C1 · Certification
The foundation: checking of particulars, signature, identifier, QR code, ten-year evidential archiving, traced cancellations and credit notes.
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Offer 03 · Certified taxation
CERTIVA, certified electronic invoicing
Every invoice receives, at issuance, a certification identifier, an electronic signature and a verification code, from the tool the taxpayer already uses. The VAT return follows from it, the buyer verifies from their phone, the State pays its suppliers only against certified invoices.
The starting point
VAT is the tax where leakage is best documented.
VAT invoiced by non-compliant taxpayers is not remitted to the Treasury, yet it is deducted by their customers, or even claimed as a refund. It only surfaces during an audit, when it surfaces at all. The fictitious invoice is undetectable without manual cross-checking.
The reason is simple: each invoice exists only once, on the paper of whoever issues it. CERTIVA moves VAT control from after-the-fact audit to the act of invoicing itself. Fraud does not become impossible; it becomes visible, immediately, and to both parties to the transaction.
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The concept in three steps, then verification
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Issue
The taxpayer issues the invoice as they do today: ERP, accounting software, portal, mobile app or point-of-sale terminal. Mandatory particulars are checked before sending.
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Certify
In under two seconds, the platform verifies, signs and assigns a certification identifier and a QR code. Offline, the terminal issues in deferred sequence and certifies once the network returns, flagging the degraded mode.
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Declare by construction
The certified invoice is archived for ten years and feeds the issuer's pre-filled VAT return. They do nothing more than today; they only do one thing less: re-keying.
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Verify
The buyer scans the QR code or enters the identifier by USSD: they get the issuer, the amount and the invoice status. A business deducts only the VAT of an invoice certified in its name.
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Four modules, one foundation
CERTIVA does not collect VAT and holds no funds. It makes the return accurate by construction and audit selective through data; the tax administration alone remains competent to assess, collect and sanction.
C2 · Connectors
API for ERP and accounting software, web portal, mobile app, certified point-of-sale terminal, sequenced offline mode. No hardware imposed on businesses already equipped.
C3 · VAT reconciliation
Pre-filled return in the administration's e-filing system, control of deductions, VAT credits processed against verified invoices.
C4 · Risk analysis
Gaps between invoiced and declared VAT, invoices without counterparty, purchase chains, audit selection, dashboard for the Ministry of Finance.
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In the taxpayer's own tool
| Channel | Target taxpayer | What it enables |
|---|---|---|
| API | Large and medium-sized businesses equipped with an ERP or accounting software. | Real-time certification from the existing tool; compliance kit for software vendors. |
| Web portal | State suppliers and businesses without dedicated software. | Guided entry, submission of the certified statement into the public expenditure chain. |
| Mobile app | Professionals and small businesses. | Certified invoice from a smartphone, sent by SMS or messaging. |
| Point-of-sale terminal | Retail and distribution. | Certified till receipt, sequenced offline mode, verification by the buyer. |
| Verification | Any buyer, business or individual. | QR code, USSD or portal: free, no account needed. |
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What it changes
For the taxpayer
- No hardware imposed, no re-keying: the VAT return is pre-filled.
- VAT credits processed against verified invoices, hence faster.
- Enforceable proof for every invoice issued or received.
For the tax administration
- Each invoice exists once, in one place, in the name of one issuer.
- Reconciliation between invoiced and declared VAT becomes automatic.
- Audit focuses on the gaps flagged by the data.
For the Treasury
- The State as buyer pays only certified invoices.
- Order, invoice and payment are chained together.
- The supplier's VAT is known before the payment is even made.
A pilot-based deployment, before any obligation
Three time-boxed pilots establish the proof: large businesses, State suppliers on dematerialised contracts, retail and distribution.
The general obligation is then set by the administration, by taxpayer category and on a progressive timetable. CERTIVA fits within the country's general tax code, its electronic transactions law and its electronic signature framework, and connects to the existing e-filing, registration and public expenditure systems.
Model
No public investment. NovaGov funds the platform, connectors, certification and operations.
A fee per certified invoice. Capped per taxpayer per month, free for the smallest taxpayers and for verification. NovaGov's only remuneration, all services included.
Hosted in the country. Ten-year evidential archiving, reversibility plan delivered at the framing stage, indicators published every week.
Certified taxation, country by country
We work through the legal framework, system connections and pilots with the Ministry of Finance, on the basis of an opportunity note costed from the country's public data.