Ticket… what? TicketBAI!

It’s the Basque provincial tax offices’ system to make sure every invoice is authentic: it’s signed, carries a TBAI identifier and a QR code, and is reported to the provincial tax office when issued.

It’s now mandatory in Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa for freelancers and businesses. You invoice as usual: FacturaDirecta does the rest!

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Every invoice

What FacturaDirecta does for you

When you save an invoice as final, all of this happens by itself:

Creates the TicketBAI file

With all the invoice’s tax data, in the format required by the provincial tax offices.

Signs it

With your digital certificate, which you choose just once.

Adds its TBAI and QR

The TBAI identifier and the QR code appear on the PDF, so your customer can check the invoice.

Sends it to your tax office

Right away, to the provincial tax office that applies to you. In Bizkaia, to the LROE.

Retries if needed

If the tax office service doesn’t respond, we keep the submission and retry it automatically. You don’t have to issue the invoice again.

Keeps it in sight

Each invoice shows you the submission status, the TBAI and the QR; the activity log shows every step.

Territories

TicketBAI or Batuz: it depends on where you pay tax

FacturaDirecta knows which one applies to you from your company’s tax address and shows you only what’s relevant.
Álava and GipuzkoaBizkaia
SystemTicketBAIBatuz, which includes TicketBAI
What is sentYour sales invoicesYour sales invoices and, if you choose, your purchase invoices and expenses
Where toTo the Provincial Tax Office of Álava or GipuzkoaTo the Economic Operations Register (LROE) of the Provincial Tax Office of Bizkaia
What you set upYour certificate and the date from which invoices are sentAlso your taxpayer details, the LROE form (140 or 240) and your business activity codes
Is your company in the rest of Spain? Then VeriFactu applies to you, and FacturaDirecta complies with it too.

Invoicing with TicketBAI in FacturaDirecta is a breeze

You issue your invoices the FacturaDirecta way, with plenty of flow and no hassle.

Perfect invoices

Perfect invoices

Review before issuing

You work with draft invoices and, when they’re ready, save them as final. Only then are they sent.

Sent automatically

You save the invoice and FacturaDirecta signs it, adds its QR code and reports it to your provincial tax office.

Fix it with a corrective invoice

A sent invoice can’t be freely changed: if there’s a mistake, you issue a corrective invoice in no time.

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Activation

How to activate TicketBAI in FacturaDirecta

You set it up once and, from then on, every invoice complies with your provincial tax office on its own.
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  1. Upload your certificate
  2. Activate TicketBAI or Batuz
  3. In Bizkaia, complete the LROE
  4. Invoice as usual
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FAQ

We answer your questions

Answers to the most common questions about TicketBAI, Batuz and FacturaDirecta.

Freelancers and businesses that pay tax to the Basque provincial tax offices. In Álava and Gipuzkoa it’s called TicketBAI; in Bizkaia it’s part of Batuz, which adds the LROE. Navarre has its own rules, and the rest of Spain uses VeriFactu.

TicketBAI is the invoicing part: signing every invoice, adding its TBAI and QR and sending it. Batuz is Bizkaia’s system, which includes TicketBAI plus the Economic Operations Register (LROE), where your purchases and expenses can go too.

Your own, valid and in .p12 or .pfx format: a personal certificate, a legal entity representative certificate or an Izenpe device certificate. Unlike VeriFactu, FacturaDirecta’s certificate can’t be used here. We explain it in our help centre (in Spanish).

Yes, if you use an Izenpe one. In Álava and Bizkaia, before you start sending; in Gipuzkoa, within a month of your first invoice. With your personal or company certificate you usually don’t need to.

Not freely: what’s been sent to the tax office doesn’t change. If it has a mistake, issue a corrective invoice. That’s why we recommend reviewing your invoices as drafts before saving them as final.

FacturaDirecta keeps the submission and retries it automatically for 24 hours. Don’t issue the invoice again: you’ll see every attempt in its activity log.

No. FacturaDirecta issues your invoices with TicketBAI and, in Bizkaia, takes your records to the LROE, but it doesn’t file provincial tax forms such as 140 or 111. For those, use your tax office’s channels or ask your advisor.

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