2. Agenda
▸ Invoicing flow
▸ E-Invoicing & Peppol
▸ Regulation
▸ E-Reporting (CTC)
▸ RTP
▸ The power of the network
▸ Conclusion
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3. Credentials
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Osservatori Digital Innovation
Digiteal is a member of the EU experts group
created by the University of Milan.
E-invoicing expert group
Digiteal is a member of the E-Invoicing expert
group created by the VBO-FEB in Belgium
Certified Peppol Access Point
Digiteal is certified since 2018 with BOSA as
Peppol Authority.
E-invoicing Award 2023
This award showcases Digiteal’s implication in
the E-invoicing environment in Belgium.
E-invoicing
Award ‘23
11. What is Peppol ? (ex for Invoices)
Sender Receiver
Peppol Network
Billing solution
provider
Invoice receivable
solution provider
Sender
Access Point
Receiver
Access Point
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Directory
12. Peppol Document types
Buyer Seller
Peppol Network
12
Catalog
Order
Order Response
Despatch advice
Invoice
Invoice Response
Credit Note
Pre-award
Post-
award
Message Level Response Technical
13. MLR - Technical response
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AB - Message acknowledgement
AP - Accepted
RE - Rejected (+ reason)
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14. InvoiceResponse - Business response
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AB - Message acknowledgement
AP - Accepted
RE - Rejected
IP - In process
UQ - Under query
CA - Conditionally accepted
PD - Paid
See documentation
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19. In practice
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“introduce generalized obligation to issue structured
electronic invoices between taxpayers“
▸ B2B
▸ Use of Peppol Network
▸ Sending and receiving
▸ UBL (no pdf)
20. E-Invoicing actors in Belgium
Peppol Authority Tax Authority
Government e-invoicing platform
Network / Peppol Access Points
Accounts receivable software
(CRM, invoicing)
Accounts payable software (ERP,
accounting)
Accountants
Mercurius BOSA
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>13.000 accountants in BE
in 2024
>40 in BE
>300 in the world and many others…
Document Service Providers
and many others…
and some others…
25. ViDA next steps
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▸ There will be intense lobbying by member
states and organizations representing
large integrators to continue to shape
ViDA.
▸ Belgium’s presidency of the EU in S1 2024
will be the occasion to push a more
standard-based approach.
29. International
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EN-16931 in all EU member
states
Factur-X, X-Rechnung, Simple
Invoicing, …
PINT outside EU
Canada, Mexico, Singapore,
New Zealand, Japan, Australia,
and the United States.
32. CTC
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DEFINITION
CTC, or continuous tax control, stands for the actions
tax authorities take to monitor transactions.
CTCs include mandatory real-time submission of
invoices and other mechanisms for real-time
surveillance.
CTC is separated into different types: clearance, real-
time reporting and reporting.
40. RTP & Peppol
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RTP
▸ Send the invoice: URL (mandatory support) or file
(optional support)
▸ Acknowledgement of receipt: Confirmation of
presentment once the customer has acted upon the
request
▸ Payment: Messaging by the Payee to initiate the
payment and receive the feedback
Payment through messaging initiated by the Payee
41. RTP & Peppol
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Peppol
▸ Send the invoice: Through Peppol, max 25MB
▸ Acknowledgement of receipt: Available with optional
updates on the processing
▸ Payment: Initiated by the invoice receivables software
(could be done through RTP)
Document sending with payment initiated by the Payer
48. Opportunities
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▸ You are all sending invoices
- Automate !
▸ 5% registrations in BE -> 100% in 2026
- More companies able to receive electronic
documents
- More documents being exchanged
- More senders to send you documents
▸ BE as front-runner country
- Useful to have a head-start as this is deployed
worldwide.
49. Conclusion
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Main points:
▸ Peppol is a powerful enabler for ordering and e-Invoicing.
▸ The regulation is progressing on all fronts both at the EU
and the national levels.
▸ In Belgium, it is important to get ready now to
distinguish your solutions in the coming months leading
up to 01/01/2026.
▸ Peppol advantages increase and we are approaching a
critical mass. By embracing it we multiply the benefits
for all our customers.
We want to make you all Peppol champions !