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Americas · Clearance (DIAN validation)
A stable, universal clearance regime. The rulebook – Res. 000165/2023 with its technical annexes, as amended by Res. 000202/2025 – was compiled into a single Resolución 000227/2025 in September 2025. No new mandate dates are pending; draft changes around the RADIAN registry for negotiable invoices are in circulation without binding dates.
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Applies to
B2B, B2C, B2G
November 1, 2020
Next phase deadline
All taxpayers on DIAN clearance since 2020
Two questions. The fixed-establishment rule is where most foreign businesses get it wrong.
Roughly how big is the business?
Is your business established in Colombia – a company, branch, or fixed establishment there?
Not in scope for Colombia
With no establishment and no RUT registration, DIAN clearance does not reach you – imports are documented on the buyer's side. Revisit if you set up locally or register for the simplified digital-services VAT regime (which itself carries no invoicing mandate).
Registered without establishment – usually outside
Non-resident digital-service providers registered for Colombian VAT declare through the simplified regime and are not electronic-invoicing obliged – the mandate attaches to invoice-obliged taxpayers in the RUT. A full local registration with invoicing obligations changes that. Confirm which register you are actually in.
In scope – equivalent documents included
Small businesses invoice through the DIAN's free facturador or a technology provider. Since 2024 the electronic equivalent documents matter too – if you sell through a POS, those tickets are electronic documents with their own rules, and buyer data minimums apply under Res. 000202/2025.
In scope – clearance is routine, watch RADIAN
You have cleared invoices through the DIAN since 2020. Nothing new is dated – the compiled Res. 000227/2025 is the rulebook – but if you factor or trade receivables, keep an eye on the draft RADIAN registration changes in circulation.
A single date hides the rollout. Here's the full sequence.
1 November 2020
All invoice-obliged taxpayers
Universal DIAN clearance completed its phased rollout (Res. 000042/2020 under Ley 2155 lineage).
Done
2024
POS, utilities, transport – equivalent documents
Electronic equivalent documents phased in through 2024 (deadlines set by Res. 000165/2023 as amended).
Done
23 September 2025
Everyone – compiled rulebook
Resolución 000227/2025 compiles the invoicing rules into a single resolution; buyer-data minimums and DIAN lookup service per Res. 000202/2025 already in force.
Done
The standards, scope and dates that define the mandate – at a glance.
Transaction scope
B2B, B2C, B2G
Model
Clearance (DIAN validation)
Formats
UBL 2.1 XML (DIAN profile with CUFE)
Region
Americas
STATUS
Live now
Scope
Universal for invoice-obliged taxpayers since November 2020. Each UBL 2.1 XML is validated by the DIAN in seconds (CUFE hash, QR code, 48-hour contingency window). Electronic equivalent documents – POS tickets, utilities, transport, tolls – were phased in during 2024.
Estatuto Tributario art. 652 (1% of value, capped at 950 UVT), art. 652-1 (5%, same cap) and art. 657 (closure of at least 3 days for repeat offences).
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