Regulatory updates - Australia

The Commonwealth Government is requiring all non-corporate Commonwealth entities (NCEs) to adopt e-invoicing as the standard.

NCEs will begin collaborating with suppliers to facilitate this transition.

The goal is to ensure that 30% of all invoices received are via eInvoicing, i.e., Peppol Network, by 1 July 2026, and to enable automated processing and sending of e-invoices by December 2026. NCEs will submit quarterly updates on their progress toward these targets to the Australian Peppol Authority (APA).

The Australian Taxation Office, with assistance from Treasury and the Department of Finance, is helping agencies transition to eInvoicing by default. Following consultation, this support may include requiring suppliers involved in whole-of-Australian-Government panel arrangements to use Peppol.

Peppol unveiled A-NZ Invoice and Self-Billing specifications v. 1.0.12, including validation artefacts, and PINT A-NZ v1.1.0.

BIS Billing 3.0 and eProcurement BIS

The Peppol BIS Billing v3.0.18 was released on November 18, 2024.

The Peppol eProcurement BIS can be used in Australia and New Zealand without localization.  

All changes relating to v3.0.18 release and the updates to the specifications and validation documents will become mandatory from February 17, 2025.

A-NZ Invoice and self-billing specifications v1.0.12

The adopted changes align with Peppol BIS Billing v3.0.18, and some code list and validation artefacts have been updated.

All changes relating to the A-NZ Invoice and Self-Billing specifications v1.0.12 will become effective from March 10, 2025.

PINT A-NZ Billing and self-billing v1.1.0

All changes relating to the PINT A-NZ v1.1.0 release will become effective from March 10, 2025. 

Further amendments

New compliance rules on how to use sender/receiver identifiers when enveloping a message in Peppol Business Message Envelope (SBDH) are added for all the post-award suite documents, including the A-NZ Invoice and Self-Billing extensions & PINT A-NZ specifications.

Regarding the changes to PINT A-NZ specifications, the support for Busdox Document Type Identifier Scheme is removed, meaning that ‘exact match’ receiving capabilities will transition to the Wildcard Document Type Identifier Scheme. This amendment will become effective when the Peppol Policy for use of Identifiers v4.3.0 comes into force. 

The guidance documents aiming to support implementation of the A-NZ specifications have been updated to align with PINT A-NZ.

On 14 May 2024, the government released the Australian Federal Budget for 2024-25.

Among the key initiatives is an AUD 23.3 million (ca. EUR 14.3 million) investment over four years to support the Australian Taxation Office in maintaining a secure e-invoicing network. This is in recognition that e-invoicing provides business benefits and is a key in fighting scams aimed at Australian businesses.

Pagero is closely monitoring the e-invoicing developments in Australia. Stay tuned!