Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the Finnish treasury announced that the April 1, 2020 deadline is postponed. Non-central Finnish public entities and Finnish companies with turnover of over €10,000 are allowed still to issue and receive invoices use the older e-invoice formats.
The adoption of the EU Directive 2014/55/EU of 16 April 2014 (the 'E-Invoicing Directive') made the use of electronic invoicing during public procurement mandatory. An 'electronic invoice' means an invoice that has been issued, transmitted, and received in a structured electronic format, which allows for its automated processing.
The 'core elements of an electronic invoice' are essential information components that an electronic invoice must contain to enable cross-border interoperability, including the necessary information to ensure legal compliance. The core elements of an electronic invoice are, among other things:
- process and invoice identifiers;
- the invoice period;
- seller information;
- buyer information;
- payee information;
- seller's tax representative information;
- contract reference;
- delivery details;
- payment instructions;
- allowance or charge information;
- invoice line item information;
- invoice totals;
- VAT breakdown.
Member States have implemented the 'E-Invoicing Directive' into their national law.
Finland: e-invoicing and public procurement (B2G)
On April 1, 2020, in Finland, e-invoicing public organizations and private companies require e-invoices from their suppliers.
According to the new law, upon request, the contracting entity and the trader have the right to receive an e-invoice. Besides, the invoice must contain certain mandatory billing information that Finnish law has not yet required. Public contractors could issue e-invoices in different formats. The electronic invoices should, however, include the data fields specified in the Directive 2014/55/EU. The new Finnish e-invoicing requirement's main objective is to enhance public procurement and to stimulate the use of e-invoices.
Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the Finnish treasury announced that the April 1, 2020 deadline is postponed. Non-central Finnish public entities and Finnish companies with turnover of over €10,000 are allowed still to issue and receive invoices use the older e-invoice formats. It does not yet have to meet EU e-invoice standards:
"For the time being, the state administration also approves older e-invoice versions that do not comply with the European standard."
Of the national e-invoice formats, the latest descriptions (Finvoice 3.0 and TEAPPSXML 3.0) correspond to the European standard.
What is an SAP add-on?
An SAP add-on enhances standard SAP itself.
Add-on components are extra functionalities that do not come with the main SAP product. Different organizations have different requirements. SAP has recognized that and facilitated that additional functionality can be added and that such functionality as a component can be integrated with Standard SAP.
An add-on is permitted by SAP – the code 'ABAP' is written and transported where SAP allows it. That means these add-on components sit above the core and access the same dictionary objects or repository objects and perform the required functionality. It contains custom authorization objects according to SAP standards.
SAP add-on solutions are, therefore, without an external interface or external software and can be implemented with minor or no SAP impact in any other area. An SAP add-on does not change the programming code of SAP. As a result, SAP upgrades do not lead to any problems, and maintenance is straightforward. Additional functionality is added to Standard SAP.
KGT SAP add-ons for SAF-T, e-invoicing and MTD UK for VAT work as a standalone application within the SAP system and does not change existing customer SAP functionality or processes. It is fully configurable with custom namespace /KGT.
KGT partnered up with SAP regarding 'SAP Advanced Compliance Reporting for SAP HANA'. The 'Advanced Compliance Reporting' (ACR) service enables you to configure, generate, analyze, and electronically submit statutory reports that contain indirect taxes, such as value-added tax.
KGT provides also S/4 HANA transformation support.
