Notice on the publication of Technical Specifications for electronic invoicing

In implementation of paragraph j of Article 3 of Instruction No. 20, dated June 1, 2020 “For the basic and technical elements, the 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 comply with the European Union standard as required by the Directive. EU 2014/55, April 16, 2014 “On Electronic Invoicing in Public Procurement.” The specifications are also in accordance with the procedural and technical requirements of the legal and sub-legal 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 invoicing service, which have been drafted in accordance with the European Union's Core Specifications. All of these technical materials serve to develop software solutions for the fiscalization of electronic invoices.

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Source: General Directorate of Taxes.

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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