline explains the technical details about […]

The Latvian government approved a report prepared by the Ministry of Finance on the implementation of an electronic invoicing system in the country. The concept expressed in the report envisages the introduction of the use of electronic invoicing as mandatory for B2B and B2G transactions from 2025 in accordance with the PEPPOL framework. Changes in […]

There have been developments with respect to the B2G e-invoicing system in Romania – e-Factura -, which soon will affect also B2B e-invoicing in the country. As reported earlier, the Romanian government has been working on the launch of a pilot B2G e-invoicing system, called e-Factura, to bring B2G e-invoicing in line with the EU […]

According to a newly published decree (No: 443-2021), starting from 15 December 2021, joint-stock companies and investment companies in Cairo are required to join the e-invoice system, i.e. issue and register e-invoices in the invoicing system. The decision affects 3737 companies whose names are published by the Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA). By April 2023, the […]

The NT 2021.003 has been published and replaces the NT 2017.001. The NT regulates the fields cEAN and cEANTrib of the NFe and NFCe, along with their validation against the GTIN Register (Global Trade Item Number Register). The timeline for the implementation of the new rules is divides in two steps: First Step – Rules: […]

A new timeline for the go-live of the Philippine e-invoicing system (EIS) was announced at the webinar held by BIR today on the 12th October. The launch of the pilot program for e-invoicing (which targets the country’s 100 largest taxpayers) has been postponed with six months, from 1 January to 1 July 2022. As part […]

On 1 October, technical specifications for the transmission of invoices to the government were published as part of a pilot B2G project, e-Factura. It is expected that e-Factura will lay the foundations for the extension of the platform for further developments and will provide the necessary know-how to develop the generalised electronic invoicing system for […]

The Polish authorities continue to make progress on its proposed CTC e-invoicing reform, most recently with new documentation. Technical documentation and draft invoice schemas, in Polish and English, for the Polish Krajowy System e-Faktur (KSeF) have recently been published. They are made available here: https://www.gov.pl/web/kas/krajowy-system-e-faktur. In addition, changes to the draft legislation are introduced which […]

The Romanian tax administration has announced its plans to introduce a B2B e-invoicing system in the near future. The system is expected to become functional in January 2022, although this date is subject to official announcement. The intention is to work closely with industry stakeholders to develop the e-invoicing platform and eventually make a CTC […]

Spain’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation has published a draft law for the creation and growth of companies in the country that includes the introduction of mandatory B2B e-invoicing obligations for all companies and freelancers. More information can be found in our blog.

The Sinief Agreement 14/21 introduced changes in the NF3e framework. The Agreement established a deadline for the transmission of the NF3e issued in contingency mode, which must be transmitted immediately after the end of the contingency scenario. It also introduced the contingency scenario during the use of mobile equipment of electricity consumption reading when such […]

The Sinief Agreement (Ajuste Sinief) 17/21 postponed the requirement for an NFCe to be uniquely identified by an identifier comprising the CNPJ (tax id) of the issuer, number, series and issuance type until 5 September 2022. Previously expected to be enforced in 1st September 2021, the requirement was delayed by one year. The States of […]

The Sinief Agreement (Ajuste Sinief 12/21) postponed the implementation of codes used in e-invoices for classification of transactions (eg. taxed, partially taxed, exempt, non-taxed etc), and identification of taxation regime and type of supply (eg: sales of gas to final customers). Previously expected to be enforced in 1 Jan 2022, the Agreement effectively impacts the […]

Brazil’s tax authorities delayed the inclusion of the CNPJ (tax ID) of the intermediary or agent in commercial transactions performed in a physical or virtual environment. The publication of version 1.30 of the Technical Note (NT) 2020.006 implements the Sinief Agreements (Ajustes Sinief) 19/21 and 20/21, postponing the content requirement for NFes and NFCes, respectively.

Progress has been made in the roll-out of the Polish CTC (continuous transaction control) system, Krajowy System of e-Faktur. In June, the Ministry of Finance announced it had reviewed all comments submitted by the public and Polish ministers on the CTC system and decided to take certain actions, including introducing a testing phase for the […]

Once again, Portugal published a ministerial order de facto amending the timeline for the implementation of its B2G electronic invoice mandate. According to the Despacho 260/2021-XXII, the Portuguese public administration will continue to accept B2G invoices in PDF format until 31 December 2021.

On August 1, 2019, the state of Kerala, India imposed a two-year Flood Cess of 1% on B2C intrastate supplies on most goods and services subject to GST.  The Flood Cess is set to expire on August 1, 2021.  The implementing regulation can be found here.