Mandatory certification for POS software in Portugal

Formal accreditation by the Portuguese tax authority: The path to compliance with efsta

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Fiscal digitisation: Transparency, fraud prevention and fiscal integrity

Portuguese fiscalisation aims to reduce fraud in the retail sector and ensure complete documentation of business processes. Specialised software is used to generate reports for tax authorities and assign identifiers to fiscal receipts. This promotes transparency, minimises fraud and strengthens Portugal's fiscal integrity.

Tax compliance in Portugal

The Portuguese tax system relies on software-based fiscalization. Each point-of-sale software requires formal accreditation from the tax authority before use. This approval, represented by a Portuguese company, follows strict compliance checks. Timeline of Portugal:

  • January 2021: E-invoicing obligation for large public procurement providers.
  • July 2021: E-invoicing obligation for small and medium-sized public procurement providers.
  • January 2022: E-invoicing obligation for micro and public institutions, as well as the inclusion of a QR code on relevant invoices and tax documents.
  • December 2023: End of recognition of PDF invoices as electronic invoices.
  • January 2023: Obligation to submit a monthly SAF-T file and include the document code ATCUD on relevant invoices and tax documents.
  • January 2024: Digital signatures are required for e-invoices, and micro and SMEs must issue e-invoices for B2G transactions.

With our Simple POS solution, we offer a state-of-the-art and integrated answer to the increasing demands of digital fiscalisation, guaranteeing the highest compliance and efficiency in implementation. You can also adapt your existing software agilely without changes, while our efficient API generates a signed XML file and sends it to the tax authority, and our TicketBAI-certified quality ensures continuous compliance with regional tax authorities.

Our efsta solution meets all requirements in Portugal

How does our Spanish solution help you? Our Spanish solution offers an adaptable multi-country API that adapts to the tax regulations of different countries and simplifies compliance. It enables time and cost savings, promotes international expansion and facilitates integration with various fiscal and accounting systems.

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What’s a Rich Text element?

The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.

Static and dynamic content editing

A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!

How to customize formatting for each rich text

Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.

Market-leading companies rely on fiscalization with efsta

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Why you should choose us ...

The efsta solution is perfect for small, medium and large companies. You don't have to compromise on functionality, even if you have multiple locations or a branch system. Efsta can also be quickly ready for use with minor adjustments, which is important for companies in a dynamic environment such as fiscalization.

Monitoring

Data exports, updates, email alerts in the event of system failures. Offline & online mode - uninterrupted operation.

Audit-proof data storage

The data from the EFR is encrypted and transferred to the efsta cloud for long-term archiving for the statutory retention period.

Signature

With the help of a certificate (with a public key and a private key), each document is uniquely signed.

Reliability

Offline & online mode - uninterrupted operation (even in the event of signature unit, TSE failures).

Chaining

Each transaction is numbered and securely chained to prevent data manipulation.

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