TicketBAI – TicketSI

Jan 16, 2020 | Immediate Information Supply (SII)

Ticket Bai It is a joint project between the regional tax authorities of Bizkaia, Araba, Gipuzkoa, and Navarra and the Basque Government, which aims to facilitate taxpayers' compliance with their obligations and combat tax fraud. Protect consumers and maintain exhaustive control over economic activities. With this in mind, it is clear that this procedure will eventually be implemented throughout Spain in the short term.

The measure already exists in other European countries such as Sweden, Austria, and Portugal and is aimed at all taxpayers, both companies and self-employed individuals, who receive payments for the sale of goods or services to their customers.

Who is required to comply with TicketBAI?

If you are a company, professional services consultancy/firm, or self-employed business in the Basque Country, you will have to adopt the new Ticket Bai (TBAI) regulations.

When will Ticket Bai come into effect?

It will come into effect gradually starting in July 2020.

What requirements must be met with TicketBai?

The implementation of TicketBAI (TBAI), the Basque Government's electronic invoicing system, means that taxpayers who issue receipts or invoices must have a certificate of receipt or invoice issuance in order to perform the following actions

Inclusion of a QR code and TBAI on the invoice or receipt
Preparation and sending of a file containing the invoice data and a digital fingerprint that identifies the device, the program, and the user.

What is the easyap service for the issuance and billing process with TicketBAI (TBAI)?

Once the issuer generates the invoice in the normal way, without any change to their accounting system, it is sent to easyap either online or via a file extraction process.
easyap generates the TBAI and QR codes. These codes will appear on the invoice the client receives. The invoice may be paper, PDF or any electronic invoice format.
The invoice is signed electronically on the easyap platform prior to issuing.
The invoice will be sent to both the web service defined for this purpose by the administration , and to the client, in the format that he client requires (paper, pdf, signed pdf, electronic invoice).

If desired, the customer can view/download the invoice from the easyap web portal.

On the easyap portal, you can check the status of the submission and acceptance of the document by both the regional agency and the customer. If desired, the status can be reported to the customer's accounting system.