SVAT
TERMSimplified Value Added Tax Scheme
Sri Lankan simplified VAT scheme administered by the IRD for defined VAT registered persons, including Registered Identified Purchasers and Registered Identified Suppliers.
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Global Fiscalisation Terminology Reference
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SVCV
TERMSimplified VAT Credit Voucher
Credit voucher provided by the IRD to Registered Identified Purchasers for issue to Registered Identified Suppliers with a value equivalent to suspended VAT on supplies under the SVAT framework.
Svefaktura
TERMSvefaktura
Swedish electronic-invoice format historically used in Sweden and still relevant as a national e-invoicing term, while current Swedish public-sector recommendations favour Peppol BIS Billing 3.
SYGMEF
TERMSystème de Gestion des Machines Électroniques de Facturation | Electronic Invoicing Machine Management System
System used for the management of electronic invoicing machines within Burkina Faso’s certified electronic-invoicing implementation framework.
SyGMEF
TERMSystème de Gestion des Machines Electroniques de Facturation | Electronic Invoicing Machine Management System
Niger DGI system for managing electronic invoicing machines within the SECeF certified-invoice framework, including taxpayer access and invoice verification functions.
SyGMEF
TERMSystème de Gestion des Machines Électroniques de Facturation | Electronic Invoicing Machine Management System
Beninese DGI system used to manage access to the e-MECeF environment and support the electronic issuance and verification of standardised invoices.
Syntax
TERMSyntax
Technical representation format used to encode a semantic data model into a machine-readable structure such as XML or JSON.
Systém pre pokladnice eKasa
TERMSystem for eKasa Cash Registers
Environment established by the Financial Directorate for recording data messages sent from eKasa cash registers.
System-to-System Integration
TERMSystem-to-System Integration with EFRIS
EFRIS integration method where a taxpayer’s ERP, POS or business transaction system connects directly with EFRIS for electronic fiscal-document issuance and transaction-data exchange.
Système de facturation électronique
TERMElectronic Invoicing System
Electronic invoicing environment described as part of the Facture Normalisée reform, supporting electronic handling of standardised invoices and tax control.
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