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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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Posted May 11, 2022 by Ramón Frias
PERU: Two Days Deadline for Remittance of the CPE Postponed

Emergency Decree No. 113-2021, issued by the Peruvian government, postpones until June 30, 2022 the deadline of four days (counted from the day of issuance of the voucher) for the remittance of the electronic invoice and the fee vouchers issued by professionals. According to the previous regulations, starting January 1, 2022, the taxpayers had a […]

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Posted May 11, 2022 by Marta Sowińska
Slovakia CTC implementation phase postponed

On the 5th of May 2022, the Slovakian Ministry of Finance presented a technical solution for the new IS EFA system, an e-invoicing platform for sending invoice data to the financial administration. Moreover, the Ministry of Finance has also communicated a new timeline for the implementation of e-invoicing framework: June 2022- the voluntary public testing […]

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Posted May 11, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
BRAZIL: Scheduled Stop of the NF-e National Environment

The Brazilian tax authority informed on 09/05/2022 that the National Environment of the NF-e (Ambiente Nacional da NF-e) will be stopped for maintenance on 13/05/2022 at 22:00 (Friday) until the 16/05/2022th at 0:00 (Monday). As a result, several services will be unavailable, such as: a) those of the National NF-e Portal; b) in the case […]

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Posted May 11, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
Italy: Electronic Invoicing Scope Officially Expanded

The Italian government has officially expanded its e-invoicing mandate, by means of the Law-Decree for the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan – PNRR-2 (Decreto-Legge de 30 aprile 2022, n. 36), published in the Official Gazette (Gazzetta Ufficiale) on 30 April 2022. Among the many measures brought forth by the Decree, article 18 […]

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Posted May 11, 2022 by Ramón Frias
MEXICO: Mandatory use of CFDI 4.0 from July 1, 2022

On February 18, 2022, the Tax Administration Service (SAT) enacted the Second Resolution of Modifications to the Miscellaneous Fiscal Resolution for 2022. According to this Resolution, the period of use of the CFDI version 3.3, is extended until June 30, 2022. After that, the CFDI in its version 4.0 would be mandatory. The mentioned Resolution […]

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Posted May 11, 2022 by Ramón Frias
ECUADOR: New Version 2.21 of Technical Document for the Electronic Invoice:

The tax administration of Ecuador (SRI) has released a new version 2.21 of the guide containing User Manual, Catalog and Technical Specifications of the electronic invoicing system of Ecuador. This new version incorporates several important changes that are worth to underline: New Annex 22: This new annex is intended to define the additional requisites with […]

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Posted May 11, 2022 by Ramón Frias
PARAGUAY: New Schedule of Implementation of Electronic Invoice

Resolution 105/2021 was issued by the tax administration of Paraguay (SET) with the purpose of establishing the new schedule of implementation of the electronic invoice in that country. This new resolution substitutes the provisions of previous resolution 95/2021 and basically establishes a new calendar for the deployment of the e-Invoicing mandate using the SIFEN platform […]

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Posted May 5, 2022 by Kelly Muniz
URUGUAY: New Resolution n. 531/2022 on Electronic Fiscal Documents (CFE)

By means of Resolution n. 531/2022, the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Uruguay made an adjustment to the regime of electronic fiscal documents (comprobantes fiscales electrónicos – CFE) in order to establish regulatory conditions, thus modifying Resolution n. 798/2012 of May 8, 2012, which provides the regulatory basis on this matter. The changes introduced […]

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Posted May 3, 2022 by Victor Duarte
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: XSD update for the Comprobantes Fiscales electrónicos (e-CF v1.0)

The Tax Authority in the Country published an XSD update for the following documents: 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 43 v1.0 (Comprobante Electrónico […]

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