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Understanding Turkish e-Arsiv Fatura

e-Arşiv Fatura is Turkey's e-invoice for buyers outside e-Fatura, including consumers. Read about UBL-TR, daily reporting and Klarbon's plans.

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An e-Arşiv Fatura is a Turkish electronic invoice for buyers who are not registered for e-Fatura, including consumers. It is usually UBL-TR XML with the scenario EARSIVFATURA, signed with a financial seal or qualified electronic signature. Unlike an e-Fatura, it does not travel through the Revenue Administration (GİB); the seller reports it to GİB in a daily e-Arşiv report. Klarbon plans to open e-Arşiv invoices; this is not available yet.

What is in an e-Arşiv invoice and report?

Part Holds
Invoice UBL-TR, ProfileID EARSIVFATURA, signed to XAdES-BES
PDF copy only with special permission: signed to PAdES, with the UBL-TR XML attached and CopyIndicator true
Invoice number a separate prefix from e-Fatura invoices, and a separate one for internet sales
e-Arşiv report XML with the data of the documents issued, signed to XAdES-A with a time stamp
Reporting daily, by the end of the following day; at once for some invoice types
Property Value
Authority Gelir İdaresi Başkanlığı (GİB), the Turkish Revenue Administration
Legal basis Tax Procedure Law general communiqué 433, with later communiqués
Technical guide version 1.19, October 2026, with the e-Arşiv package
Ways in GİB's e-Arşiv portal, a business's own integration, or a private integrator

GİB's technical guide sets out the report format, the reporting deadlines, the signature standards and the rules for UBL-TR and PDF invoices (GİB technical guide). GİB's information sheet explains who must issue e-Arşiv invoices and how they reach the buyer (GİB information sheet).

e-Arşiv Fatura or e-Fatura?

e-Arşiv Fatura e-Fatura
Buyer not registered for e-Fatura, or a consumer registered for e-Fatura
Delivery to the buyer, on paper or electronically through GİB's system
GİB sees it in the daily e-Arşiv report as it passes through
Format UBL-TR, or a permitted PDF with UBL-TR attached UBL-TR

A printed or PDF e-Arşiv invoice without its signed data is a visual copy, not the structured invoice.

What does Klarbon do with e-Arşiv?

Opening e-Arşiv invoices is planned, not available yet. Klarbon does not sign invoices or send reports to GİB. It opens UBL invoices that follow EN 16931; see the invoice viewer.

Frequently asked questions

What is an e-Arşiv Fatura?

An electronic invoice that a Turkish business issues to buyers who are not registered for e-Fatura, including consumers. It is created, kept, presented and reported electronically, and given to the buyer on paper or electronically as the buyer asks.

How is e-Arşiv reported to GİB?

Businesses and their private integrators send an e-Arşiv report to the Revenue Administration (GİB) for each day, by the end of the following day, signed with a financial seal or qualified electronic signature and time-stamped. Some invoice types must be reported at once.

Can the buyer receive an e-Arşiv invoice electronically or on paper?

Yes. GİB says delivery can be on paper or electronically at the buyer's request, while the issuer retains its electronic copy. A delivered visual copy and the signed electronic invoice data are not the same thing.

Who must issue invoices as e-Arşiv?

Businesses registered for e-Fatura use e-Arşiv for buyers outside e-Fatura. According to GİB, businesses outside both systems must issue their invoices as e-Arşiv through GİB's portal, until the end of 2025 above an amount set each year, and from 1 January 2026 regardless of the amount.

Sources

Updated 5 November 2026

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