Fiscalization: Announcement on the publication of Basic Specifications for electronic invoices.

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Historic post, September 27, 2020. This post was part of the news about the launch of fiscalization in Albania. The system is now fully operational, and the current rules are summarized at our current page on fiscalization.
In implementation of paragraph j) of Article 3 of Instruction No. 20, dated June 1, 2020 “For the basic and technical elements, issuance and exchange of electronic invoices and accompanying invoices,” the General Directorate of Taxes notifies all interested parties in the field of Information Technology of the publication of the Technical Specifications for the electronic invoice. The documents are in accordance with the European Union standard accompanying Directive 2014/55/EU of April 16, 2014, “On electronic invoicing in public procurement.” The specifications also comply with the procedural and technical requirements of the legal and regulatory framework of the fiscalization project. The Basic Specifications published below are:
  • Specifications for the basic use of the UN/CEFACT electronic invoice – Inter-Industry Invoice (XML Schemas 16B);
  • Specifications for the basic use of electronic invoicing – ISO/IEC 19845:2015 (UBL 2.1).
Listed below are the Functional and Technical Specifications for the electronic invoice service, which have been drafted based on the European Union's Core Specifications. All of these technical materials serve to develop software solutions for the fiscalization of electronic invoices. Source: General Directorate of Taxes. We are here to help you and always find time to answer any of your questions. Feel free to call or text us at any time for matters we can assist you with. We can help you with using QuickBooks. Contact me
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Andi Haxhillari is an economist and the founder of AlProfit Consult, an accounting, tax advisory, and financial management firm in Tirana, established in 2015. He holds the professional title of Certified Accountant, certificate no. 359, issued by the Certification Authority of the Ministry of Finance on July 4, 2012. He graduated with a Master's degree in Accounting and as a General Economist from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tirana. For more than ten years, he has worked as an external economist for small and medium-sized businesses in Albania.

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