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28 Billion invoices / Year in Europe (2006) Savings with eInvoicing 5.5 8.5 / Invoice Average 10% are eInvoices Saving potential: 139 214 Billion / Year Not saving <587 Million / Day
Historically (pre EU Directive 2001/115/CE) Legislation created for paper invoices Fear of fraud
VAT fraud estimated at up to 10% of net VAT receipts Legislative Business practices ICT maturity The Internet not secure by design Maturity of content standards
Report on Main Issues of Directive 2001/115 24 October 2002 30 June 2003 Address main issues of focus group report 24 April 2004 11 April 2006 9 Workshop Agreements (CWA) Support Compliance, raise awareness 26 October 2007 18 June 2009 5 CWAs Integration of Results 2010 2012 Compliance Guideline SME enablement Network interoperability Dissemination
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PHASE 3:
1. 2. 3. 4.
The Past
CWA 15574
Subject Commission Recommendation 1994/820/EC October 1994, proposed revision with the requirements of Directive 2001/115/EC Directive invoice content details as UN/CEFACT Core Components Recommendation to allow coded identifiers as an alternative to the current unstructured clear text identifications Standardized set of codes in eInvoice messages for VAT exemptions Survey of VAT Data Element usage in the Member States and the use of codes for VAT Exemptions
15575 15576
15577 15578
E-invoices and digital signatures Storage of Electronic Invoices Guidelines for eInvoicing Service Providers eInvoice Reference Model for EU VAT purposes specification
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Adoption programme for increased electronic invoicing in European business processes CWA 16046 Compliance of electronic invoice implementations to Council Directive 2001/115/EC and the national legislation as regards electronic invoices CWA 16047
Cost-effective authenticity and integrity of electronic invoices regardless of formats and technologies CWA 16048 Implementation of compliant electronic invoice systems in using emerging technologies and business processes CWA 16049 Framework for emerging network infrastructure of invoice operators throughout Europe CWA 16050 CEN eInvoices III Berlin 15/16 December 2010
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The Present
Methodology
Link FAQs with the compliance matrix (Excel) Export to relational model
Build interactive user interface on top Generate CWA type document from it
SME Enablement
Problems and obstacles that hinder the use of eInvoicing by SMEs What are the categories of SMEs (being prepared for eInvoicing, IT environment, etc.) What are the possible scenarios to enter eInvoicing and migrate to better integration in their business processes Functional requirements for eInvoicing solutions
The Future
Approach
What challenges will we face towards 2020? What challenges will we face in 2020?
Key priorities to promote e-invoicing within the EU (EC - 712/2010) Ensure a consistent legal environment for e-invoicing Achieve mass market adoption by reaching Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Stimulate an environment that creates maximum reach Promote an e-invoice standard data model
Stakeholder Interface - Multi Stakeholder Forum, National Fora, CEN, Fiscalis, Service Provider Organisation(s), European Commission
CEN eInvoices III Berlin 15/16 December 2010
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30 06 2011
30 06 2011
Functional Support Area Interop agreement who will maintain (service provider association, EC, UN/CEFACT,...) Revised EDI agreement (94/820/EC)
To include XML, cloud computing, etc
30 06 2011
API technical specification - by whom CEN eInvoices III Berlin 15/16 December 2010
2005 CEN all rights reserved
30 06 2011
Next Steps
Questionnaire Dialogue with Multi Stakeholder Forum Form a task group if required Continue some work, e.g. The gateway Exchange ideas of future work Open to any volunteers Coordinators: Stefan & Anders Outreach to strategic alliances
UN/CEFACT Audit organisations
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Contacts