THE NUMERIC FORMAT DATA CONTAINS 19 NUMERIC CHARACTERS MAXIMUM
On May 11, 2020, the General Department of Taxation issues the Decision No. 635/QD-TCT on promulgating regulations on the components containing electronic invoice data and methods of data transmission and reception with tax authorities.
Accordingly, data in the numeric format contains the maximum of 19 numeric characters including the maximum of 4 numeric characters in the fractional part. The integral and fractional parts are separated by the decimal point (.). Decimal data type is described to have the maximum length as x,y, of which: x represents the total numeric characters at maximum; y represents the maximum number of numeric characters in the fractional part. Integer data type is described to have the maximum length as x which denotes the maximum number of numeric characters.
Besides, the Decision also promulgates date data represented in the format of YYYY-MM-DD, of which: YYYY refers to 4 digits indicating the calendar year; MM refers to 2 digits denoting the calendar month; DD refers to 2 digits denoting the calendar day. This data type is according to the GMT +7 (+07:00) time zone. Date time data is represented in the YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss format, of which: T indicates the symbol used for separating date from hour; hh indicates 2 digits denoting hour; mm indicates 2 digits denoting minute; ss indicates 2 digits denoting second; the rest of format denoting similarly to the date data.
The Decision takes effect on the signing date.
