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The government is committed to increased eInvoicing adoption to improve cash flow, disrupt payment redirection scams and boost productivity for businesses.
Since July 2022, all Non-corporate Commonwealth Entities (NCEs) have been mandated to be able to receive Peppol eInvoices (eInvoices). Many other Australian Government entities, plus state, territory and local governments, have also switched to eInvoicing.
While Peppol eInvoicing has been in use for more than 10 years overseas, it is still maturing in Australia. As its use increases, we encourage both sellers and buyers to learn from their early transactions and work together to ensure everyone can benefit from the improved security and efficiency.
Purpose
This guidance:
- provides principles, considerations, and suggestions to help government entities enhance accounts payable (AP) processes and efficiently receive and process eInvoices
- supplements existing Accountable Authority Instructions (AAI) or departmental policies.
It is designed for use primarily by Commonwealth Government:
- finance managers/team leaders and their AP teams – to process eInvoices efficiently and maximise the eInvoicing benefits for them and their business suppliers
- systems owners – to prepare their agencies’ systems to receive eInvoices efficiently and support their AP teams in processing them
- procurement policy owners – to include eInvoicing when they draft or update procurement policies and contracts.
This guidance may also help people in similar roles in state, territory, and local government organisations and in the private sector.