B2G e-invoicing to be mandatory on ‘InvoiceNow’ Peppol-based regime
The Singaporean government has announced plans to mandate B2G e-invoicing via it’s InvoiceNow platform. No clear deadline has been provided.
Singapore was the first country outside of Europe to adopt the Peppol standard in 2019.
InvoiceNow is currently a voluntary services provided by the government for businesses to use to facilitate the exchange of structured invoices. It operates as and interoperable e-invoicing framework on the open standard Peppol network. It is available to any business with Peppol-enabled invoicing systems.
Our international live VAT invoice transaction and e-invoice tracker on real-time transaction-based tax reporting lists all the countries imposing transaction-based reporting.
Asia Pacific e-invoicing
Country | Date | Comments (click for details) |
Australia | Jul 2023 | PEPPOL-based e-invoicing with no govt intervention B2B |
China | Jan 2023 | Special e-fapiao VAT invoice being piloted with 2023 full implementation |
India | Oct 2020 | B2B pre-clearance with separate B2C; completed Apr 2021 |
Indonesia | Jul 2015 | e-Factur Pajak electronic invoicing |
Japan | Oct 2023 | Tax qualified invoices |
Kazakhstan | Jan 2017 | e-invoicing IS ESF |
Kyrgyzstan | Jan 2023 | Mandatory e-invoicing for goods |
Malaysia | 2023 | e-invoicing pre-clearance |
Mauritius | 2023 | e-invoicing System with digital transaction reporting |
New Zealand | Mar 2022 | B2G PEPPOL-based e-invoicing |
Philippines | Jul 2022 | 2022 pilot of e-invoices; to follow South Korea model |
Singapore | TBC | Mandatory B2G e-invoicing on InvoiceNow |
South Korea | 2011 | Near real-time invoice reporting |
Taiwan | 2017 | Electronic GUI invoices; non-residents since 2020 |
Thailand | 2018 | E-invoice reporting where adopted |
Vietnam | Nov 2021 | Pre-clearance B2B verification code e-invoice |