eInvoicing: Irish eInvoice Guideline for Shared Services

The NSAI Technical Committee 002/SC 12 on eProcurement produced the following guidance document.

The purpose is to help suppliers that are beginning to trade electronically with these public bodies, to plan the configuration of their system, particularly if intending to trade with more than one shared service. This should help to reduce any associated costs and shorten (the time to) implementation time.

This is not a definitive list but a summary of the common requirements. If you are a supplier to a specific public sector body, you will receive more detailed information when you are being on-boarded by them. For example, this guide would be useful if you are already sending eInvoices to a Local Authority and then need to send eInvoices to Central Government Departments, it will show what is common to both and what (extra few) additional elements are specific.

The document contains a list of elements required to send EN16931 compliant eInvoices to Irish public sector bodies serviced by shared services operations namely Central Government Departments (NSSO), Local Government (LGMA), HSE (National Finance Division) and Department of Education ETBs (ESBS).