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22
October
2021

Simplified billing in Self-Care: procedure and intended audience

October 22, 2021
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Key points
  • In October 2021, the Self-Care portal added the ability to register a list of items to facilitate the issuance of a simplified cash invoice.
  • This procedure applies only to taxpayers who, pursuant to Government Decree No. 220 of March 12, 2020, fall under the simplified fiscalization procedure.
  • The exact steps in the Self-Care interface may have changed since 2021, so we recommend checking the current menu directly in the portal.
Updated October 18, 2026. Published October 22, 2021. The original notice described the specific steps of the Self-Care interface at that time. The content has been rewritten to preserve its essence—who the procedure is addressed to and why it exists—while the interface steps should be verified on the portal.

The General Directorate of Taxes announced in October 2021 an update to the Self-Care portal regarding the new simplified invoice format. For taxpayers who, according to Government Decree No. 220, dated March 12, 2020, Invoices can be issued from Self-Care; a menu was added for the prior registration of items, products, or services, including price, unit of measure, and code, so that issuing an invoice for cash on delivery would be faster.

From our daily work, we see that some taxpayers in this category don't know exactly why this additional step was introduced and consider it unnecessary bureaucracy, even though the goal was precisely to streamline the long-term process.

Who is the simplified procedure addressed to?

The simplified fiscalization procedure, provided for by Government Decree no. 220/2020, is aimed at a limited category of taxpayers, depending on the criteria specified in that decree. These taxpayers can issue simplified cash invoices directly from the Self-Care portal, without needing certified fiscal software like most businesses.

Every time there is a tax or financial change that affects your business, we notify you directly by email with a practical explanation.

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Why does it matter today?

Check the current steps in Self-Care.

The Self-Care portal interface may have changed since 2021. If you fall under the simplified procedure category and have doubts about the specific steps for registering items or issuing an invoice, verify them directly on the portal or contact the Fiscalization Help Desk, as the menu details are not necessarily the same today.

How we handle this with our clients

For clients participating in the streamlined procedure, we assist them in accurately recording items in Self-Care and verify that the invoices issued match the sales books we submit later.

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About the author

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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