Slovakia Launches ViDA-Aligned E-Invoicing Infrastructure

Slovakia has completed and launched the core infrastructure for its new e-invoicing and automated tax reporting system, ahead of the country’s 1st January 2027 mandate.

The Slovak Financial Administration says the infrastructure is now fully functional and makes Slovakia the first country in Europe to put into practice an electronic reporting model built in line with the EU’s new VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) rules.

Under the new model, businesses will exchange structured e-invoices through certified delivery service providers, known locally as “digital postmen”.

Slovakia Launches ViDA-Aligned E-Invoicing Infrastructure

Slovakia has completed and launched the core infrastructure for its new e-invoicing and automated tax reporting system, ahead of the country’s 1st January 2027 mandate.

The Slovak Financial Administration says the infrastructure is now fully functional and makes Slovakia the first country in Europe to put into practice an electronic reporting model built in line with the EU’s new VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) rules.

Under the new model, businesses will exchange structured e-invoices through certified delivery service providers, known locally as “digital postmen”.

As an invoice is transmitted, the provider will automatically send the legally required tax data to the Financial Administration. The tax authority will process the information and return an acknowledgement to the provider.

This means tax reporting takes place in the background as part of the invoice exchange, rather than requiring businesses to separately re-enter and submit the same information.

Slovakia says the approach will also reduce duplicate tax reporting. From 1st July 2030, the existing VAT control statement and recapitulative statement are scheduled to be abolished and replaced by automated invoice-data reporting. This coincides with the introduction of ViDA digital reporting requirements for relevant intra-EU B2B transactions.

The domestic e-invoicing and associated reporting requirements will apply to transactions specified under Slovak law from 1st January 2027.

Unlike older national e-invoicing systems in countries including Italy and Hungary, Slovakia says its new infrastructure has been designed around the future EU model from the outset, avoiding the need to retrofit an existing system to ViDA requirements.

Source: Slovak Financial Administration, 21st August 2026