E-invoicing in Romania has been mandatory for a while for those who do business with the Romanian government.
But things are changing rapidly for Romanian businesses as well, with new e-invoicing and tax reporting obligations coming soon.
Read more about the current situation and the predicted impact on your business.
Central, regional and local authorities in Romania are legally required to receive and process e-invoices from businesses. For suppliers of public bodies only submitting is mandatory.
As of 1 July 2024 exchanging e-invoices will become mandatory for all Romanian businesses. In addition, digital tax reporting is required as of 1 January 2024 by submitting e-invoices to the central Romanian platform e-Factura.
The Romanian ANAF (National Fiscal Administration Agency) has created the platform e-Factura for invoice exchange with the government and Business-to-Business transactions. The use of e-Factura is mandatory.
All invoices must be submitted in the RO_CIUS format, the Romanian XML standard. You can submit an invoice via the online form and generate an XML or convert your XML into a PDF.
A platform like Billit, however, connects directly to the ANAF and submits your invoices in the correct format. This means you can safely send your e-invoices to the Romanian government and to your customers. You can also receive e-invoices in the same platform.
Creating a Billit account and sending your first e-invoice only takes a few minutes.
If you want to send or receive e-invoices from Romania, you need to register with the ANAF platform.
Follow the steps below to register on ANAF via Billit and send your first invoice.
In order to send your first Romanian invoice, you need to connect to ANAF.
Billit takes care of your registration on ANAF. Wen you create a Billit account and activate the connection, you will automatically register on ANAF.
Your invoices are automatically converted in the required RO-CIUS format. That means you don't have to retype anything and all your invoices will meet the required standard as soon as you create them.
Use one platform to create, track and receive your invoices. Billit will automatically retrieve all communication and status messages from ANAF. Your incoming invoices will also appear immediately in Billit so you can keep all your e-invoices in one place.
The identity of everyone affiliated with the network is verified, so you can be sure that the invoices you receive are genuine, and you avoid invoice fraud.
The invoices you send through the network are completely digital, so you can process them automatically in your invoicing software.
Create your invoice and send it immediately via ANAF. Combined with automatic processing, this will save a lot of time.
There are many kinds of identifiers you will need to send invoices to Romania. Find out the difference between each option below.
| Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| NIF (Număr de identificare fiscală) | This is the tax identification number for Romanian companies. It consists of 8 numerical digits. | 12345678 |
| VAT | The code indicates whether Romanian companies are liable to VAT. This is the same 8-digit number as the NIF, preceded by 'RO'. | RO12345678 |
| GLN | Stands for Global Location Number. It is used by companies to identify their locations, such as legal entities, functions and physical or digital locations. You can request a GLN number with GS1. | 5488888010598 |
Before you can connect to ANAF via Billit you need to get an authorization token from Postman and ANAF. Follow the steps in this manual to get your credentials.
