Concepts — Fiscal invoicing¶

This section explains the vocabulary and inner workings of the module.

Key notions¶

FNE (Facture Normalisée Électronique): electronic invoice certification system of the DGI of Côte d'Ivoire.
DGI: Direction Générale des Impôts, the tax authority of Côte d'Ivoire that governs the FNE.
FNE API key: access credential that links your organization to the FNE platform. It is obtained during the regulatory activation (in French).
Excel import: file of invoices and credit notes loaded into the module in the FNE template format. An import groups and tracks all the documents of one file.
Submission: sending an invoice or a credit note to the FNE for certification. Each submission gets a status (accepted, rejected, canceled).
FNE reference: identifier returned by the FNE for a certified invoice, which attests to its normalization.
Credit note: document that cancels or reduces a certified invoice. See the glossary.
Sticker: certification unit consumed for each document submitted to the FNE. The remaining balance is visible on the dashboard.
External backup: automatic copy of the certified PDFs to a third-party storage (SFTP, Google Drive, Azure Blob), depending on your plan.

Invoices and credit notes can enter the module in several ways:

Manual: Excel file imported through the interface.
SFTP / Google Drive / Azure Blob: automatic collection of files dropped on an external storage configured in the Settings.
Minlessika: documents coming from the other modules of the platform.