What are e-Fatura and e-Arşiv, and when does the GİB mandate apply?

GİB (Gelir İdaresi Başkanlığı, Turkish Revenue Administration) requires electronic invoicing for almost every merchant above small-trader thresholds. Two distinct formats:

• e-Fatura, B2B / B2G e-invoice (between VKN-holders). Mandatory for any single invoice above 5,000 TL or total daily B2B billing above 30,000 TL to the same customer. Routed through GİB’s closed e-Fatura system (sender + receiver both registered).
• e-Arşiv (e-Arşiv Fatura), B2C e-invoice (to TC Kimlik No-holders or VKN-holders not on e-Fatura). Mandatory for all e-commerce sales since 2020 if your annual revenue exceeds the GİB threshold (currently ₺3M, dropping).

Magento integration: at order completion, generate the appropriate XML format (UBL-TR), sign with the merchant’s e-imza (electronic signature certificate), then submit via a certified PDP (Özel Entegratör), Logo, Mikro, Foriba, Uyumsoft, Pennylane, or similar. The PDP handles GİB routing + archival for 10 years (mandatory retention).

Magento → PDP API integration is what we ship: XML mapping from sales_invoice + customer VKN/TC + line items + KDV per rate.