This webinar discusses how Booking.com scaled its e‑invoicing compliance across multiple European markets by centralizing tax data and partnering with Fonoa. The presentation highlights the shift from a country‑by‑country approach to a unified strategy, the cross‑functional collaboration required, and practical guidance on vendor selection and implementation planning.
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Fintua · 1 day ago
The May 2026 Global VAT Guide compiles key VAT developments across 12 jurisdictions, highlighting new compliance requirements such as Belgium’s bank account change, Poland’s updated JPK_VAT guidance, and Bulgaria’s removal of the reverse charge clause for goods with installation. It also notes updates to Germany’s Form USt 1 TN and the launch of Belgium’s SME ePortal for quarterly returns. The guide serves as a concise reference for businesses to stay compliant with upcoming regulatory changes.
e-Invoice.app · 3 days ago
A buyer-side framework for tax, compliance and IT leaders preparing for global e-invoicing mandates that now bring penalties from day one. The five sequential steps are: map the mandate landscape (countries, transaction types, deadlines, urgency tiers), understand the compliance model behind each country (post-audit, decentralised/Peppol, real-time reporting, centralised platform, clearance), define technical requirements starting with ERP integration, formats and data residency, match vendors to your specific requirements through structured scoring rather than manual shortlisting, and validate the shortlist through peer intelligence on country-and-model-specific implementations. The article emphasises matching vendor architectural strengths to your country mix rather than chasing 'global coverage' claims.
e-Invoice.app · 19 days ago
The article analyzes over 200 e-invoicing vendors across 120+ countries, revealing a highly fragmented market where most vendors specialize in a single country or compliance model. It highlights that 15+ countries have e-invoicing deadlines in 2026 and identifies five distinct compliance models worldwide, underscoring the need for multinational buyers to evaluate vendors by model coverage rather than country count.
VatCalc · about 1 month ago
The United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters has announced a practical VAT agenda through 2028, establishing a Subcommittee on Indirect Taxes to produce guidance on execution gaps. The workplan covers five priority areas—digital economy VAT, fraud prevention and SME compliance, cross‑border dispute resolution, financial services/FinTech/crypto, and VAT regressivity—with draft outputs expected by October 2028. The initiative signals a global convergence in VAT thinking and increased scrutiny for tax authorities and businesses.
Fintua · about 1 month ago
This whitepaper explains how aligning VAT returns with e‑invoicing data can improve accuracy, efficiency and control. It discusses the growing regulatory push for real‑time e‑invoicing, the challenges of reconciling fragmented data, and offers a framework for centralised reconciliation to deliver ROI.
e-Invoice.app · about 2 months ago
This article argues that e‑invoicing does not create new problems but instead exposes existing process failures. It highlights how structured invoices enforce strict validation rules in countries such as Italy, India, and Germany, and cites adoption statistics following Italy’s 2019 mandate. The piece also discusses the impact of e‑invoicing on exception rates, processing costs, and cycle times.
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Key Takeaways
Booking.com moved away from a country‑by‑country approach, centralizing tax data and building a business case that secured buy‑in from product, tech, finance, and customer service teams.
The webinar cites Hungary, Portugal, and Malta as markets where e‑invoicing and e‑reporting mandates arrived in rapid succession.
Partnering with Fonoa provided a single integration point that scales across markets, requiring minimal customization per country.
The implementation involved product, engineering, finance, legal, customer service, and risk teams, with a dedicated program manager overseeing the process.
A country‑by‑country approach does not scale; centralizing data and treating compliance as a shared business priority are essential for managing rapid mandates.
Primary source
Read the full article at FonoaThis summary was published on VATfaqs.com on 25 March 2026. The original source is Fonoa.
