Susie West E-Invoicing Round Up May 2025

1. UK Government closed its Public Consultation on hashtag#einvoicing on 7th May. In response, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (hashtag#ICAEW) has advocated for the voluntary adoption of e-invoicing in the UK, with mandatory implementation postponed until at least 1 January 2030 https://lnkd.in/ed6cvPXY

2. New Zealand is proposing new procurement requirements that would make hashtag#einvoicing mandatory for government agencies handling high volumes of trade invoices. Proposed implementation date: 1 January 2026 https://lnkd.in/eN_ypHGC

3. Latvia’s Parliament is considering postponing the country’s B2B e-invoicing and e-reporting mandate by 1 year, moving the implementation deadline from January 2026 to January 2027, citing growing concerns that Latvian businesses will not be ready in time https://lnkd.in/ezWyZeui

4. Nigeria will pilot its new e-invoicing platform, the Merchant Buyer Solution, in July 2025 with selected large taxpayers https://lnkd.in/eJ9A86AK

5. South Africa has cancelled its planned hashtag#VAT rate increase, originally set for June 2025, because of public backlash over living costs. Its plans for mandatory e-invoicing by 2028 continue https://lnkd.in/eXZSs3e2

6. The Tax Authority of Oman has taken a big step towards digital tax transformation by signing an agreement with Oman Telecommunications Company (hashtag#Omantel) to implement a new e-invoicing system https://lnkd.in/ea7BH63H

7. Vertex Inc. shared new e-invoicing research revealing that 79% of global business leaders believe e-invoicing mandates are beneficial to business. Furthermore, 80% agree that these mandates will improve data accuracy at a time when precision is needed most https://lnkd.in/eQcEbTCU

8. Tungsten Automation was named a Leader in Everest Group’s 2025 Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) hashtag#PEAKMatrix® Assessment https://lnkd.in/eydT2VzM

9. Vertex Inc. Announced Strategic Investment in Kintsugi, an AI-native startup focused on automating sales hashtag#tax hashtag#compliance for small and mid-size businesses. https://lnkd.in/eiycnF-5