Brazil · SEFAZ (state) / Receita Federal (federal)

    NF-e (Nota Fiscal Eletrônica) and NFS-e (services)

    Invoicemonk issues Brazilian NF-e (goods) and NFS-e (services) signed with your ICP-Brasil A1 certificate, transmits to the state SEFAZ or municipal portal, and returns the Chave de Acesso and DANFE PDF to the buyer. Live since June 2024.

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    ArtefactNF-e Chave de AcessoTransportDirect API submission to the state SEFAZ for NF-e; to the municipal portal for NFS-eLive since2024Applies toAll Brazilian businesses issuing invoices for goods
    What you get

    Built for Brazil from day one

    What NF-e / NFS-e requires

    NF-e (Nota Fiscal Eletrônica) covers sale-of-goods invoices and is processed by the state SEFAZ. NFS-e covers services and is processed by the buyer's municipal portal (now converging on the national NFS-e standard). Both require an XML signed with an ICP-Brasil A1 certificate, a Chave de Acesso (44-digit access key), and a printable DANFE/DANFSE.

    How Invoicemonk meets NF-e / NFS-e

    Invoicemonk builds the SEFAZ XML schema, signs with your uploaded ICP-Brasil A1 certificate, transmits to the destination SEFAZ (NF-e) or municipal/national portal (NFS-e), captures the Chave de Acesso and authorisation protocol, and renders the DANFE/DANFSE PDF. ICMS, IPI, PIS, COFINS, and ISS are computed per CFOP / CST / município rules.

    Who this applies to

    Brazilian businesses issuing invoices for goods (NF-e) or services (NFS-e). MEI taxpayers use the simplified NFS-e flow.

    Cryptographic artefacts, in every jurisdiction we cover

    Invoicemonk issues cryptographically signed structured invoices in every one of the 18 jurisdictions we cover, using the local artefact the tax authority requires:

    • CSID — ZATCA (Saudi Arabia)
    • IRN — GST India (NIC IRP), FIRS Nigeria, GRA Ghana
    • UUID — MyInvois Malaysia
    • QR + Control Unit Number — KRA eTIMS (Kenya)
    • Chave de Acesso — NF-e / NFS-e (Brazil)
    • Fiscal signature — ZIMRA FDMS (Zimbabwe)
    • XAdES digital signatures — Peppol (EU), MTD (UK)
    • ICP-Brasil A1 — Brazilian NF-e / NFS-e signing

    Each mandate page documents the local artefact, signing algorithm, certificate authority, and the spec section that requires it.

    FAQ

    Brazil e-invoicing, answered

    Related guides

    Implementation playbooks for Brazil

    Step-by-step guides, explainers, and error catalogues for the NF-e Chave de Acesso workflow.

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    How to Comply with SEFAZ in Brazil: Issue Your First NF-e and NFS-e End to End (2026)

    Step-by-step playbook for issuing Brazilian fiscal documents in 2026 — state and municipal inscriptions, ICP-Brasil A1 certificate loading, NF-e XML signing, SEFAZ clearance, the 44-digit chave de acesso, NFS-e per municipality, and the IBS/CBS reform fields now mandatory under NT 2025/002.

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    SEFAZ Brazil Explained: NF-e, NFS-e, CT-e, the Chave de Acesso, and the IBS/CBS Reform Through 2033

    A plain-English explainer for Brazilian electronic fiscal documents in 2026 — what SEFAZ is, how NF-e, NFS-e, and CT-e differ, what the 44-digit chave de acesso encodes, the ICMS/PIS/COFINS to IBS/CBS reform timeline, and what NT 2025/002 changes.

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    Brazil: compliant from day one

    ICP-Brasil signed NF-e/NFS-e XML with 44-digit access key and DANFE PDF.

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