Over 120 E-Invoicing and E-Reporting experts from 27 different countries celebrated on February 21 and 22, 2023 in Dubai the first MEA edition of the E-Invoicing Exchange  Summit. The agenda offered two days packed full of insights presented by global experts from corporates,  tax administrations, and solution and service providers. Speakers, panellists and participants shared and  openly discussed their experience and gave deep insights into what next steps have to be expected: 

+ Globally 50+ new mandates /obligations for E-Invoicing and E-Reporting announced + Tax administrations all over the globe see an opportunity to close tax gap 

+ For Europe ViDA expected to bring huge changes to the E-Invoicing and E-Reporting landscape + Egypt and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as first movers: blueprints for the MEA region? + In Africa a huge E-Invoicing / E-Reporting wave is expected to be seen over the next 5 years + Multinational companies challenged to comply with different regulatory and technical requirements + Corporates often faced with too short time frames for adopting their business processes to comply with  new and changing requirements 

+ Need for a egal, organisational, semantic and technical interoperability, that ideally would have to be  defined on a global scale and thus could serve as a strong accelerator for adoption and digitisation + Focus on overall optimisation of business processes; potential of end-to-end automation of processes  is much higher than "just" closing the tax gap 

The E-Invoicing Exchange Summit has proven once more to be a great opportunity to network with thought leaders and like-minded experts in the field of E-Invoicing and E-Reporting. Expecting the accelerating implementation and roll-out of E-Invoicing in the region, the E-Invoicing Exchange Summit team has already started to plan the next edition in Dubai in February 2024.