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2,867 terms
B2C
TERMBusiness-to-Consumer
Transaction, invoice, receipt or reporting context involving supplies from businesses to consumers.
Relevance: Fiscalisation, Retail, e-Receipt, VATTags / Context: B2C, business-to-consumer, retail, consumer transactionPDF page: 17
B2G
TERMBusiness-to-Government
Transaction, invoice or reporting context involving supplies from businesses to public-sector buyers or government bodies.
Relevance: e-Invoicing, Public Procurement, Transaction ScopeTags / Context: B2G, business-to-government, public procurement, public-sector invoicingPDF page: 17
Bảng tổng hợp dữ liệu hóa đơn điện tử
TERMSummary Table of Electronic Invoice Data
Vietnamese electronic invoice data-summary report used for transmitting grouped electronic invoice data to the tax authority in cases where invoice data is reported through summary-table mechanisms.
Relevance: e-Invoicing, Invoice Data Reporting, Tax Authority DataTags / Context: bảng tổng hợp dữ liệu hóa đơn điện tử, invoice data, Cục ThuếPDF page: 340
BAS
TERMBusiness Activity Statement
Australian periodic statement used by businesses to report and pay obligations such as GST, PAYG withholding and other business tax amounts.
Relevance: Digital Tax Infrastructure, VAT / GST, Tax ReportingTags / Context: BAS, GST reporting, business tax, lodgementPDF page: 41
Bizkaia tax-control and taxpayer-assistance model combining TicketBAI guaranteeing billing software, LROE and draft tax-assistance measures.
Relevance: Regional Fiscalisation, Tax Reporting, Basque CountryTags / Context: Batuz, Bizkaia, TicketBAI, LROEPDF page: 292
BCCR
TERMBanco Central de Costa Rica | Central Bank of Costa Rica
Costa Rican central bank involved, together with the Ministry of Finance, in making available the CAByS Catalogue of Goods and Services used in electronic tax-document classification.
Relevance: e-Invoicing, Product Classification, Digital Tax InfrastructureTags / Context: BCCR, CAByS, goods and services catalogue, electronic receipts, product codingPDF page: 93
Belastingdienst
TERMNetherlands Tax Administration
Dutch tax authority responsible for tax administration, VAT administration, taxpayer services, business tax portals and digital tax-service environments.
Relevance: Tax Authority, VAT, Digital Tax ServicesTags / Context: Belastingdienst, Netherlands Tax Administration, Dutch Tax Administration, VATPDF page: 222
Belastingdienst Curaçao
TERMTax Department Curaçao
Curaçao tax department responsible for tax administration, omzetbelasting administration, online tax services, taxpayer services and tax-compliance processes.
Relevance: Tax Authority, Turnover Tax, Digital Tax ServicesTags / Context: Belastingdienst Curaçao, belastingdienst.cw, omzetbelasting, online portalPDF page: 99
Belegausgabepflicht
TERMReceipt Issuance Obligation
German obligation to issue and make available a receipt to the transaction participant in close temporal connection with a recorded transaction.
Relevance: Fiscalisation, Receipt Issuance, POS SystemsTags / Context: Belegausgabepflicht, receipt, § 146a AO, TSEPDF page: 132
Belegerteilungspflicht
TERMBelegerteilungspflicht | Receipt Issuance Obligation
Austrian obligation to issue and hand over a receipt for relevant cash-payment transactions.
Relevance: Fiscalisation, Receipt Issuance, RetailTags / Context: receipt obligation, cash transaction, retail, RegistrierkassePDF page: 43