e-invoice

Colombia DIAN Resolution 12 (e-invoice): Technical Annex 1.8 will become mandatory shortly

Starting on August 1st, 2021, Colombia DIAN Resolution 12 will become mandatory.

The mentioned resolution develops different topics that will impact your electronic invoice process, among others the following:

• Inclusion of the Digital Signature in the Attached Document.
• Changes in validation rules.
• New fields within the XML, related to the Invoice.

What do you need to do before August 1st?

After the initial analysis of your team, your SAP Document Compliance solution for electronic invoice in use in Colombia needs to be updated to comply with the changes in validation rules and new fields for the XML as described on DIAN Resolution 12.

AIF can be used for the mapping to the format required by the tax authority mapping to comply Technical Annex 1.8. 

The mapping for the electronic invoice solution for Colombia can be done in the Application Interface Framework (AIF). When AIF is used, SAP Notes with the update for the new Legal request must be implemented.

Additional information

This is about adjustments in the regulation of the electronic invoicing: Electronic Support Document, changes on validations / new field and regulation for email to send the invoice to Customers.

These changes were introduced for resolution 000012, published this year by DIAN.

The mentioned resolution develops different topics, among others the following: 

• Inclusion of the digital signature in the attached document
• Business address of the acquirer on export invoices is not required.
• Elimination of requirement related to accumulated report, defined in resolution 42 – art. 11 – numeral 6.
• Modification in the definition of the prefixes used in the invoice numbering.
• Inclusion of version 1.8 of the technical annex, which incorporates, among others, the following modifications:
  • Changes in validation rules
  • Incorporation of new fields within the XML – related to the invoice as security.
  • Specification of new fields within the XML – for specific sectors: health, transportation, meat, exchange professionals, fiduciary, and notary

Our team specialist in SAP Document compliance for LATAM can help you to implement this update on time and avoid issues and delays next month with the approvals of the electronic invoices with Colombia DIAN.

For LATAM companies running SAP ECC or S/4HANA, Origen’s Document Compliance offering can help to use a single SAP Platform for LATAM for e-invoicing and other electronic documents like withholding certificate, delivery note, payment complement, etc.