Tax compliance company Sovos announced Tuesday the general availability of Sovos Compliance Network, its global e-invoicing and continuous transaction controls platform.
Sitting at the center of the Sovos Tax Compliance Cloud, Compliance Network enables multinational businesses to manage e-invoicing compliance across multiple countries, formats, and government platforms from a single platform—eliminating the need to allocate resources for local point solutions market by market, the company says.
According to Sovos, at least eight major e-invoicing mandates across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific take effect within the next 18 months—each based upon a different compliance model: clearance via certified private providers in France and Spain, a centralized government platform in Poland, post-audit in Germany, and Peppol five-corner networks in the UAE, Oman, Slovakia, Norway, and Singapore.
“For multinationals, this is not a single compliance project. It is a permanent operating condition,” Sovos said in a media release on June 2.
“The current volume and pace of mandate change is unlike anything we have seen before,” Sovos CEO Kevin Akeroyd said in a statement. “Businesses face concurrent deadlines, divergent technical standards, and varying penalties—all while keeping invoice flows uninterrupted. Compliance Network was built for exactly this environment. One platform, continuous regulatory readiness.”
Sovos says it has operated in continuous transaction controls environments since its inception—from Latin America’s first-generation clearance mandates in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia, to early European and Middle East adoptions in Turkey and Saudi Arabia, to the current wave across Western Europe and APAC.
The following tax and e-invoicing mandates are addressed by the Sovos Compliance Network:
France: Pilot February 2026/Mandatory September 2026
Large and midsized companies must issue and receive e-invoices from 1 September 2026, routed through a government-approved Plateforme Agréée. Sovos holds PA status, has completed PPF interoperability testing, and is facilitating its customers’ and partners’ participation pilot phase.
Poland (KSeF 2.0): Live Since February 2026
All value-added tax-registered businesses must submit structured e-invoices through Poland’s centralized KSeF platform—paper and PDF invoices are no longer valid for B2B. Sovos says it maintained full customer readiness through multiple timeline shifts and schema revisions.
United Arab Emirates: Pilot July 2026/Mandatory January 2027
Large businesses (AED 50 million-plus revenue) must comply from Jan. 1, 2027, via a Peppol five-corner model with penalties of AED 5,000 per month from day one. Existing Compliance Network customers can extend to UAE through the same platform and have until Oct. 30, 2026, to appoint their accredited service provider.
Germany: Receiving: January 2025/Issuing: January 2027
Businesses with turnover above EUR 800,000 must issue e-invoices (XRechnung or ZUGFeRD being the most common German formats) from January 2027, but transmission method is not mandated—fundamentally different from France’s clearance or Poland’s centralized approach, Soros says.
Spain: Large Businesses: Expected October 2027 (Official Timeline TBD)
Spain is evolving from a real-time reporting model to full mandatory B2B e-invoicing, building on existing frameworks such as SII (Suministro Inmediato de Información) and public sector e-invoicing requirements. Spain’s Royal Decree establishing mandatory B2B e-invoicing was adopted in March 2026, with rollout mandated approximately 12 months after parliament approval (expected October 2026, meaning proposed go-live is estimated October 2027). Sovos says it has supported companies with their SII obligations since 2017.
Slovakia & Norway: January 2027
Both markets mandate Peppol-based e-invoicing from Jan. 1, 2027. Norway accelerated its timeline by a full year, a signal that governments are pulling deadlines forward, not extending them, Sovos says.
Singapore: Phased Rollout Through 2031
Singapore’s InvoiceNow program, built on Peppol’s PINT-SG format, scales to all GST-registered entities by 2031. Sovos says its acquisition of the Tax Technology ASP business unit from IRIS last August gives it a direct APAC market presence to support regional customers.
“The divergence in compliance models across these markets is not a transitional phase—it is the permanent state of global e-invoicing,” Steve Sprague, chief strategy officer at Sovos, said in a statement. “Compliance Network absorbs that complexity on behalf of our customers. From clearance models and centralized platforms to Peppol networks and post-audit regimes, we handle the full spectrum so that businesses can focus on growth, not compliance firefighting.”
Sovos Compliance Network is available globally. For more information, visit sovos.com.
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