It has become easier to draw up an electronic invoice using e-signature

As is known, according to the amendments to the Tax Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as of 04.01.2017, invoices for goods and services produced by the persons carrying out business activities indicated in Article 218.1.2 of the Tax Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan are presented in electronic form.    
 
To do this, the taxpayer should access the Ministry of Taxes’ website in the online mode, select the “Online clerical work and e-VHF” section and enter the “E-consignment note” alt-section.   
 
Then, he should enter there necessary information in order to draw up the invoice and send it to the addressee in the online mode. 
 
At the same time, the taxpayer can draw up and send an electronic invoice in the offline mode using special software.  
 
To do this, he needs to download the “eFP 1.1.3” version of “Drawing up electronic invoice program” and the other necessary programs to his computer.  
 
Thus, with help of this program, the taxpayer can draw up and package an e-invoice without using the Internet.
 
After that, the package file should be signed with the use of “E-signer” or “Asan Doc” client program.  
Note that these programs can be downloaded from the websites http://www.e-imza.az and http://www.asanimza.az.
 
Finally, the taxpayer should access the Ministry of Taxes’ website, select the “Online clerical work and e-VHF” section, enter the “E-consignment note” alt-section and click on the “Send Package” button to upload the signed “EDoc” or “ADOC” type file to the system.  
 
During the uploading, the system assigns a unique serial number to the electronic invoice and sends this number to the e-mail address of the addressee.   
 
The addressee, in turn, can confirm within a few seconds the acceptance of the electronic invoice that was sent with the use of E-signature or Asan signature.   
 
USER MANUAL
 
 
REQUIRED PROGRAMS
 
The codes of products and services that are used for filling out electronic invoices  

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