Tungsten Automation recently summarised the submission of Spain’s Business-to-Business (B2B) plans to the European Commission.

Separately, but related, Spain is also pursuing certified software requirements in the country, where computer billing systems must follow rigorous requirements to be regarded as fit for purpose systems that can generate invoices and submit these to tax authorities.

Following the path of the associated B2B e-invoicing initiative, Spain has now submitted plans for the implementation of the certified billing software requirements to the European Commission.

The draft Order contains technical information concerning the new changes, including:

• QR code generation
• Hash and electronic signature technical specifications
• Content, format and codification of the invoicing records
• Technical information relating to the information to be submitted to the tax authorities.

The European Commission and Member State can provide feedback until 4 October 2024.

The Spanish government must consider these changes with a view to producing a final version of the draft order.

Spain is a compliant territory for Tungsten Automation. We are currently analysing in what capacity we can support both the certified software billing requirements and the B2B e-invoicing mandate.

We await the Spanish government’s definitive commencement date for both measures.