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Unique Smart Invoice identifier assigned to a validated invoice in the ZRA Smart Invoice environment and used together with the QR code for invoice traceability and verification.
Relevance: e-Invoicing, Invoice Identifier, FiscalisationTags / Context: Mark ID, Smart Invoice, invoice validation, QR codePDF page: 342
Markirovka kodi
TERMМаркировка коди | Marking Code
Product-marking code included for marked goods in fiscal receipt data and transmitted through online cash-register or virtual-cash-register fiscal flows.
Relevance: Marked Goods, Fiscalisation, Product TraceabilityTags / Context: markirovka kodi, Asl Belgisi, elektron fiskal chek, QRPDF page: 333
Marquage de sécurité
TERMSecurity Marking
Security marking applied to secured invoices, with numbering and taxpayer-identification elements determined under the tax-administration control framework.
Relevance: Fiscalisation, Document Security, Invoice ControlTags / Context: marquage de sécurité, facture sécurisée, DGIDPDF page: 255
Master Data
TERMMaster Data
Reference data identifying parties, taxpayers, branches, establishments, devices, products, tax registrations or other persistent business objects used in fiscal or invoicing processes.
Relevance: e-Invoicing, Fiscalisation, Data QualityTags / Context: master data, taxpayer data, buyer data, supplier data, branch dataPDF page: 23
Matična številka
TERMRegistration Number
Slovenian business-registration number assigned to business entities and used in the Slovenian Business Register and administrative identification of legal entities.
Relevance: Business Identifier, Business Register, Taxpayer IdentificationTags / Context: matična številka, AJPES, PRS, business identifierPDF page: 285
Matricola RT
TERMRT Serial Number
Serial number identifying a telematic recorder in the Italian fiscalisation framework.
Relevance: Retail Fiscalisation, Device Identification, RTTags / Context: matricola RT, serial number, Registratore TelematicoPDF page: 164
Matricule fiscal
TERMTax Registration Number
Tunisian tax identification number used to identify taxpayers in tax administration, tax declarations, e-invoicing onboarding and fiscal documentation.
Relevance: Taxpayer Identifier, VAT, e-InvoicingTags / Context: matricule fiscal, identification fiscale, DGI, El FatooraPDF page: 314
Máy tính tiền
TERMCash Register / POS Cash Register
Cash-register system used to generate electronic invoices in retail and service transactions and connected for electronic transfer of invoice data to the tax authority.
Relevance: Fiscalisation, Retail Transaction Reporting, POSTags / Context: máy tính tiền, POS cash register, hóa đơn điện tử khởi tạo từ máy tính tiềnPDF page: 341
MBIE
TERMMinistry of Business, Innovation and Employment
New Zealand government ministry responsible for the national eInvoicing programme environment and the New Zealand Peppol Authority function.
Relevance: eInvoicing, Digital Business Infrastructure, Peppol AuthorityTags / Context: MBIE, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand Peppol AuthorityPDF page: 224
MBS
TERMMerchant Buyer Solution
Nigeria’s national e-invoicing platform environment used for merchant-buyer electronic invoice generation, validation, exchange, reporting and invoice-verification processes.
Relevance: e-Invoicing, Digital Tax Infrastructure, Invoice ValidationTags / Context: MBS, Merchant Buyer Solution, NRS, FIRS, e-invoicing platformPDF page: 229