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What a compliant invoice must show in Serbia.

The fields, the party identifiers, the exact statutory wording for each tax treatment and the RSD rule — each cited to the statute or the tax authority, not a summary of one.

Tax figure in RSD Legal format EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0) Requires a structured e-invoice

What the invoice must show

The content Serbia's rules put on the face of the document, beyond the parties, line items and totals every invoice carries.

Document title
Faktura / Račun Invoice
Tax shown in
RSDsrednji kurs NBS na dan prometa (član 42. stav 6. Zakona o PDV)
Date of supply
Mandatory on every invoice
Payment terms
Due date or payment terms required

How each party is identified

The registration numbers and their formats the Serbia rules expect on the invoice.

Seller
PIB tax identification number · 9 digits · always
Seller
Matični broj registration number · 8 digits · always
Buyer
PIB kupca buyer PIB · 9 digits · business buyer

The exact wording, by tax treatment

When no tax is charged, the invoice has to say why — in the words the law names. Each is linked to the statute or tax authority it was read from.

PDV obračunava primalac — član 10. stav 2. Zakona o PDVReverse charge
PDV nije obračunat — izvoz dobara, član 24. stav 1. tačka 2) Zakona o PDVVAT not charged — export
Zero-ratedstatute ↗
PDV nije obračunat — oslobođenje sa pravom na odbitak, član 24. Zakona o PDVVAT not charged — exemption with credit
PDV nije obračunat — oslobođenje bez prava na odbitak, član 25. Zakona o PDVVAT exempt
Out of scopestatute ↗
Promet nije predmet oporezivanja u Srbiji — mesto prometa u inostranstvu (član 12. Zakona o PDV)Not taxable in Serbia
Foreign seller (import)statute ↗
Bez srpskog PDV — isporuka iz inostranstva; PDV pri uvozu obračunava uvoznik (član 7. Zakona o PDV)VAT not charged — supply from abroad; import VAT is accounted for by the importer (Serbian VAT Act Art. 7).
The client's step: Domestic B2B invoices between Serbian taxpayers are issued through the SEF platform — the client's upload.

Član 42. Zakona o PDV: naziv/adresa/PIB obveznika i primaoca, mesto i datum izdavanja, redni broj, datum prometa, vrsta i količina, iznos osnovice, stopa, iznos PDV, napomena o oslobođenju.

The format, and who sends it

Serbia requires a structured e-invoice — a plain PDF is not the legal document.

Legal format(s)
EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0) · PDF invoice
Transmission
A clearance platform or accredited channel — the seller's own step (see above)

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Every generated invoice is validated on your machine against the official artefacts — the OASIS UBL/CII schemas, the CEN EN 16931 schematron, Peppol BIS 3.0, KoSIT XRechnung, FatturaPA, KSeF FA(3) and the Peppol PINT packages. This page is a reference for build scoping; it is not legal or tax advice.

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