Webservice AT
TERMAT Web Service
Electronic communication channel used by software systems to communicate invoice, transport-document or other fiscal data to AT where web-service transmission is available under the relevant regime.
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Global Fiscalisation Terminology Reference
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wirtualna kasa fiskalna
TERMVirtual Fiscal Cash Register
Common Polish expression for a software-based fiscal cash-register solution permitted for specified taxpayer groups and connected to the online cash-register / CRK environment.
X Report / X-Report
TERMX Report
Interim report generated during a business day to show current sales or fiscal totals without closing the fiscal period.
XML
TERMExtensible Markup Language
Structured data markup language widely used to represent and exchange electronic invoice and fiscal-reporting data.
XP Z12-012
TERMAFNOR XP Z12-012
French AFNOR experimental standard covering formats for invoices, lifecycle statuses and e-reporting within the French reform context.
XP Z12-013
TERMAFNOR XP Z12-013
French AFNOR experimental standard covering API and exchange-route specifications for the French e-invoicing and e-reporting reform.
XP Z12-014
TERMAFNOR XP Z12-014
French AFNOR experimental standard covering B2B use cases and business scenarios in the French e-invoicing reform.
XRechnung
TERMXRechnung
German structured electronic invoice standard based on EN 16931, maintained by KoSIT and used especially in public-sector e-invoicing.
XSD
TERMXML Schema Definition
Schema language used to define the structure, data types and validation rules for XML documents such as electronic invoices or fiscal reports.
Y-tunnus
TERMYritys- ja yhteisötunnus | Business ID
Finnish business identifier used to identify companies and organisations in invoicing, tax administration and business-register contexts, and used as the basis for forming the Finnish VAT number where the taxpayer is VAT-registered.
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