Activating e-invoicing in Billora

Prerequisite: the electronic signature certificate

To activate DGI e-invoicing, your company must hold a qualified electronic signature certificate (class 3) issued by a provider approved by the ANRT (Morocco's national telecoms regulator). This certificate is essential to:

• Prove your digital identity to the Direction Générale des Impôts (the Moroccan tax authority)
• Sign every invoice in UBL 2.1 before it is submitted to the DGI
• Guarantee the authenticity and integrity of each tax document

Step 1 — Obtain your certificate

Three providers are approved by the ANRT in Morocco to issue qualified signature certificates:

Provider	Website	Notes
Barid eSign	barideSign.ma	Subsidiary of Barid Al-Maghrib
Digileo	digileo.ma	ANRT-trusted provider
Damanesign	damanesign.ma	ANRT-qualified certification

Documents usually required

• Identity document of the legal representative (CIN or passport)
• ICE (Identifiant Commun de l'Entreprise, the 15-digit common company identifier)
• IF (Identifiant Fiscal, tax identification number)
• RC (Registre de Commerce, trade register number)
• Proof of business activity (depending on the provider)

The provider gives you a P12 or PFX file protected by a password — this is the file you will import into Billora.

Step 2 — Import the certificate into Billora

Go to Paramètres → Facturation électronique (Settings → E-invoicing):

1. Click « Activer la facturation électronique » (Activate e-invoicing)
2. In the Certificat de signature (Signature certificate) step, click « Importer un certificat P12/PFX » (Import a P12/PFX certificate)
3. Select your .p12 or .pfx file
4. Enter the password supplied by your provider
5. Select your provider from the list
6. Click « Importer » (Import)

Step 3 — Billora signs your invoices automatically

Once activated, e-invoicing is completely transparent:

• Billora prepares the UBL 2.1 file (a standardised OASIS structured format)
• It electronically signs the invoice with your certificate
• The signed invoice is submitted to the DGI (or to the selected operator)
• You receive the status in real time: submitted → validated → archive reference
• The final PDF includes the DGI identifier and the authenticity QR code

Step 4 — Error handling

Billora automatically handles the following cases:

Expired certificate

DGI submission is blocked as soon as the certificate expires. A clear message invites you to renew it with your provider and import the new certificate.

Invalid signature

If the P12 file or the password is incorrect, Billora shows an error during import. Submission remains blocked until this is corrected.

Network error (provider unavailable)

Billora automatically makes 3 attempts with increasing delays (5 s, 30 s, 5 min). If all of them fail:

• The invoice moves to the Erreur réseau (Network error) status (recoverable, different from Rejeté (Rejected))
• You can resubmit manually from the invoice page

Frequently asked questions

Can I change signature provider?

Yes. Delete the old certificate in Billora and import the new one. Invoices already validated by the DGI are not affected.

Is the certificate stored securely?

Billora never stores the raw P12 file. Only the information needed for signing is kept, encrypted, on the server.

What happens if my certificate expires during the year?

DGI submission is blocked as soon as it expires. Invoices created during this period stay in the En attente (Pending) status and can be submitted once a renewed certificate has been imported.