Which format does Brazil use for e-invoicing?

NF-e and NFC-e. Documents go to SEFAZ of the issuing state.

Does Oltrano control the invoice number in Brazil?

No, and no tool can. In Brazil the authority assigns the sequence; we record what it returns.

Is Brazil a clearance country?

Yes. The document is authorised by SEFAZ of the issuing state before it is legally valid.

What is the Peppol EAS code for Brazil?

Brazil has no code in the official Peppol EAS list, so we do not guess one.

E-invoicing in BrazilNF-e and NFC-e

Documents are authorised by the state tax authority before they take effect.

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The facts

What issuing in Brazil actually involves

Format	NF-e and NFC-e
Goes to	SEFAZ of the issuing state
Regime	Clearance — the authority authorises the document before it is valid
Invoice number	Assigned by the authority, not by us — we record what comes back
Seller tax ID	CNPJ
Buyer tax ID	CNPJ / CPF
Peppol EAS code	Not in the official EAS list
Integration	Focus NFe

The part that costs a day

The catch nobody writes down

The number is not yours. Série and número come from the authorised sequence, so any invoicing tool that insists on its own numbering is lying about something. Ours steps aside and records what SEFAZ assigns.

The number is not yours here

The authority owns the sequence, so we step aside and record what comes back. Any tool that promises you full control of the number in Brazil is describing something that cannot happen.

Tax is computed from the base

Never extracted from the gross. The two formulas differ by a cent and the wrong one gets the file rejected. The leftover cent is declared as payment rounding (BT-114), where the standard puts it.

Straight talk

What we do not do in Brazil.

We do not hold your signing certificate, we do not file your periodic returns, and we are not your accountant.

Issuing here goes through Focus NFe, with your own credentials. We build the document, validate it, send it and record what comes back.