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Certificado Electrónico Reconocido / CER
TERMRecognised Electronic Certificate
Electronic certificate issued by an accredited certification-service provider and used in Uruguay’s CFE framework for electronic signing and authentication.
Relevance: Digital Identity, e-Invoicing, Electronic SignatureTags / Context: CER, certificado electrónico reconocido, CFE, firma electrónicaPDF page: 330
Certificador de DTE
TERMCertificador de Documento Tributario Electrónico | Electronic Tax Document Certifier
Individual or legal entity authorised by SAT to certify DTEs, return certified documents to the issuer for delivery to the recipient and transmit them to SAT for validity or rejection processing.
Relevance: e-Invoicing, Certification, Digital Tax InfrastructureTags / Context: Certificador de DTE, authorised certifier, validation, certificationPDF page: 142
Certificador SAT
TERMCertificador de la Superintendencia de Administración Tributaria | SAT Certifier
SAT certification route used for free DTE issuance through Agencia Virtual and App FEL, where SAT acts as the certifier for the taxpayer’s DTEs.
Relevance: e-Invoicing, Certification, Public PlatformTags / Context: Certificador SAT, SAT certifier, Agencia Virtual, App FELPDF page: 142
Certificat
TERMCertificate
Compliance certificate issued by an accredited body to prove that a cash-register software or system satisfies the French legal requirements for data integrity, security, conservation and archiving.
Relevance: Fiscalisation, Certification, Cash-Register SoftwareTags / Context: certificat, organisme accrédité, logiciel de caisse, Article 286 CGIPDF page: 126
certificat de atribuire a numărului unic de identificare
TERMCertificate for Allocation of the Unique Identification Number
Certificate through which the unique identification number of an electronic fiscal cash register is communicated to the user before being entered into the fiscal memory at installation.
Relevance: Fiscalisation, Device Registration, NUITags / Context: certificat de atribuire, număr unic de identificare, NUI, AMEFPDF page: 257
Certificat électronique TunTrust
TERMTunTrust Electronic Certificate
Electronic certificate issued through the Tunisian electronic-certification infrastructure and used for authentication and electronic signing of electronic invoices.
Relevance: e-Invoicing, Authentication, Digital CertificateTags / Context: certificat électronique, TunTrust, ANCE, facture électroniquePDF page: 313
Certificate of Compliance
TERMCertificate of Compliance
GRA-issued document confirming that an individual or company has filed outstanding tax returns and paid taxes due.
Relevance: Tax Compliance, Taxpayer ServicesTags / Context: Certificate of Compliance, tax compliance, GRAPDF page: 145
Certification
TERMCertification
Formal confirmation that a product, service, system, provider or process satisfies defined technical, legal or operational requirements.
Relevance: Fiscalisation, e-Invoicing, ComplianceTags / Context: certification, certified system, approved provider, compliance approvalPDF page: 17
Certified Electronic Billing Machine
TERMCertified Electronic Billing Machine
RRA-recognised EBM configuration used to issue tax-recognised invoices or receipts and support sales-data reporting to the Rwanda Revenue Authority.
Relevance: Fiscalisation, Certified System, Sales Data ReportingTags / Context: certified EBM, Electronic Billing Machine, RRA, tax invoicePDF page: 265
Certified Electronic VAT Invoice
TERMCertified Electronic VAT Invoice
Commissioner-General certified electronic VAT invoice issued through an approved E-VAT certified invoicing process.
Relevance: e-Invoicing, VAT, Document Type, FiscalisationTags / Context: certified electronic VAT invoice, E-VAT, GRA, VAT invoicePDF page: 135