Certified Invoicing System / CIS
TERMCertified Invoicing System
Taxpayer invoicing, accounting, POS or ERP system certified for integration with ZRA Smart Invoice, normally through the VSDC interface.
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Global Fiscalisation Terminology Reference
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Certified Provider
TERMCertified Provider
Service provider formally certified or approved to provide e-invoicing, fiscalisation, reporting, clearance, transmission or archiving services.
Certifierat kassaregister
TERMCertified Cash Register
Cash register that meets Swedish cash-register requirements and is used together with a certified control unit or certified control system where the statutory cash-register obligation applies.
Certifierat kontrollsystem
TERMCertified Control System
Certified control system used in the Swedish cash-register framework as an alternative technical control arrangement to a physical control unit where applicable.
Certifikatë Elektronike
TERMCertifikatë Elektronike | Electronic Certificate
Electronic certificate used for secure identification, signing and electronic communication in the Albanian fiscalisation and e-invoicing environment.
Certifikimi i PEF / Сертификација ФЕО
TERMCertification of Fiscal Electronic Equipment
Certification process for fiscal electronic equipment, fiscal systems or fiscal electronic software before use in the Kosovo fiscalisation environment.
Certifikovaný poskytovateľ doručovacej služby
TERMCertified Delivery-Service Provider
Certified provider recorded in the Financial Directorate’s evidence of delivery-service providers and used for secure sending and receiving of structured electronic invoices in the Slovak eFaktúra model.
certyfikat KSeF
TERMKSeF Certificate
Certificate used in KSeF-related processes, including offline-mode handling and generation of QR-code data where required for invoices issued or made available outside the online KSeF process.
CF-e
TERMCupom Fiscal Eletrônico | Electronic Fiscal Coupon
Brazilian electronic fiscal coupon used in specific retail fiscalisation environments, including SAT-CF-e and MFE contexts.
CFC
TERMComprobante Fiscal de Contingencia | Contingency Fiscal Document
Paper contingency fiscal document defined for each CFE type and used where electronic CFE issuance is affected by contingency conditions.
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