Who does the TicketBAI system in Spain affect?

If you have a business with a registered office in the Basque Country, you will be affected by these new regulations, regardless of the level of turnover you have, the type of activity you carry out, where your business is located or your social nature (self-employed, SME or large company ).

The first thing that Basque companies will have to carry out will be to adapt their billing software. Companies that issue tickets (simplified invoices) or invoices must implement this system in their devices so that they allow the following actions to be carried out:

• Include a QR code and TBAI on the invoice or ticket.
• Create a file with the invoice that identifies with a fingerprint who the user is and the previous invoice issued.

In other words, its operation will be to generate a file for each invoice or ticket, send that file to the Provincial Treasury (always within the regulatory deadlines) and include the QR code and TBAI on each invoice or ticket.

           There are several advantages which are present in this system: small companies and freelancers will be able to improve relations with Public Administrations, in such a way as to save time and money in procedures related to billing; customers will have the possibility to get the receipt for each purchase and claim their rights in case they are not satisfied; administrations will finally have opportunity to end the tax evasion of companies, especially in retail businesses.

           To use the TicketBAI billing system, it will be necessary to have specific software that is also approved by the institutions that regulate the TicketBAI system.

This software has to have functionalities to perform the following operations:

• Generate an XML TBAI file following the technical specifications of each regional tax authority.
• Electronically sign XML TBAI files.
• Send files automatically to the tax authorities via the established telecommunications system.
• Generate invoices for end customers with QR codes for consultation.