Electronic Certificate
In order to comply with Verifactu, the billing or POS system must be equipped with a software that generates an XML file for each transaction, signs it with an electronic certificate and sends it to the Spanish National Tax Authority (AEAT).
The signature of the Verifactu Files is carried out in the SIGN ES API signing component.
Each invoice will be chained to the previous one and the digital signature guarantees that the information is not tampered with. For this, a digital certificate provided by a Qualified Trust Service Provider (eIDAS QTSP) is required.
Verifactu legislation allows the use of the following types of Electronic Certificates:
- Natural person or entity representative certificate
- Company or entity seal
- Self-employed certificate
According to the Verifactu legislation, the signature of XML files is optional for systems operating in Verifactu Mode, and mandatory in Non-Verifactu mode. Even though SIGN ES API operates in Verifactu Mode, it will electronically sign all XML files with a fiskaly-managed electronic certificate.
Why use fiskaly’s certificate?
At fiskaly, we've decided to use our own Electronic Certificate due to its multiple advantages:
- It is managed completely by fiskaly, so you don’t have to worry about expiration dates or renewal.
- The taxpayer does not have to provide its own private certificate.
- The signing and sending of the TicketBAI files can be done with the same certificate.
Using fiskaly’s electronic certificate for the signer creation allows you to be compliant without any additional effort!
The input of an external certificate is not enabled for Verifatu territories.