Countdown begins for heating oil distribution. Starting Wednesday (15/10), its distribution will be conducted under new guidelines issued to retailers and consumers. The guidelines regarding heating oil distribution concern how heating oil purchase invoices should be declared. Under the new system, heating oil purchases will be automatically declared through the myDATA platform instead of the HEPHAESTUS system where they have been recorded for years, in order for beneficiaries to receive subsidies. However, to ensure necessary cross-checks are conducted and heating subsidies are paid seamlessly, the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) announced that sales invoices must include specific data for beneficiary identification.
Heating oil: What applies to invoices
Specifically, the invoice sales data transmitted to AADE by petroleum product trading companies must include the following mandatory information, regardless of transmission method:
- Tax Registration Number (TRN) of the contracting party (heating oil buyer),
- fuel code and quantity (fuel codes “30-Diesel Heating” and “31-Diesel Heating premium”) and
- Electricity Supply Number (of the heating oil buyer).
It should be noted that invoices are transmitted to AADE through two methods:
- via Electronic Document Issuance Service Provider on the myDATA digital platform or
- via Fiscal Electronic Mechanism (FEM) to the e-send Information System.
Finally, it is emphasized that:
- for invoices transmitted via Electronic Document Issuance Service Provider on the myData digital platform, selecting the “Heating Subsidy” indication is mandatory and
- on the myHeating platform there is the ability to verify the validity of the Electricity Supply Number. In case of successful verification, the postal code of the supply address is returned.
