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E-Invoicing in Mauritius  \nWith the introduction of the e-Invoicing system in Mauritius , economic operators will be required to generate invoices and their associated debit notes and credit notes, using an Electronic Billing System (EBS) for transmission, in real time, to the MRA e-Invoicing platform for fiscalisation.  \nIn order to comply with the MRA e-Invoicing system, economic operators will have to ensure that their billing systems are able to generate invoices in a structured format, known as the JSON format, as per requirements of standard e-invoice format.  \n2. Contents of an e-Invoice  \nThe standard template of an e-invoice comprises of both mandatory and optional fields. The mandatory fields are those that must be compulsorily included in an invoice to be valid under the electronic invoice standard. The optional fields are those that may be incorporated if required by the business. All the mandatory fields should be filled in to register an e-invoice on the MRA e-Invoicing platform.  \nA standard e-invoice will include the following components:  \n• Invoice Details  \n• Seller Identification  \n• Buyer Identification  \n• Description of Goods/Services  \n3. Standard e-invoice template  \nA standard e-invoice template shall contain the following fields:  \n\n| STANDARD E-INVOICE TEMPLATE |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| SN | Item Description | Data Type | Size | Remarks | Requirement |\n| Invoice Details-This section has the details pertaining to an invoice |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 1 | Supplier Type | Alphabetic | 4 | The VAT registration status of the supplier. | Mandatory |\n| 2 | Transaction Types | Alphanumeric | 3 | The nature of transaction\u003Cbr>• Business to Business (B2B)\u003Cbr>• Business to Government (B2G)\u003Cbr>• Business to Consumer (B2C) | Mandatory |\n\n\n| STANDARD E-INVOICE TEMPLATE |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| SN | Item Description | Data Type | Size | Remarks | Requirement |\n|  |  |  |  | • Zero rated supplies – Exports (EXP)\u003Cbr>• Taxable supplies made to exempt bodies or persons (B2E) |  |\n| 3 | Document Types | Alphabetic | 3 | The type of invoice issued by the seller:\u003Cbr>- Standard invoice (STD)\u003Cbr>- Proforma invoice (PRF)\u003Cbr>- Training invoice (TRN)\u003Cbr>- Credit note or (CRN)\u003Cbr>- Debit note (DRN) | Mandatory |\n| 4 | Invoice\u003Cbr>Number | String | 100 | The sequential number of invoices, debit notes and credit notes. | Mandatory |\n| 5 | Invoice\u003Cbr>counter | Numeric | 20 | The total number of invoices generated by the EBS. The count is not shown on the invoice. | Mandatory |\n| 6 | Invoice reference\u003Cbr>Identifier | String | 100 | States the invoice number for which a credit note or debit note is issued. | Conditional |\n| 7 | Previous invoice/note hash. | String | 100 | The digital fingerprint of a document obtained using a standardized hashing algorithm as applied to specified fields. 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