Electronic Invoicing in Indonesia
Is e-invoicing mandatory in Indonesia ?
Indonesia is considered one of the e-invoicing pioneers in Asia. The Southeast Asian country introduced the electronic invoice system, e-Faktur Pajak for the first time back in 2013. All VAT taxpayers were requested to implement and use the e-Faktur Pajak from 2016 onwards.
Thanks to its CTC e-invoicing reform, which made Business-to-business (B2B) and Business-to-Government (B2G) e-invoicing mandatory, it is one of the large Asian countries leading the clearance model. This reform affects all taxable companies.
The Indonesian e-Faktur system is managed by the Directorate General of Taxation (DGT). Invoices must be registered through a government application and pre-approved by the tax authority before submitting to the buyer. That guarantees that the electronic invoices are issued in line with the DGT requirements, that validates and approves the invoice data.
The clearance process results in a QR code that is automatically applied to the invoice after being successfully uploaded.
Want to learn more about e-Invoicing compliance?
Download our Global e-invoicing and Tax Compliance fact sheet here for more information.
Archiving
The storage period in Indonesia is 10 years. Records can be archived electronically with certain conditions.
Want to know more about Basware’s archiving services?
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Basware Services
Basware offers CloudScan and Scan & Capture services for Buyer clients to scan their paper invoices via optical character recognition (OCR) technology, with some language limitations. We do not offer invoice sending services in Indonesia.
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Interoperability
Basware currently has no have interoperability partners in Indonesia.
Our advice
Indonesia has a clearance model, but it does not support the use of third-party service providers like Basware. Currently we advise buyers in Indonesia to use Basware CloudScan with self-validation for light volumes or to use Basware Scan and Capture for higher transaction volumes of paper or PDF invoices that are not regulated by the e-invoice mandate.
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