This topic summarizes the changes in the API and VRBL in this release.

You can read a summary of the application's new and updated features in the Vertex e-Invoicing Release Notes topic in Vertex Community.

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Features per country

Detailed information about supported countries is provided in the Supported Countries topic.

New countries and formats

Support was added for the following new countries and formats:

• Norway is now supported. Details are provided in the Norway: Overview section.
• Poland is now supported. Details are provided in the Poland: Overview topic. This includes both Poland B2G: Overview and Poland B2B: Overview sections covering both formats.
• The Spanish B2G format is now supported. Details are provided in the Spain B2G: Overview section.
• Taiwan is now supported. Details are provided in the Taiwan: Overview section.

Updated country content

The following content was updated:

• The content for France was updated. Details are provided in the France: Overview section. The following topics were added to the France: Configuration Overview sub-section:
  • France: Buyer Reference
  • France: Order Reference
  • France: Supplier's Electronic Address
  • France: Supplier Identifier
  • France: Buyer's Electronic Address
  • France: Buyer Identifier
  • France: Payment Means
• The following topics were added to the Germany B2B: Configuration Overview section:
  • Germany B2B: Receiver Details
  • Germany B2B: Supplier's Electronic Address
  • Germany B2B: Buyer's Electronic Address
• The Portugal: Overview topic has been updated.
• Saudi Arabia: Overview: The following updates were made to Saudi Arabia:
  • Self-billing is now supported for Saudi Arabia. More information is provided in the Saudi Arabia: Invoice Type Code topic. Examples were added to the Saudi Arabia: Example Documents topic.
  • The following configuration topics were added:
    • Saudi Arabia: Third Party Invoice Indicator
    • Saudi Arabia: Nominal Invoice Indicator
    • Saudi Arabia: Summary Invoice Indicator
    • Saudi Arabia: Simplified Invoice Indicator
  • The Saudi Arabia: Invoice Subtype Code topic was removed as this no longer needed.
  • The Saudi Arabia: Supplier's Invoice Document Reference topic was updated with new elements and Extension.
  • The following Extensions were added or can now be used with Saudi Arabia:
    • ThirdPartyIndicator (Extn)
    • NominalInvoiceIndicator (Extn)
    • SummaryInvoiceIndicator (Extn)
    • SimplifiedInvoiceIndicator (Extn)
  • New topics were added to the Germany B2G: Configuration Overview section.
  • The Japan: Invoice Issue Time topic was added to the Japan: Configuration Overview section.
  • The following topics were updated in the Japan: Overview section:
    • Japan: Allowances and Charges (Document Level): New Tax Category ID values were added. These are also listed in the Japan: Standard Values topic.

Documentation updates

The following updates were made to this documentation:

• The VRBL Reference Guide was updated with new Elements, Extensions, and other content.
• The Rules were updated.
  • Four rules have been removed from the Belgium: Rules topic.
  • Four rules have been removed from the Denmark: Rules topic.
  • Four rules were removed from the Estonia: Rules topic.
  • Rules were added to the France: Rules topic.
  • Rules were removed from the Germany B2B: Rules topic. New ones were added.
  • Rules were removed from the Germany B2G: Rules topic. New ones were added.
  • Four rules were removed from the Greece: Rules topic.
  • Four rules were removed from the Italy: Rules topic and four new ones were added.
  • Some rules were removed and 10 new rules were added to the Japan: Rules topic.
  • Four rules were removed from the Malaysia: Rules topic.
  • Four rules were removed from the Netherlands: Rules topic.
  • Four rules were removed from the Malaysia: Rules topic.
  • Four rules were removed from the Romania: Rules topic.
  • Four rules were removed and five were added to the Saudi Arabia: Rules topic.
  • Two rules were removed from the Serbia: Rules topic.
  • Four country-specific rules were removed from the Slovakia: Rules topic.
  • Four country-specific rules were removed from the Slovenia: Rules topic.
  • Four country-specific rules were removed from the Spain B2B: Rules topic.
  • Four rules were removed from the Sweden: Rules topic.
• The Elements tables were updated to improve readability.
• The Domains and Transaction Types topic was added.