EIS
TERMElectronic Tax Invoicing System
Malawi’s software-based tax-invoicing system used by taxpayers to issue electronic tax invoices, maintain stock records and transmit transaction data to MRA in real time.
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Global Fiscalisation Terminology Reference
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EIS
TERMElectronic Invoicing System
Broader Rwanda electronic invoicing system concept referring to RRA-certified invoice / receipt issuance methods and sales-data transmission to RRA, commonly associated with or previously referred to as EBM.
EIS CERT
TERMEIS Certification
BIR certification confirming that the taxpayer’s sales-data transmission middleware or system has met the required criteria for transmitting sales data to EIS.
EIS Portal
TERMElectronic Tax Invoicing System Portal
Web-based EIS access environment used by taxpayers and developers to access EIS services, create accounts, sign in and access developer resources.
eIzvještavanje
TERMe-Reporting
Official Fiscalisation 2.0 e-reporting process for reporting prescribed e-invoice, payment, collection or status-related data to the Tax Administration.
EKA
TERMElektroniskais kases aparāts / elektroniskā kases sistēma | Electronic Cash Register / Electronic Cash Register System
Latvian electronic cash-register or cash-register-system term used in the fiscal-device control environment.
EKA
TERMElektroninis kasos aparatas | Electronic Cash Register
Lithuanian electronic cash-register term used in the fiscal-device control and i.EKA environment.
EKA etalonmodelis
TERMEKA Reference Model
Reference model used in the conformity-assessment and registration environment for electronic cash registers or electronic cash-register systems.
EKA numeris
TERMCash Register Number
Cash-register identifier assigned in the Lithuanian i.EKA fiscalisation environment and used in receipt and report control data.
eKasa
TERMeKasa Online Cash-Register System
Slovak online cash-register fiscalisation system used for recording cash-register data from eKasa cash registers and communicating those data to the Financial Administration environment.
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