2. Agenda
E-Invoice background
Paper Invoices
E-Invoice
E-Invoice obligations for companies
Outgoing and Incoming e-invoices
Integration methods
Implementation alternatives
3. E-Invoice Backgound
EU Council was broadened e-invoice concept by 2004 in all EU countries
240 billion EUR e-invoice was generated over a six-year period (https://eur-
lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=celex%3A52010DC0712 )
Almost 50% of all EU Companies perform e-invoicing
E-invoice has become new solution for many industries ( automotive etc ), and
started using very commonly.
Source: Paystream’s Financial Automation Survey, 2010
5. E-Invoice
From tax point of view, e-invoice is not a new document, electronic version of paper
invoice, have same legal impact with paper invoice
Format and standards were defined by GIB/TRA (UBRL-TR , kind of XML)
All information's in a paper invoice must exist
All e-invoices must be sent and received via GIB/TRA portal
6. E-Invoice
Token is taken from TUBITAK for signing E-Ledger
SSL certicicate is needed for GIB/TRA web service contect
Invoices sent and received electronically and archive 5 years
Data is sent and received based on GIB/TRA format
E-Invoice flow must be done with GIB/TRA data transfer protocol rules
7. E-Invoice Obligations For Companies
http://www.efatura.gov.tr/dosyalar/01.01.2018_TARIHI_ITIBARIYLE_DUYURU.pdf
10M TRY turnover by fiscal year 2016
Etc..
8. Outgoing and Incoming E-Invoices
Outgoing E-Invoices
Invoice data is converted to UBL-TR fortmat
E-Invoice is signed by token
Signed data is sent to GIB/TRA
Incoming E-Invoices
E-Invoice pack is retreived from GIB/TRA post box
E-Invoice data is converted to company data
Token is used to validate invoice data
10. Integration Methods
3 option for integration with GIB/TRA
Manual entry from GIB/TRA web site (https://portal.efatura.gov.tr/efatura/egiris.jsp )
Companies who has very low e-invoice count and lack of infrastructure prefer this method
Direct Integration (SAP or Non SAP system conttect directly to GIB/TRA )
SAP/ERP system directly connect to GIB/TRA serves, sent and receive invoice data and archive data for 5
years.
With Integrators
Companies who doesnt want to invest servers for connection and archiving , prefer this method.