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Tax compliance

The e-MECeF standardised invoice in Benin: what is required, and how to comply

Since the invoicing reform, a VAT-registered business in Benin can no longer issue an ordinary invoice. Every sale must produce a standardised invoice, transmitted to the Direction Générale des Impôts and carrying its seal. Here is who is concerned, what the invoice must carry, the three possible routes, and the trap that costs merchants the most: double data entry.

14 August 2026 · 13 min read
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