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AGD
TERMAccountant-General’s Department
Singapore Government department associated with central government vendor invoicing and payment processes, including technical routing arrangements for e-invoices submitted to Government agencies via InvoiceNow.
Relevance: B2G e-Invoicing, Government Invoicing, Public Sector PaymentsTags / Context: AGD, Accountant-General’s Department, Vendors@Gov, InvoiceNowPDF page: 278
Agencia Virtual
TERMAgencia Virtual SAT | SAT Virtual Agency
SAT online service environment used by taxpayers for FEL enablement, DTE issuance and consultation, RTU procedures, taxpayer registration services and other digital tax procedures.
Relevance: Digital Tax Services, e-Invoicing, Taxpayer PortalTags / Context: Agencia Virtual, SAT portal, FEL, DTE consultationPDF page: 142
Agent Services Account / ASA
TERMAgent Services Account
HMRC online account environment used by tax agents for selected digital tax services, including Making Tax Digital client authorisation and agent-service functions.
Relevance: Digital Tax Services, Tax Agent, MTDTags / Context: ASA, Agent Services Account, HMRC, MTDPDF page: 326
AGT
TERMAdministração Geral Tributária | General Tax Administration
Angolan tax authority responsible for tax administration, IVA administration, electronic-invoicing implementation, fiscal-data reporting, software validation and digital tax services.
Relevance: Tax Authority, VAT, e-Invoicing, Digital Tax ServicesTags / Context: AGT, Administração Geral Tributária, IVA, facturação electrónica, SAF-T(AO)PDF page: 34
AIFE
TERMAgence pour l’informatique financière de l’État | Agency for State Financial IT
French state financial IT agency responsible for Chorus Pro and public-sector invoicing infrastructure and involved in the public platform infrastructure used by the reform.
Relevance: e-Invoicing, B2G, Public Sector InfrastructureTags / Context: AIFE, Chorus Pro, public-sector invoicing, state ITPDF page: 126
AJPES
TERMAgencija Republike Slovenije za javnopravne evidence in storitve | Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Records and Related Services
Slovenian public agency responsible for public legal records and business-register data, including the Slovenian Business Register and business-entity identification data.
Relevance: Business Register, Entity Identification, Public RecordsTags / Context: AJPES, PRS, matična številka, business registerPDF page: 284
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TERMTax Agency
Greenlandic tax authority responsible for tax administration and tax-agency services in Greenland.
Relevance: Tax Authority, Digital Tax Services, Public AdministrationTags / Context: Tax Agency, Skattestyrelsen, aka.gl, Greenland tax authorityPDF page: 140
AKSHI
TERMAgjencia Kombëtare e Shoqërisë së Informacionit | National Agency for Information Society
Albanian national information-society agency relevant to the digital public-service and electronic-certificate infrastructure used in the fiscalisation environment.
Relevance: Digital Tax Infrastructure, e-ServicesTags / Context: electronic certificate, digital services, public digital infrastructurePDF page: 30
Algemene Administratie van de Fiscaliteit / Administration générale de la Fiscalité
TERMAlgemene Administratie van de Fiscaliteit / Administration générale de la Fiscalité | General Administration of Taxation
Belgian tax-administration branch within FPS Finance responsible for fiscal administration, including VAT-related administration.
Relevance: Tax Authority, VAT / GST, Tax AdministrationTags / Context: tax administration, VAT, fiscal administration, FPS FinancePDF page: 54
ALL
TERMAlgemene landsverordening Landsbelastingen | General National Ordinance on National Taxes
General national tax ordinance of Curaçao containing formal tax-administration rules, including provisions relevant to receipt issuance and fiscal cash-register obligations.
Relevance: Tax Law, Fiscalisation, Tax AdministrationTags / Context: ALL, formal tax law, receipt obligation, fiscal cash-register systemPDF page: 99
