CWA 16049:2009

The present CEN Workshop Agreement gives guidance for the assessment of new technologies and business processes. The result of the assessment is a high-level (approximate) analysis on how technologies and business processes can be integrated into the eInvoicing environment. The analysis shows the compliance with (legal and organisational) requirements - or the according gaps - and gives guidance for implementation to the business community. These requirements include Value Added Tax (VAT) legislation but are not limited to it. They comprehend accounting, company and commercial law, as well as any other kind of regulation. Therefore, the assessment guidelines are not only aimed at implementing VAT-compliant eInvoicing, but at eInvoicing in general. The methodology chosen consists of following a few well-defined steps. It consists of comparing the new technologies or business processes against a framework describing the eInvoicing environment.