Which format does Colombia use for e-invoicing?

Factura electrónica (UBL 2.1). Documents go to DIAN.

Does Oltrano control the invoice number in Colombia?

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

Is Colombia a clearance country?

Yes. The document is authorised by DIAN before it is legally valid.

What is the Peppol EAS code for Colombia?

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

E-invoicing in ColombiaFactura electrónica (UBL 2.1)

Invoices are validated by DIAN before delivery to the buyer.

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The facts

What issuing in Colombia actually involves

Format	Factura electrónica (UBL 2.1)
Goes to	DIAN
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	NIT
Buyer tax ID	NIT / Cédula
Peppol EAS code	Not in the official EAS list
Integration	Factus

The part that costs a day

The catch nobody writes down

The numbering range is granted by DIAN and expires. Software that does not track the remaining range lets you issue into a range that is no longer valid, and you find out at validation.

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 Colombia 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 Colombia.

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

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