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Russia e-Invoicing News and Updates

Every Russia e-invoicing change recorded here: 4 updates, newest first, each cited to its official source. Last change logged 1 April 2026.

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April 2026

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Russia
Technical Update

Invoice form updated for 22% VAT and advance invoices

Changes to the invoice form and the purchase and sales ledgers took effect on 1 April 2026. The FNS summary lists a new line 5b on the invoice for the details of advance invoices set off against a shipment, new ledger columns for the same purpose, and the 22% standard VAT rate applied to shipments from 1 January 2026.
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January 2026

RU
Russia
Technical Update

Old electronic waybill and act formats withdrawn

From 1 January 2026, FNS Order ED-7-26/28@ of 20 January 2025 ended the exchange through EDI operators of goods waybills and work-completion acts in the 2015 formats. Businesses that used them move to the UPD 5.03 format, which can carry the invoice as well. Paper and unstructured electronic primary documents are unaffected.
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April 2025

RU
Russia
Technical Update

Only one electronic invoice format accepted

The transition period under Order ED-7-26/970@ ended on 1 April 2025. Electronic invoices and universal transfer documents must now follow the format in Annex 1 to the order, and the FNS warned that invoices in the old format breach the Tax Code. Exchanges started before 1 April may be completed in their original format.
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February 2024

RU
Russia
Technical Update

New invoice and universal transfer document formats in force

FNS Order ED-7-26/970@ of 19 December 2023 entered into force with new electronic formats for the invoice and the universal transfer document (UPD), replacing Order MMV-7-15/820@ of 19 December 2018. Taxpayers could keep using the previous format until 1 April 2025.
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