The European Parliament is seeking to raise the profile of e-Invoicing in its Draft Report on a Competitive Digital Single Market with e-Government as a spearhead (2011/2178(INI)). The main points of the report are:
- Welcomes recent activity to support the goal of making e-Invoicing the predominant method of sending invoices by 2020 in the EU. This has included the creation of the European Multi-Stakeholder Forum on e-Invoicing and national forums
Underlines the substantial benefits offered by e-Invoicing (shorter payment delays, fewer errors, better collection of VAT, reduced printing and postage costs and business integrated processing) - Is aware of market fragmentation due to national rules on e-Invoicing and regrets that only 22% of SMEs receive or send e-invoices
- Welcomes the new VAT rules on creating equal treatment between paper and electronic invoices but takes note that e-signature, cross-border interoperability problems slow down the adoption of multinational e-invoicing solutions
- Stresses the importance of factors that will facilitate mass adoption: legal certainty, a clear technical environment, and open and interoperable e-Invoicing solutions based on common legal requirements, business processes and technical standards.The report invites industry and European standardisation organisations to continue working towards a common e-Invoicing data model
- Appreciates the initiatives of Denmark, Finland, Italy, Spain and Sweden to make e-Invoicing mandatory for public authorities. The report calls on making e-invoicing mandatory for all public procurement by 2016. It would be encouraging if more member state legislatures took an equally pro-active stance.
Danish government expects to save €100m from B2G dematerialisation.
The Pan-European Public Procurement On-Line (PEPPOL) will help thru its Open Peppol initiative the public buyers to reach the target.
The new VAT Directive from TAXUD will bring an effective equal treatment between electronic and paper invoices and an harmonised legislative environment.
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