CEN/ISSS Task 3. Storage of Electronic Invoices

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eInvoicing WS Public Event, Brussels 11 April 2006 Working Group 3 Storage of Electronic Invoices Heli Salmi e-invoicing Public Event - Brussels, 11 April 2006

Transcript of CEN/ISSS Task 3. Storage of Electronic Invoices

eInvoicing WS Public Event, Brussels 11 April 2006

Working Group 3Storage of Electronic Invoices

Heli Salmi

e-invoicing Public Event - Brussels, 11 April 2006

eInvoicing WS Public Event, Brussels 11 April 2006

Problems of electronic storage of invoices

Problems of electronic storage of invoices

Based on the work of CEN/ISSS eInvoice Focus Group report

http://www.cenorm.be/cenorm/businessdomains/businessdomains/isss/activity/einvoice_fg.asp

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Problems of electronic storage of invoices

Problems of electronic storage of invoices

Problems that may occur will be in cross border transactions due to differences in the way the Directive is transposed in individual countriesLocation and access: e.g. multinational corporations who have centralised processing and storage of electronic invoices in another Member State, invoices will have to be stored according to the regulation in the Member State, where the company in question is registered. Duration: the number of years a taxable person has to store invoices varies quite much, from 4 to 10 years (eIFG 2003)If documents have to be stored over a period of seven to ten years, there can easily be one or two technology changes during that period.

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Problems of electronic storage of invoices

Problems of electronic storage of invoices

Format: In some countries, the invoice data is to be stored in the form it has been exchanged in, e.g. EDIFACT format, in order to decode the EDI format into clear format it has to be accompanied by the directoriesMedium of storage: The medium of storage should not be a problem

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Task 3.1 Quidelines for storage

Task 3.1 Quidelines for storage

To describe rules for storage of electronic invoices within the member states, including rules and guidelines for inspection. Deliverable: CWA

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Task 3.2 Co-operation with Tax Authorities

Task 3.2 Co-operation with Tax Authorities

In furtherance of the objective of the EC Directive on Invoicing, to establish a number of common arrangements governing the use of electronic invoicing, it is recommended that the competent authorities in all EU Member States should consider further opportunities for implementing the Directive in a compatible way, in particular, for cross-border electronic invoicing.Deliverable: Annex to the CWA

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Task 3.3. Service Providers Quidelines

Task 3.3. Service Providers Quidelines

To describe rules and guidelines for service providersDeliverable: CWA

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Task 3.3 Service Providers Quidelines

Task 3.3 Service Providers Quidelines

A questionnaire for Service Providers The questionnaire covers the following issues:

BackgroundStandardsStorageElectronic SignaturesModelling

Feedback for recommendations27 questions41 answers

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Task 3.1 Quidelines for storage

Task 3.1 Quidelines for storage

Background: Service Providers’ ViewThe majority of the respondents (73%), offer an integrated electronic storage service solution for their customers’ invoices.There appear to be sufficient standards; only 12,8 % of the respondents wished to have more standards for storage. The most consistent comments and wishes for storage centre upon legislation. Respondents hoped that invoice storage, in electronic form only, will be made legal throughout the Member States and that when electronic archiving is in use, no paper documents should be required.

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Task 3.1 Quidelines for storage

Task 3.1 Quidelines for storage

Legislation on storage – main rulesNational legislationsDuration of storagePlace of storageStorage in the original formStorage mediaStorage of coded dataStorage of digital signaturesTechnology change during the storage periodTerminating the storage serviceAnnex: Legislation on storage in member states

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Task 3.1 Quidelines for storage

Task 3.1 Quidelines for storage

Electronic Signatures, recommendations• Authentication and integrity have to be guaranteed over

the whole storage period of invoices • Electronic invoices have to be stored in a way that the

electronic signature stays verifiable over years.• Without the addition of other relevant data, like

revocation information, the electronic signature could not be verifiable in the future.

• Ensuring stored invoices are long term valid, as specified above, depends on both organisational and technical measures.

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Task 3.1 Quidelines for storage

Task 3.1 Quidelines for storage

Questions to the local tax authorities• Period of storage• Kind of data • Kind of storage: what methods of electronic storage, if

any, are not permitted? • Is storage of invoices by 3rd parties allowed? If YES,

what special conditions, if any, are imposed?• Is storage of invoices within other EU member states

allowed? If YES, what special conditions, if any, are imposed?

• Is storage of invoices outside EU member states allowed? If YES, what special conditions, if any, are imposed?

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Task 3.1 Quidelines for storage

Task 3.1 Quidelines for storage

Questions to the local tax authorities (continued)Are there special requirements for indexing or search possibilities?Are there requirements for storage of sum or subtotal amounts (tax codes, invoice total, etc.) for the defined period?Are there additional requirements for storage which have to be fulfilled concerning electronic invoices?

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Task 3.3. Service Providers Quidelines

Task 3.3. Service Providers Quidelines

Different legislationThird party service agreementInterconnection agreement between Service ProvidersMandatory data on the invoiceConversions between formatsDigital signaturesCross-border electronic invoicingAnnex: Cases

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Task 3.3. Service Providers Quidelines

Task 3.3. Service Providers Quidelines

Different legislation, main rulesThe invoice issuer follows the legislation in his country and the receiver follows the legislation in his country. The invoice issuer and the recipient are always responsible for fulfilling their own national legal requirements for invoicing, even where a third party service is used.

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Task 3.3. Service Providers Quidelines

Task 3.3. Service Providers Quidelines

ConversionsThe need for conversion should be minimised wherever possible and conversions restricted to those that are necessary to bridge the differing formats of the message originator and the message end receiver, since repeated conversions may result in loss of data quality, or even loss of data, in the individual messages being converted

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Task 3.3. Service Providers Quidelines

Task 3.3. Service Providers Quidelines

European e-Invoice Forum, recommendationIn order to support the cross-border electronic invoicing between traders in different Member States, an European e-Invoice Forum could be established.

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Thank youThank you

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Directive 2001/115/EC on Electronic storage of Invoices

Directive 2001/115/EC on Electronic storage of Invoices

With regard to the electronic storage of invoices for goods or services, any taxable person shall ensure that copies of invoices issued by himself, by his customer or, in his name and on his behalf, by a third party, and all the invoices which he has received are stored.

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Directive 2001/115/EC on Electronic storage of Invoices

Directive 2001/115/EC on Electronic storage of Invoices

The authenticity of the origin and integrity of the content of the invoices, as well as their readability, must be guaranteed throughout the storage period. The information they contain may not be altered; it must remain legiblethroughout the aforementioned period.

Member States referred may require that invoices be stored in the original form in which they were sent, whether paper or electronic. They may also require that when invoices are stored by electronic means, the data guaranteeing the authenticity of the origin and integrity of the content also be stored.

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Directive 2001/115/EC on Electronic storage of Invoices

Directive 2001/115/EC on Electronic storage of Invoices

The taxable person may decide the place of storage provided that he makes the invoices or information stored there available without undue delay to the competent authorities. In case the invoices are stored in another Member State; the Member State where the taxable person is registered will have the right to access the data within the limits of the Directive. The Member States may impose specific conditions prohibiting or restricting the storage of invoices in a country with which no legal instrument exists relating to mutual assistance similar in scope to that laid down by the Directives.

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Directive 2001/115/EC on Electronic storage of Invoices

Directive 2001/115/EC on Electronic storage of Invoices

Member States may, however, require taxable persons established in their territory to notify them of the place of storage, if it is outside their territory. The Member States shall determine the period for which taxable persons must store invoices relating to goods or services supplied in their territory and invoices received by taxable persons established in their territory.