Medios digitales
TERMDigital Means
Digital issuance channel regulated by SENIAT for issuing invoices and other fiscal documents under the 2024 digital-issuance framework.
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Global Fiscalisation Terminology Reference
A common language for fiscalisation, digital tax control, e-invoicing and e-reporting — built to make cross-jurisdiction discussion clearer and more precise.
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MEF
TERMMinistère de l’Économie et des Finances | Ministry of Economy and Finance
Ministry responsible for the public-finance framework under which DGI operates and through which official fiscal reform communications and legal publications are issued.
Mensaje Hacienda
TERMMinistry of Finance Message
XML validation message used by the Ministry of Finance to communicate the validation result of an electronic tax document.
Mensaje Receptor
TERMRecipient Message
XML confirmation message used by the recipient to accept, partially accept or reject an electronic tax document.
Mercurius
TERMMercurius
Belgian public-sector electronic mailroom platform used to receive, route and follow up electronic procurement documents, including e-invoices sent to Belgian public entities.
Mervärdesskatt
TERMValue Added Tax / VAT
Swedish VAT administered by Skatteverket and used in VAT registration, VAT returns, invoice content, tax reporting and VAT identification.
Messa in servizio RT
TERMRT Commissioning
Operational step by which an activated telematic recorder is placed into service for issuing commercial documents and transmitting corrispettivi data.
Message Broker
TERMMessage Broker
Intermediary system or service used to route, transmit, receive or mediate electronic invoice, fiscal or reporting messages between parties or platforms.
Message Level Status / MLS
TERMMessage Level Status
Status message used in the UAE DCTCE eInvoicing flow to confirm or reject eInvoice exchange or Tax Data Document reporting events.
MEV
TERMMonitorizarea Electronică a Vânzărilor | Electronic Sales Monitoring
Moldovan electronic sales-monitoring system receiving and recording transaction information from cash-register and control equipment connected to the SFS information environment.
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