CASE 7
Testing the world’s first ViDA reporting pilots
Danish service provider mySupply participated in the NSG&B pilots for implementing EU's ViDA legislation aiming to digitalize VAT for trade within the EU from 2030. The pilots were the world’s first attempt to generate a so-called ViDA report by testing a receiver system for tax administrations in the Peppol eDelivery network.
MySupply is based in Denmark with its headquarters in Nørresundby, where it helps clients with eInvoicing.
The NSG&B receiver system for ViDA reports was developed through two pilot projects that sent digital business documents across ERP-systems and tax administrations in the Nordic countries.
Coordination of national efforts gives great value
In both pilots, mySupply has had the role of service provider and also serving in the role of a national tax authority. Charlotte Skovhus, Consultant Manager, mySupply emphasizes that: “For service providers like us, it is of great value that countries and authorities coordinate their efforts and have interoperable standards, so that our solutions can work across countries”.
The first pilot focused on sending eInvoices from one Nordic country to another through the Peppol network. The ViDA-relevant part of the pilot was to digitally extract relevant data from the eInvoice and reporting them to the tax administration of two countries in real time. The second pilot was more advanced and contained also digital handling of credit notes related to the ViDA directive.
mySupply participated in these two pilots with its background as a service provider, receiving digital business documents – or PDF documents scanned by AI – on behalf of customers. These documents are validated and converted into the desired format before being sent to the customers business system – for instance their ERP-system.
Many years of finding common solutions for eDocuments
Charlotte Skovhuus is positive for the next steps for the ViDA implementation as well as the wider digitalization and automation in the region using the interoperable eDocuments:
The Nordic countries have a strong footprint in electronic document exchange and many years of experience to draw on when it comes to solving common challenges and finding shared solutions that can work across national borders. Similarly, cooperation between different authorities within digitalization, taxation, business, and economics can contribute with integrated solutions across various domains and I look forward to follow the efforts the coming years.Charlotte Skovhuus is a managing consultant at Danish eInvoicing company mySupply ApS
Learn more about NSG&Bs pilots for implementing EU’s ViDA Legislation here: https://nordicsmartgovernment.org/get-started-use-digital-solutions-based-on-standard-e-documents