Burkina Faso
BFThe facture électronique certifiée (FEC) replaces the facture normalisée introduced in 2017. Invoices are certified by approved devices or company systems linked to the tax authority. Burkina Faso has no national Peppol Authority.
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Invoicing and electronic documents
FEC (facture électronique certifiée)
A certified electronic invoice carrying the mandatory mentions and security elements of article 564 of the Code général des impôts, issued for every sale of goods or services by covered businesses. It is a national certification regime, not connected to Peppol.
Certified invoice from a SECeF, in physical or dematerialised form · Official source: DGI Burkina Faso · Arrêté 2025-0049 on the conditions for issuing certified electronic invoices
SECeF (systèmes électroniques certifiés de facturation)
Certified invoicing systems approved by the Direction générale des impôts (DGI). Businesses without invoicing software use a billing unit (UF); businesses with their own homologated company invoicing system (SFE) connect it to an invoice control module (MCF). Devices are bought from distributors approved by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and transmit data to the DGI over the mobile network.
UF and MCF devices; homologated SFE software · Official source: DGI Burkina Faso · Arrêté 2025-0049 on the conditions for issuing certified electronic invoices
The FEC is a device-based certification regime. A business either buys a billing unit, or has its own invoicing software homologated by the DGI and connects it to an invoice control module; both come through distributors approved by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Software vendors need DGI homologation before their system can be used. See the DGI's FEC documents.
Suppliers to the public sector need to issue FECs, because public buyers may accept only certified invoices from local suppliers. Burkina Faso has no Peppol Authority of its own, and the sources reviewed do not connect the FEC to Peppol.
Legal guide
B2B and B2C · business invoices
Mandatory for large and medium enterprisesEvery business under the Direction des grandes entreprises or a medium-enterprise directorate must issue an FEC for each transaction. It must install the certified system at every point of sale, display the notice "Exigez la facture électronique certifiée", keep a backup system, and issue regularising invoices within 48 hours of a breakdown. Users of company invoicing systems had three months from signature to update their software, extendable by up to two months.
Official source: DGI Burkina Faso · Arrêté 2025-0049 on the conditions for issuing certified electronic invoicesB2G · public-sector purchases
Mandatory for public buyersCentral government, local authorities, public establishments and other public bodies, and businesses under the undetermined regime, must accept only certified electronic invoices from local suppliers of goods and services, unless the supplier is exempt under paragraph 2 of article 566.
Official source: DGI Burkina Faso · Arrêté 2025-0049 on the conditions for issuing certified electronic invoicesImplementing texts
Published January 2026The DGI publishes the orders on issuing, selling and replacing the FEC, the technical specifications for SECeF and company invoicing systems, and the homologation procedure on its FEC documents page.
Official source: DGI Burkina Faso · FEC documents page
Timeline
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Arrêté on issuing the FEC
The Minister of Economy and Finance signed arrêté 2025-0049, applying article 564 of the tax code. It took effect on signature.
Official source: DGI Burkina Faso · Arrêté 2025-0049 on the conditions for issuing certified electronic invoices -
Pilot evaluated
The DGI held a five-day workshop to evaluate the pilot phase, in which a sample of taxpayers had been equipped with billing units. The DGI notes that the FEC was introduced in the 2025 finance law.
Official source: DGI Burkina Faso · Evaluation of the FEC pilot phase, September 2025 -
Official launch
The Minister of Economy and Finance launched the FEC, with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry as distribution partner for the certified systems.
Official source: DGI Burkina Faso · Official launch of the FEC, January 2026 -
Fiscal year 2026 focuses on the FEC
At the start of the 2026 fiscal year, the DGI named FEC adoption as the year's main reform and asked buyers to demand certified invoices.
Official source: DGI Burkina Faso · Rentrée fiscale 2026
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