eInvoicing continues to be adopted across New Zealand with hundreds of businesses registering every month.
Inland Revenue also accepts eInvoices. We prefer to receive eInvoices system to system instead of PDFs through email. Sending us eInvoices helps the processing and payment of your invoice to run more smoothly and significantly reduces the risk of malicious email interception with the intent of diverting payment.
To ensure we can receive and process your eInvoices, please add our New Zealand Business Number (NZBN) 9429041926024 to your contact records and make sure your eInvoices have a purchase order number on them.
What is eInvoicing and how it benefits you
eInvoicing is the digital exchange of invoice information directly between buyers’ and suppliers’ financial systems, even if these systems are different. Because eInvoicing allows you to connect to any financial system through an open network, you can connect to all the buyers in your invoicing system.
With eInvoicing, businesses no longer need to generate paper-based or PDF invoices that have to be printed, posted or emailed, and buyers no longer need to manually enter these into their financial system.
Removing manual handling of your invoices means invoice information gets to the right place, at the right time with less chance of errors happening along the way. This all helps to reduce delays in processing and payment of your invoices and disrupts payment redirection scams.
Getting set up to send eInvoices
Most businesses already have easy and affordable access to eInvoicing capability. Some finance and invoicing systems including TechOne, Oracle, SAP Microsoft, Xero and MYOB are already eInvoicing-capable, with many more adding the functionality.
Everything you need to get set up for eInvoicing is available at the eInvoicing government website.