Author:
Christopher Klug
Basswood Counsel
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Edited by:
Integra International
Grant Gilmour, B.Sc., MBA, CA, CPA Canada, BC, CPA USA, Az, GDipICL.Sc.
INTEGRA TAX WORLD NEWSLETTER EDITOR
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E-invoicing in USA in 2026
The United States has no E-Invoicing Requirement at the federal level; also there is no E-Invoicing requirement at the State level. The Federal Government and Certain State Contracts use an E-Invoicing system for certain government contracts. There are significant challenges to E-Invoicing; primarily variation in E-Invoice formats and providers which makes it harder to find a uniform approach at the federal or state level.
This leaves U.S. multinational companies to find ways to comply with laws of other countries with E-Invoicing requirements.
- The Business Payments Coalition (BPC):The BPC is a coalition that brings together businesses, financial institutions, software vendors, and other industry experts to collaborate on e-invoicing solutions. The BPC is a coalition of diverse stakeholders, supported by the Federal Reserve System, working to promote the widespread adoption of electronic business-to-business payments, e-invoices, and remittance data in the U.S. Through developing industry standards and conducting pilot programs like the U.S. e-invoicing Pilot Project, the BPC aims to create a standardized electronic exchange framework for businesses to enable greater straight-through processing and reduce reliance on paper-based checks and manual processes. The initiative helps the U.S. catch up with other developed countries in modernizing its B2B payment infrastructure.
Digital Business Networks Alliance(DBNAlliance)
- The BPC led to the creation of the DBNAlliance. The DBNAlliance established a U.S. e-invoice exchange network. Through a set of standards and policies, the Exchange Framework allows businesses to connect once, and share electronic invoices with one another, regardless of the platform, system, application or network they use for processing invoices.
- For Buyers, the framework provides a streamlined approach to the exchange of business documents, enabling all members of a company’s supply chain to connect to the framework and submit invoices electronically to their customers –regardless of the Access Point Service Provider used
- For Suppliers, the framework enables organizations to exchange business documents with their customers, streamlining the invoice-to-cash process and reducing exceptions. The framework also promotes an environment of interoperability, allowing suppliers to easily connect to virtually any e-invoicing Access Point service provider and submit invoices to customers.
The USA is building the commercial cooperation and industry standards to support widespread e-invoicing. Tune in again to see what progress has been made.
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About the Author:
Christopher Klug:
Chris serves clients with domestic and international taxation, tax controversy, corporate/business planning, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, and domestic and international estate planning. Chris has extensive experience working with companies with domestic and international income tax planning. This work includes inbound and outbound mergers and acquisitions and other transactional tax matters. As a former tax professor, Chris has a strong background in subchapter C and S corporate taxation and partnership taxation and uses this knowledge to develop tax strategies for clients. Chris represents companies, private equity funds, hedge funds, joint ventures, real estate funds, and family offices.
About Basswood Counsel:
Basswood Counsel (formerly Klug Counsel), we strive to achieve optimal results for our clients through close collaboration of professionals across integrated fields including tax, finance, accounting, private wealth planning, and legal. Our services include tax, accounting, private equity and venture capital formation and advisory, domestic and international business consulting, mergers and acquisitions, trust and estate planning, and specialized private fund administration. Our goal is to provide comprehensive, efficient, and professional service through one coordinated team.
Basswood Counsel is particularly suited to provide sophisticated tax planning and structuring for federal, state, and international taxation to corporations, partnerships, private equity funds, nonprofits, individuals, and family offices.
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