United States
USFederal agencies receive supplier invoices through their own electronic invoicing systems, such as Treasury’s IPP and DoD’s WAWF, while private-sector e-invoicing is voluntary and runs on networks such as the DBNAlliance exchange framework.
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Invoicing and electronic documents
Invoice Processing Platform (IPP)
Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service runs this web-based service for enrolled federal agencies, from purchase order to payment notification. Vendors submit invoices, check status and receive payment details at no cost.
IPP web entry and file exchange with agency financial systems · Official source: Bureau of the Fiscal Service · Invoice Processing Platform
Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF)
The Department of Defense’s system for electronic payment requests and receiving reports on DoD contracts.
Web entry, EDI or secure file transfer into WAWF · Official source: Acquisition.gov · DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports
DBNAlliance exchange framework
The private-sector, four-corner e-invoice exchange network that came out of the Business Payments Coalition’s E-invoice Exchange Market Pilot, supported by the Federal Reserve. The Digital Business Networks Alliance governs it, and service providers must join before connecting.
DBNAlliance profiles on UBL 2.3, with AS4, SML and SMP profiles · Official source: Federal Reserve FedPayments Improvement · e-invoicing and the Business Payments Coalition
DBNAlliance open exchange network
Suppliers and buyers connect through Access Points, which must be full DBNAlliance members. The network has its own SML and SMP registration services, separate from Peppol’s.
Four-corner exchange between Access Points · Official source: DBNAlliance · open exchange network
DBNAlliance published specifications
The technical documents for the exchange framework, including the Core Invoice profile, credit note, remittance advice, message response, envelope, AS4, SML and SMP profiles, and identifier policies.
UBL 2.3 Invoice with a DBNAlliance customization identifier · Official source: DBNAlliance · published technical documents
Federal invoicing follows the contract, not a single national channel. Check the payment clause first. DoD contracts point to WAWF, and many civilian agencies use Treasury’s IPP. Both describe their own submission methods; neither describes Peppol delivery.
For business invoices, the domestic interoperable network is the DBNAlliance exchange framework. Like Peppol it uses a four-corner model, but it has its own membership, Access Points, SML, SMP and specifications. Confirm each trading partner’s route before you send.
Legal guide
B2G · federal procurement invoices
Agencies directed to invoice electronicallyOMB M-15-19 (17 July 2015) directed agencies, by the end of fiscal year 2018, to move appropriate procurements to electronic invoicing through a Federal Shared Service Provider or an OMB-approved solution. Appropriate procurements may exclude utilities, charge card payments and other areas where federal processes do not match industry practice.
Official source: OMB · Memorandum M-15-19, Improving Government Efficiency and Saving Taxpayer Dollars Through Electronic InvoicingB2G · Department of Defense contracts
Mandatory under DFARS 252.232-7003Contractors must submit payment requests and receiving reports in electronic form using WAWF. Other methods are allowed only in listed cases, such as written temporary instructions from the contracting officer or payment by government purchase card.
Official source: Acquisition.gov · DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving ReportsB2G · other agency contracts
Set by each agency’s contract clauseCivilian agencies impose their own invoicing clauses. For example, EPA’s EPAAR 1552.232-70 requires contractors to submit invoices through IPP unless the contracting officer grants a waiver or electronic submission would be unduly burdensome. Check the clause in each contract.
Official source: Acquisition.gov · EPAAR 1552.232-70 Submission of InvoicesB2B · business invoices
Voluntary; no e-invoicing obligation found in the sources reviewedThe Federal Reserve describes the DBNAlliance exchange framework as an industry initiative that businesses join through service providers. The IRS recordkeeping guidance treats invoices as supporting documents and allows electronic records, but sets no structured e-invoice format.
Official source: IRS · what kind of records should I keep
Timeline
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OMB M-15-19 issued
The memorandum set the goal of all-electronic federal procurement invoicing and required e-invoicing providers to integrate with SAM and offer APIs.
Official source: OMB · Memorandum M-15-19, Improving Government Efficiency and Saving Taxpayer Dollars Through Electronic Invoicing -
Federal e-invoicing deadline
The end of fiscal year 2018 was the deadline by which agencies were directed to complete the transition for appropriate procurements.
Official source: OMB · Memorandum M-15-19, Improving Government Efficiency and Saving Taxpayer Dollars Through Electronic Invoicing
Peppol in United States
- Directory participants
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Peppol Authority: OpenPeppol.
17 certified service providers based in United States.
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