Peppol eInvoicing in Australia and New Zealand

In 2019, the Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand issued a joint statement announcing the intent to adopt the Peppol Framework as the preferred eInvoicing standards for both countries. Uptake of eInvoicing is increasing rapidly with consistent statements of support and funding from both governments leading to over 30,000 ANZ registrations by late 2022.

About Tickstar

In 2021, Tickstar was acquired by Xero – a global cloud accounting software platform. Xero saw a beautiful connection between our purpose and their endeavor to help businesses thrive through better tools, information and connections. Tickstar has enabled eInvoicing functionality for all Xero customers with an ongoing subscription. Tickstar has been a certified Peppol service provider since 2012. Today, many of the world’s leading organizations rely on Tickstar’s infrastructure to deliver Peppol services to market.

Tickstar holds the majority of businesses registered on the Peppol Network in both Australia and New Zealand.

To promote the growth of eInvoicing in the Australian and New Zealand markets, Tickstar is offering Peppol capabilities to all ANZ businesses and software providers. As well as invoices, the Tickstar access point supports a range of other documents including purchase orders and invoice response to align with additional business requirements. Tickstar is an accredited Peppol service provider in Australia and New Zealand.

eInvoicing in Australia

The Australian government has mandated all Commonwealth Government agencies to implement the capability to receive eInvoices. As an inducement, the Australian government committed to a 5-day payment deadline for contracts up to AUD$1 million where both government agency and supplier are transacting over the Peppol network.

Tickstar is also listed as a suitable provider on the Australian Government’s Peppol Services and Capabilities Panel. This means Tickstar successfully met the additional security and business requirements to offer eInvoicing capabilities to any Federal, State and Local Government entity. Using this panel, government entities can directly procure Tickstar services through a streamlined procurement process.

The Australian Government has previously consulted in 2020 and 2021 regarding the potential of eInvoicing mandates and other regulatory measures to accelerate eInvoicing uptake in Australia.

Visit the Australian Peppol Authority website operated by the ATO to understand more about eInvoicing in Australia.

eInvoicing in New Zealand

Peppol is being heavily encouraged by governments as part of their e-invoicing strategy. As an inducement, the New Zealand government committed to a 10-day payment deadline for contracts up to NZD$1 million where both government agency and supplier are transacting over the Peppol network.

The New Zealand government has mandated all Central Government agencies to implement the capability to receive eInvoices. All suppliers to the New Zealand government are encouraged to adopt eInvoicing for sending invoices to the government. The New Zealand government has established targets for 90% of invoices to be received as a Peppol eInvoice by 1 July 2026.

Visit the New Zealand Peppol Authority website operated by the MBIE to understand more about eInvoicing in New Zealand.