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Worldwide Upcoming E-Invoicing mandates, implementations and changes – Chronological

November 1, 2022

  • Uruguay
    • Approved – New Electronic Invoice Version CFE 23.2
  • Spain
    • Approved – Extension of the scope of mandatory TicketBai in Gipuzkoa as of Nov 1, 2022

December 1, 2022

  • Ecuador
    • Approved – After 30 November 2022 for taxpayers who are included in the tax income regime that were not responsible to generate e-Invoices until the date, have to create e-Invoices. Issued electronic invoices must be in XML format and digitally signed.
  • Kenya
    • Approved – Deadline for VAT-registered taxpayers to adhere to the new tax invoice management system (TIMS) was extended till Nov 30 by the Kenyan Revenue Authority.
  • Spain
    • Approved – Mandatory TicketBai for all taxpayers in Alava as of December 1, 2022

January 1, 2023

  • Brazil
    • Draft – Small businesses must adopt government Simples Nacional e-invoicing from 1 January 2023
  • Dominican Republic
    • Draft – DGII files the e-invoicing Draft Law for the Senate’s approval – Staged implementation as of 2023
  • India
    • Approved – India B2B e-invoicing threshold drops to ₹5 January 2023
  • Malaysia
    • Approved – Malaysia e-invoicing 2023 confirmed in budget – Phased introduction based on Italian SdI live electronic invoicing
  • Oman
    • Draft – Voluntary as of 2023, mandatory later
  • Panama
    • Approved – Any pilot-registered taxpayers must use SFEP for all transactions except exports or imports
  • Phillippines
    • Proposal – Top 100 companies as of July 2022, rest as of 2023
  • Portugal
    • Approved – The mandatory inclusion of ATCUD codes, which is a unique document identification number, will be efffective January 2023
  • Portugal
    • Approved – Non-resident business with a Portuguese VAT registration must submit monthly invoices under SAF-T PT from Jan 2023
  • Portugal
    • Approved – Digital signature requirement for PDF invoices
  • Portugal
    • Approved – Businesses that communicate invoices to the Portuguese tax authority (AT) must do so by the 5th day of the following month
  • Romania
    • Approved – 1st round of Romanian Standard Audit File for Tax returns delayed to January 2023
  • Romania
    • Approved – Medium taxpayers are obliged to submit the Information return on 1 January 2023
  • Saudi-Arabia
    • Approved – Phase 2: all invoices must be issued in UBL 2.1 format. B2B invoices are subject to a CTC clearance regime, whilst B2C invoices are reported to the tax authority within 24 hours.
  • Serbia
    • Approved – Generation, transition, receipt, processing, and archiving of electronic invoices. It includes B2G, G2B, B2B, G2G.

 February 1, 2023

Between Feb -July 2023

  • Australia
    • Proposal – Remaining businesses

April 1, 2023

  • Guatemala
    • Approved – Guatemala will oblige small taxpayers to issue e-invoices
  • Mexico
    • Approved – Using version 3.3 of CFDI e-invoices (version 4.0 will become mandatory from April 2023)
  • New Zealand
    • Proposal – IRD announces changes to GST Invoicing System
  • Slovakia
    • Draft – Mandatory e-invoicing for B2G, G2G, and G2B transactions

July 1, 2023

  • Australia
    • Proposal – Large businesses (with a turnover above AUD 50 million)
  • South Korea
    • Near real-time e-invoicing regime will be made mandatory for a larger group of companies as it cuts the annual reporting threshold from KRW 200m to KRW 100m (approx €74,000).

 October 1, 2023

  • Japan
    • Approved – New Japanese qualified invoice system per October 2023

December 1, 2023

Q3 2023

  • Spain
    • Approved (No EU approval yet) – Mandatory B2B E-Invoicing. Timings to be confirmed. Q3 2023 for business with turnover exceeding 8 million EUR. Q4 2024 for other businesses.

 Q4 2023/Q4 2024

  • Ghana
    • Approved – First 600 taxpayers on e-VAT; full mandate for all by 2024
    • Q4 2023/Q4 2024

January 1, 2024

  • Denmark
    • Draft – Mandatory B2B E-Invoicing based on bookkeeping Act
  • Poland
    • Draft – Mandatory B2B E-Invoicing
  • Slovakia
    • Draft – Plan to introduce mandatory B2B and B2C E-Invoicing
  • Bahrain
    • Proposal – Implementation of E-Invoicing

By end Q1 2023

  • Colombia
    • Draft – Colombia released a Project Resolution on electronic documents

July 1, 2024

  • Australia
    • Proposal – Medium-sized businesses (between AUD 10 million and 50 million)
  • Belgium
    • Draft – Mandatory B2B E-Invoicing, gradual implementation, to be approved by EU Commission
  • France
    • Approved – Gradual implementation as of July 1, 2024 of mandatory B2B, B2C E-Invoicing: 1 Jul 2024 for large companies (more 5,000 employees; and either of following: €1.5 billion turnover; or €2 billion balance sheet)
  • France
    • Approved – Obligation to receive invoices in electronic format will be started for all taxpayers

Q4 2024

  • Spain
    • Approved (No EU approval yet) – Mandatory B2B E-Invoicing. Timings to be confirmed. Q3 2023 for business with turnover exceeding 8 million EUR. Q4 2024 for other businesses.
  • Ghana
    • Approved – First 600 taxpayers on e-VAT; full mandate for all by 2024

 January 1, 2025

  • France
    • Approved – Gradual implementation as of July 1, 2024 of mandatory B2B, B2C E-Invoicing1 Jan 2025 for medium sized companies
  • China
    • Proposal – Fully Digitalized E-Fapiao Program
  • Dominican Republic
    • Draft – E-Invoicing for small, micro, and unclassified
  • Latvia
    • Draft – Mandatory B2B and B2G E-Invoicing, EU Commission approval needed
  • Romania
    • Approved – Small taxpayers and non-resident taxpayers will start on 1 January 2025

January 1, 2026

  • France
    • Approved – Gradual implementation as of July 1, 2024 of mandatory B2B, B2C E-Invoicing
    • 1 Jan 2026 for small businesses (less than 250 employees; and not exceeding either of following: €50 million turnover; or €43 million balance sheet)

Unclear timing

  • Bulgaria
    • Draft – A public consultation on mandatory B2B e-invoicing is planned, as well as proposals for introducing SAF-T reporting
  • El Salvador
    • Draft – Electronic documents (incl. E-Invoicing) – Decree published
  • Hungary
    • Draft – Hungary plans to implement SAF-T reporting in late 2022/early 2023
  • Indonesia
    • Plan – Government intends to implement e-Invoicing in stages
  • Romania
    • Draft – Mandatory B2B E-Invoicing, to be approved by EU Commission, implementation in 2023?
  • Slovenia
    • Plan – Slovenia has announced plans to introduce B2B e-invoicing.
  • Sweden
    • Draft – Swedish tax authority has started work on three different types of reporting(E-Invoicing, RTR, SAF-T)

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