With electronic invoicing, businesses save 40% in this tax process

More than 230,000 national taxpayers must issue mandatory electronic payment vouchers this year. According to Armando Sánchez, commercial director of the Digiflow electronic billing company, the Lima Chamber of Commerce, with the move to digital broadcasting, 40% can be saved in the process of issuing vouchers.

an expense of printing, distributing, storing and safeguarding the documentation.

"The economy is very significant because even an area of ​​the company has to be used for storage, since Sunat forces to keep the coupons for a period of five years," he said.

Large taxpayers were required to bill electronically. By Sunat resolution, 2018, 80% of other tributaries will be covered.

This month, it will be the turn of the mortgage companies. In August, all exports of goods and manufacturing, construction, hotels and restaurants will do so, with annual revenues equal to or above 150 ITU in 2016. In November, they will all be those whose incomes are equal to or greater than 150 2016 or 2107.

Unformalized

In December 2017, 15 million electronic coupons were issued. Last June, 300 million. Renzo León, Managing Director of Digiflow, says the figure represents an accelerated step towards digital, but not an increase in formality. Companies, who have never paid with printed receipts, will not do so with electronic means.

"It's a way of automating, but not a motivation to formalize, it's a way to grow in a company that's already formal," he added.

He adds that the state should promote policies that motivate formalization. IGV Justo, which allows some companies to extend the payment of taxes up to 90 days. "The state has to understand things for the benefits rather than for the bonds," he said.