Is there an internationally accepted billing form standard?

Question

Fintech

Hi all. I have a system. It should automatically bill. In this case, the invoice is issued individually. Is there a generally accepted standard / balance sheet for invoicing that would be suitable for both the USA and the Russian Federation, for example.

Answer 1

There is no completely universal international form for invoicing and there will not be in the next 10+ years.
However, approximately 99% of clients will be satisfied if the following items are included in the invoice:
1. From whom the invoice is from: full name of the company, legal entity. address, tax number/identifier and, if available, VAT/VAT number
2. Account to: full name of the company, legal entity. address, tax number/ID and, if available, VAT/VAT number
3. It is advisable to number each item: Description of the services/goods rendered with dates and amounts of net, gross and percentage of VAT/VAT and other taxes (for example, VAT) both for each item separately and for the whole account - i.e. TOTAL both for net, gross, and for VAT/VAT, EPT and the like, if any and if there are more than one, then the amount for each of them and all taxes together.
4. Date and place of invoicing.
5. Each account must have a unique number, numbering in order, i.e. e.g. "1, 2, 3, 4", not "2, 1, 4, 3". It is convenient to number the accounts like this: "4 digits of the year" + "separator" + "serial number of the account for the year". Example: 2015/129 or 2015-129. If you have many invoices, you can add a month and/or day after the year: 2015/08-129 or 2015-08-27/129. Although I'm sure there are countries where there are strict requirements for the number template, but not being under their jurisdiction, you should not comply with them. Your foreign partner may ask you to change the account design (add data required by local law), but cannot require you to remove data or change the numbering of accounts.
6. A signature or seal, oddly enough, is not mandatory everywhere, but they will not be superfluous (at least a signature).
7. Your bank details or other contact details for payment.
8. You can specify your contact details (phone number, real postal address, if different from legal, email, website, etc.)
Usually, at the top of the bill they write to whom, then and from whom (payment details can be specified either here or at the end). Then point 3 of the above and then the date and place of the invoice with a signature (it does not interfere, but in some places it is needed) and a seal (if any). At the very bottom (footer) they often write bank details and other contact information.

Answer 2

There is, of course, it was definitely on the dow, it was also reposted somewhere on my facebook page.

Answer 3

I'm not sure that there is a completely universal form for everyone. but there are definitely international standards that specify certain criteria that must be met in the formation of an account (mandatory information that must be provided).

Answer 4

no, these are different jurisdictions and different languages, they have their own requirements for the account, we have our own.