Jordan has introduced eFawateerCom. The nationwide EBPP platform that lets people receive and pay their bills electronically from computers, ATMs and POS terminals from all over the country.
Most of the large Jordanian billers are “expected” to join eFawateerCom within the next 12-16 months. Meanwhile the Jordan government will use the platform to manage customs duties and taxes, again combating tax avoidance
As of June 6 2014, electronic invoicing will be mandatory for Italian ministries, the Tax Agency and state security bodies, as well as their suppliers. Other public agencies and their suppliers will have to join nine months later. So, the rollout of electronic invoicing in the Italian Public Sector will be completed by 31 March 2015. The initial deadline for switchover completion was 6 June 2015, one year after the first stage was started up. However, the Decree-Law issued on 24 April in the Official Gazette brought this period forward two months.
Read MoreEDICOM has a Permanent Electronic Invoicing Observatory. This observatory recently detected that Peruvian authorities want more fiscal control and want to modernize accounting management for SMes in Peru, by using electronic invoicing.
By updating its electronic invoicing platform in line with the requirements demanded by SUNAT, EDICOM can provide companies engaging in trading relations in Peru with a solution that automates the creation, sending and safekeeping of electronic invoices.
Shortly after the UK announced the new rules on einvoicing, the Belgian VAT authorities issued Circular Letter 14/2014 of April 4, 2014. And it won’t come as a surprise that this new einvoicing rules neatly follow the EU Directive. So, the letter provides comments regarding the conditions of e-invoicing and guidelines regarding the implementation of e-invoicing and archiving.
Read MoreThe UK Revenues and Customs office has officially published the revises rules on electronic invoicing. This new notice cancels and replaces Notice 700/63 that stems from 7 years ago: June 2007.
The new notice has been updated to reflect the European changes in invoicing regulations of 2013. The new notice also contains revised content to reflect the technological advances since the previous version. However these changes remain technology neutral.
So, as of 1 April with the entry into force of Ministerial Decree nº 340/2013:
- the obligation of compliant electronic invoicing solutions extends to all businesses issuing electronic invoices.
- any company that do not use certified billing software, can be liable to penalties.
- all software developed in-house by companies will no longer be considered valid, even if it follows the XML file construction criteria with inclusion of the fields deemed mandatory by the tax authorities.
This year marks the tenth anniversary of electronic invoicing in Mexico. On January 5, 2004, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, through the Official Gazette of the Federation, issued the first ever schema for the Digital Tax Receipt or CFD. Since then, approximately 9,000 million electronic billing transactions have taken place. This figure is set to grow in coming years as the CFDI becomes mandatory, making Mexico one of the most innovative countries in this area.
Read MoreMore than 9,000 million (9 billion!) electronic invoices issued by different companies and entities in Mexico the past decade displays the success of the Mexican Einvoicing initiative. It represents a major step in the country’s progress in its goal towards the development of e-government that provides greater efficiency, avoide the use of paper, to minimize fraud and to increase in public agility.
The successful implementation of electronic invoicing in Mexico has attracted much interest of the European Commission, as well as single EU Member States.
ACCELYA is now connected to ‘Chorus Factures’ (‘Chorus Invoices’), the paperless invoicing portal put in place by the French State for use by its suppliers. Companies that use ACCELYA services may therefore send electronic invoices to the State for public contracts executed. ACCELYA applies its skills -specifically in the area of electronic invoicing- to streamline the invoicing process for its customers and to reduce related costs, through optimum transmission of their invoices to the public authorities.
Read MoreThe Vietnamese is considering to roll-out nationwide e-invoicing within 3 to 5 years. Just like other countries, the Vietnamese government is considering a system that requires companies to register their (e)invoicing data in their own system as well in the Vietnamese tax system. After registering, companies can use a barcode in their brick-and -mortar logistics as a printed evidence that an invoice has been registered.
The tax office expects to expand e-invoicing to 50 per cent of all enterprises after 3-5 years, and to all of the country’s enterprises in the following 3-5 years.
