The Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), DigiTax, and other technical partners have intensified support for businesses adopting the country’s e-invoicing framework.
This is according to a statement by DigiTax Nigeria on Friday in Lagos.
The compliance requirements have taken effect for large taxpayers, while medium taxpayers are expected to onboard later this year.
The framework requires businesses to transmit invoices through the Merchant Buyer Solution (MBS) platform for validation and processing.
Each transaction receives an Invoice Reference Number (IRN), which serves as proof of compliance under the new system.
According to an implementation notice issued by the NRS on Feb. 17, businesses yet to complete integration risk non-compliance measures when enforcement begins.
The notice added that buyers dealing with non-compliant suppliers could lose the ability to claim Value Added Tax input credits on such transactions.
The NRS said significant progress had been recorded since the platform became operational.
It said the majority of large taxpayers had been onboarded, and many had begun successful transmission of invoice data through the MBS platform.
Speaking at a post-go-live workshop for large taxpayers in Lagos, the project manager of the National E-Invoicing Project, Mr Mohammed Bawa, described the initiative as collaborative.
“Everyone benefits from the bigger picture; taxpayers, banks, service providers, and government,” Bawa said.
NAN further reports that DigiTax, an NRS accredited e-invoicing platform developed by Namiri Technology Ltd., is among providers supporting business integration.
The company is accredited as both a System Integrator and an Access Point Provider under the framework.
The platform integrates with existing financial systems and enterprise resource planning platforms to validate and transmit invoices through the MBS platform.
Mr Olumide Akinsola, Country Director of DigiTax Nigeria, said the firm would host an E-Invoicing Compliance Breakfast on July 14, 2026 at The Wheatbaker Hotel in Lagos.
He said the event would bring together NRS officials, technical experts and finance leaders to discuss integration, onboarding, and compliance strategy.
Akinsola said businesses were seeking practical answers on implementation and compliance issues.
According to him, many businesses want clarity on integration timelines and implications for their finance and ERP systems.
He added that companies were also concerned about risks associated with suppliers that had not completed onboarding.
“We designed the Compliance Breakfast to connect businesses directly with regulators and technical partners behind the platform,” Akinsola said.
He said the event would also unveil original research on Nigeria’s transition to e-invoicing.
According to him, the whitepaper is entitled “The State of E-Invoicing Readiness in Nigeria”.
He said the report examined compliance patterns in comparable African markets and projects Nigeria’s readiness landscape.
themomentng reports that D’Accubin Technology developed the technical architecture behind the NRS e-invoicing system.
The company built the platform using Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 aligned structured invoice standards implemented through Universal Business Language.
Speaking at an earlier stakeholders session in Lagos, Mr Sadiq Arogundade, Chief Executive Officer of D’Accubin Technology, said the system met international standards.
“We built this in house, ensuring it aligns with global best practices,” Arogundade said.
The NRS said the framework would be extended to medium taxpayers with annual turnover of between N1 billion and N5 billion.
