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A-NZ-Industry-Practice-Statements

Welcome to the A-NZ Industry Practice Statements hub — a curated collection of documents offering guidance, recommendations, and use cases to support Peppol implementation and enhance interoperability across Australia and New Zealand.The built website can be viewed here

This site hosts:

  • Industry Practice Statements (IPS) that have been developed by the respective industry working groups or forums in A-NZ.
  • Guidance, best practice, or recommendation documents developed by the A-NZ Peppol All Stakeholders Working Group (ASWG), which is co-chaired by Digital Service Providers Australia New Zealand (DSPANZ) and the A-NZ Peppol Authorities. Focus groups are formed under the ASWG to address specific topics or issues, with the outcomes documents published here, and also on the DSPANZ ASWG page.

What’s inside

The following documents have been created to address emerging business and/or technical issues.

  • Communicating Invoice Status (Oct 2020): This document provides guidance for Peppol Service Providers to support their clients in communicating invoice status via the Peppol network. It covers business level response (i.e., Invoice Response Message).
  • Invoice Content (updated July 2025): This document provides guidance for software and service providers for managing invoice data to ensure buyers can process eInvoices smoothly and efficiently.
  • Consistent Data Mapping (Sep 2022): This document provides guidance on consistent interpretation and implementation of the A-NZ invoice specification. It promotes the mapping of data according to its semantic meaning, to ensure interoperability and realisation of network efficiency.
  • Access Point providers Migration and Exit (Oct 2022): This document provides guidelines and recommendations for A-NZ Peppol Service Providers, including Access points (AP), Service Metadata Publishers (SMPs), and Business Management Software (BMS), e.g. accounting software, ERP or FMIS solution providers to support end users to make informed decisions and to ensure smooth and positive experience when switching Peppol providers.
  • Billing scenarios and how they can be supported in Peppol (Apr 2023): This document was developed based on the discussions and outcome document at the Energy Retailers Industry Working Group (ERIWG) between June and October 2022. This document outlines several specific billing scenarios that are common within that industry, and considerations for Peppol implementation. It aims to promote consistency and enhance interoperability in the Peppol network. The scenarios and considerations may be useful to other industries and large suppliers.
  • Understanding and managing Attachments (May 2023): This document outlines the different use cases and solution capabilities for attachments in eInvoices and eCredit Notes. It aims to promote consistency for sending, receiving and managing attachments and to support end users to make informed decisions. 

Feedback

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any feedback on how this repository can be improved. You can do so by contacting your respective Peppol Authority.

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