Governments across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia continue to advance e-invoicing mandates, with significant developments in Tanzania, the UAE, and Malaysia.
Tanzania
As part of its 2025/26 Budget, Tanzania has proposed extending mandatory e-invoice reporting to all remaining taxpayers. Businesses will be required to integrate their invoicing systems with the Tanzania Revenue Authority using approved tools such as EFD machines, POS systems, or compliant accounting software. Source: Vatcalc
United Arab Emirates
The UAE has released key technical specifications ahead of its July 1, 2026 rollout of B2B and B2G e-invoicing, which will use the decentralized Peppol 5-corner model. Newly published documents include:
- Peppol Authority Specific Requirements (PASR) – rules for Peppol service providers in the UAE
- PINT AE – the UAE’s localized Peppol invoice format
- Enterprise Interoperability Architecture – a business-level system overview
- Solution Architecture – guidance on technical implementation
Source: VatCalc
Additional resources, such as the UAE Tax Data Document, are expected. These developments follow a public consultation earlier this year on the national e-invoicing data dictionary.
Malaysia
On June 11, 2025, OpenPeppol and MDEC published PINT MY Version 1.2.0, introducing tax-related updates including support for self-billing. The revised standard allows for fully interoperable e-invoicing via the Peppol Network under Malaysia’s local format, covering both standard invoicing (including credit notes) and self-billed transactions. Source Vatcalc
Mauritius
In its 2025–26 Budget, Mauritius confirmed the third wave of businesses that will fall under its e-invoicing mandate, based on a Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC) model. Starting in 2026, taxpayers with an annual turnover exceeding MUR 80 million will be required to comply.
Under the new regime, invoices must be submitted in real time to the tax authority for approval before being issued to customers. Only once confirmed will the invoice be considered a valid fiscal document. Source: Vatcalc
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