How e-Invoice data must be sent to Zambia Revenue Authoroty (ZRA)?

Tax payers must procure Electronic Fiscal Device (EFD) from authorized vendors to send e-Invoice data to Zambia.

What is electronic fiscal device?

An Electronic Fiscal Device (EFD) is a device that has fiscal memory, capacity to generate or produce tax invoices and other reports, capable of virtual transfer of data and allows online audit and monitoring of transactions.

How many types of EFDs?

There are three types of EFDs: 1. Fiscal Cash Registers for taxpayers who do manual bookkeeping, 2. Electronic Signature Device (ESD) for taxpayers using POS systems or other accounting systems, 3. Virtual Electronic Fiscal Device (V-EFD) for taxpayers using ERP, providing API-based integration.

How tax payer can procure EFD?

Tax payers can procure EFD from authorized service providers mentioned in the official list.

What are the penalties if taxpayer is not issuing tax invoices?

Failure to issue tax invoices attracts penalties: First offence – up to ZMW 30,000.00; Second offence – up to ZMW 60,000.00; Third or subsequent offence – up to ZMW 90,000.00 or imprisonment up to 3 years, or both.

How taxilla helps to comply with e-Invoicing in Zambia

Taxilla is a Regtech platform that transforms data from any source system into EFD-compliant format, helping taxpayers comply with minimal system changes. It also allows custom invoice PDF design as per ZRA guidelines.