Regulatory updates - Jordan

The Director General of the Income and Sales Tax Department, Hossam Abu Ali, called on those obligated to use the national electronic invoicing system to reconcile their situations legally via an electronic link. The reconciliation entails registering and joining the national electronic invoicing system before the end of May. This would allow taxpayers to avoid penalties.

All invoices for the sale of goods or services in Jordan must be issued through JoFotara or via systems directly integrated with the platform. Only invoices generated through JoFotara are considered valid and can be claimed for a tax deduction.

SCOPE

Transactions: B2G (business-to-government), B2B (business-to-business), and B2C (business-to-consumer).

Documents: Income invoices, sales invoices, special sales invoices, simplified invoices, and credit invoices (for income invoices, sales invoices, and special sales invoices).

TIMELINE 

• 2019: standardization of invoice content and record retention
• 2021: JoFotara (National Electronic Invoicing System) was developed developed
• 2022: A pilot for large taxpayers to adopt voluntarily
• 2023–2024: Phase 1 large taxpayers and pilot groups, based on criteria set by the ISTD
• April 1, 2025: Phase 2 obligation for most businesses to join the system
• 2026 and beyond: Gradual onboarding of SMEs and remaining sectors

Access the official announcement here.

As an incentive to adhere to the obligation, the tax authorities announced that penalties would be waived if registration and integration to JoFatora are completed before the end of May 2025.

To tackle any obstacles that taxpayers could face during this period, the Taxpayer Service Center provides assistance via different channels. The Department’s Taxpayer Services Center could be reached without response delays via phone or the WhatsApp application on phone number 062222130 or through various social networking sites.

Back on 2022 the Income and Sales Tax Department (ISTD), in collaboration with the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MDEE) initiated a deployment of a national invoicing system.

Established businesses with thresholds Exceeding 75,000 JOD (aprox. 99,000 EUR), which incur B2B, B2C and B2G transactions are in scope for this mandate. The deadline to register to the national invoicing system JoFotara concluded last year, on May 31, 2024.

Recently, a new announcement was done regarding JoFotara requirements. The Ministry of Finance and Sales Tax Department stated that phase two would take place on April 1, 2025.

Although not many details were released, the following information was mentioned:

• Invoices must be issued by the electronic national billing system or a system that has been linked electronically with the electronic national billing system;
• It is mandatory to issue and provide the original tax invoice.

More information about the phase 2 outline is available here (in Arabic).