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The world of VAT and GST is rapidly changing, driven by the increased focus on digitalisation, e-invoicing, and tax authority focus on the tax gap and  harmonisation.  The EU's VAT in The Digital Age package (VIDA) reforms will become mandatory from 1 July 2028 with e invoicing for B2B inter EU transactions becoming mandatory from 1 July 2030. The UK Chancellor announced as part of the 2025 Autumn budget that e invoicing will be mandatory in the UK for B2B and B2G VAT invoicing from 1 April 2029. 

E invoicing in particular has been mandatory for years in many South American nations such as Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Columbia and in some European countries such as Italy.  European countries such as Germany, Romania, Poland have adopted mandatory e invoicing more recently. In Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Uganda and Tunisia have all adopted and implemented mandatory e invoicing.