Electronic invoicing: A Latin American Innovation with Global Reach by Alberto Barreix, Monica Calijuri, Axel Radics, Marta Ruiz-Arranz published by IDB (4/2025).
“Over the past two decades, electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) has transformed tax administrations worldwide. This innovative solution was created in Latin America and first launched in 2003 in Chile, and then in Brazil and Mexico. Since then, this digital transformation has significantly increased transparency and tax collection and reduced economic informality in many countries.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has backed the process of adoption and refining e-invoicing in Latin America. Over the past 20 years, the bank has provided technical assistance and financing to implement e-invoicing in 17 countries[1] and in all Brazilian states, in coordination with other international organizations, notably the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT)…”
