Regulatory Analysis

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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  

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Posted February 27, 2023 by Andrés Landerretche
Peru: Change in the deadline for sending the electronic invoice.

Through Resolution No. 000003-2023, the National Superintendence of Customs and Tax Administration established a new maximum delivery period of three calendar days from the day after the date of issuance, to send the invoice or the linked electronic note to SUNAT or to the Electronic Services Operator (OSE), as appropriate. The extension of the term […]

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Posted February 27, 2023 by Enis Gencer
Singapore Government to Mandate InvoiceNow for B2G E-Invoicing

On February 24th, the Senior Minister of State, Mr. Chee Hong Tat, announced that within the next few years, InvoiceNow will become the default e-invoice submission channel for all Government vendors. InvoiceNow is a nationwide E-invoicing method operating on the Peppol network that facilitates the direct delivery of invoices in a structured digital format. Singapore has been implementing […]

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Posted February 22, 2023 by Paul Ogawa
IRS Issues Final Regulations Updating Electronic Filing Requirements for Information Returns

The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently published final regulations updating the electronic filing requirements for specified returns and other documents. These final regulations codify required changes made by the Taxpayer First Act which was signed into law back in 2019. Effective for calendar year 2024 (impacting returns filed after […]

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Posted February 22, 2023 by Andrés Landerretche
Panama: Government Establishes Implementation Phases of Electronic Invoicing for Banks and Financial Entities

Panama published Resolution No. 201-0717 of 26 January 2023 in Official Gazette No. 29712 on 31 January 2023, which regulates the phases for banks and other financial institutions to comply with the requirements to issue invoices using authorized fiscal equipment or through the e-invoicing system, Sistema de Facturación Electrónica de Panamá (SFEP), as per Law […]

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Posted February 22, 2023 by Andrés Landerretche
Panama: Government Extends the Term for the Implementation of Authorized Tax Equipment or Electronic Billing System

The Ministry of Economy and Finance of Panama published Executive Decree No. 3 of 20 January 2023 in Official Gazette No. 29706-B on 23 January 2023, which granted an extension for the adoption of electronic invoicing mechanisms for several activities that were initially required to adopt one of the mechanisms available (“fiscal equipment” or the […]

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Posted February 17, 2023 by Marta Sowińska
Poland: proposed changes to mandatory e-invoicing framework

On the 16th February 2023, the Polish Ministry of Finance organized a conference to discuss upcoming changes to the draft bill introducing mandatory e-invoicing in Poland. While the legislative process is still ongoing, and will most likely last until June/July 2023, the Ministry of Finance has presented changes that are planned to be included in […]

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Posted February 16, 2023 by Marta Sowińska
China: Expansion of the fully digitalized e-invoicing pilot program

China is expanding its fully digitalized e-invoicing (e-fapiao) pilot program, currently as of 1 January 2023 in scope to issue a fully digitalized e-fapiao are Shanghai, Guangdong, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Xiamen, Chongqing, Qingdao, Tianjin, Dalian, and Shaanxi provinces. Additionally, taxpayers nationwide are able to accept e-fapiao issued by the selected taxpayers in the above provinces. […]

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Posted February 10, 2023 by Dilara İnal
Sweden: Edges towards B2B e-invoice mandate

The Swedish Agency for Digital Government (DIGG) would like mandatory e-invoicing to be introduced in Sweden. DIGG has, together with the Swedish Tax Agency and the Swedish Companies Registration Office, submitted a request that the Government research conditions for mandating e-invoicing in B2B flows as well as G2B flows (to be added to the current […]

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Posted February 2, 2023 by Marta Sowińska
Poland: Postponement of mandatory e-invoicing to 1 July 2024

According to an official announcement by the Ministry of Finance published on 2 February 2023, the go-live date of the mandatory e-invoicing system in Poland will be postponed from 1 January 2024 to 1 July 2024, giving taxpayers 6 more months to prepare for the new e-invoicing obligation. The VAT-exempted taxpayers will have time to […]

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Posted February 1, 2023 by Dilara İnal
France: Updated external specifications for e-invoicing and e-reporting

The French authorities published the updated version of the ‘External specifications file for electronic invoicing’. The new specifications introduced additional mandatory e-invoicing data, new and modified cases of use, amended frequency for e-reporting, retention of invoices by the public billing portal and other new explanations as well as examples for XML files.

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Posted January 20, 2023 by Dilara İnal
Saudi Arabia: Voluntary participation in Phase 2 of e-invoicing

The Saudi Arabian Tax and Customs Authority, ZATCA, has recently changed its approach to voluntary participation in Phase 2 of e-invoicing. Previously it has not been allowed to voluntarily start the implementation of Phase 2, however, with the update of the guideline published in December 2022, taxpayers now have the option to start following Phase 2 […]

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Posted January 17, 2023 by Maria del Carmen
Mexico: RMF 2023

MEXICO: On December 27, 2022, SAT published the Miscelanea Fiscal 2023, that sets outs rules in CFDIS, granting a grace period for the issuing of the following documents: CFDI in V.3.3 Withholdings and payment supplement V.1.0 Payments for the concepts referred to in Title IV, Chapter I of the ISR Law and who are obliged […]

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Posted January 6, 2023 by Enis Gencer
Greece: New MyDATA decision A. 1188/2022 published by IAPR

The Greek Tax Authority (IAPR) has released an update to its MyDATA requirements with the publication of decision A. 1188/2022 on December 31, 2022. This new decision includes important changes to the transmission deadlines and sector-specific requirements for electronic data transmission to IAPR, as well as other updates to the MyDATA requirements. Here are some […]

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