BIR e-invoicing · Made for Philippine businesses
Every Shopee, Lazada and TikTok Shop order, e-invoiced. Before December 31.
Upload your order file. PrimerLedger issues one e-invoice per order in BIR's format, turns returns into credit notes, and gets a PDF ready for each order you upload to Shopee. Selling on Facebook, Instagram or your own website? It works there too.
No card needed · ₱299 a month after your free months · Cancel any time
For everyone who sells online
- Shopee
- Lazada
- TikTok Shop
- Facebook & Instagram
- Your own website
Watch · 60 seconds
The rule, and the fix. In about a minute.
Read the transcript
December 31, 2026.
BIR e-invoicing becomes the rule for online sellers, and for businesses that invoice from software.
Invoices typed in Word or Excel won’t count anymore.
Meet PrimerLedger.
Upload the order file you already export. Check the invoices. Click issue.
Thousands of orders run in the background, while you keep working.
Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop, Facebook, or your own website. It works wherever you sell.
Returns become credit notes. Every buyer gets a link and a QR code.
Every e-invoice is locked, and saved as JSON in BIR’s format. When BIR calls for it, it’s digitally signed, and sent to BIR.
BIR approves businesses, not software. We walk you through your permits, and remind you before each date.
PrimerLedger. E-invoicing for Philippine businesses. Free for three months.
The video shows these as illustrated scenes with made-up orders, invoices and a fictional café. PrimerLedger is not affiliated with any platform named.
The BIR rule
E-invoicing is now the law. Here is what it means for you.
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Who must switch
Online sellers, businesses using accounting or invoicing software, and large taxpayers. Micro businesses (under ₱3 million a year) don't have to, but may.
Source: RMC 98-2026, III
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By when
December 31, 2026
For every covered business. The BIR may move it again; we follow every new issuance.
Source: RR 26-2025 · RMC 98-2026, IV.1
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What counts
An invoice made in a registered system, sent to your buyer digitally (e-mail, link or QR code), with data BIR can receive. Invoices made in Word, Excel or Google Sheets don't count.
Source: RMC 98-2026, IV.4
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What you need from BIR
A Permit to Issue E-Invoices (PTI) from your RDO, then an EIS Certificate within six months.
Source: RMC 98-2026, IV.12 · IV.15
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No more editing
An issued e-invoice can't be changed or deleted. Returns and corrections become credit notes.
Source: RMC 98-2026, IV.8
Guidance in plain words, not tax advice. Ask your accountant or RDO about your business.
How it works
Four steps. Most of them are one click.
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Step 1
Upload your orders
The export from Shopee, Lazada or TikTok Shop, as it is. Map the columns once; PrimerLedger remembers.
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Step 2
Check before you issue
See the invoice an order will become. Leave out test or wrong orders.
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Step 3
Issue e-invoices
One per order, numbered in order. Thousands run in the background; you get an e-mail when it's done.
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Step 4
Deliver them
A PDF for each order to upload to Shopee, a private link and QR code for every buyer, and the e-invoice data kept in BIR's format.
For online sellers
Thousands of orders a month? One upload, one e-invoice each.
Export your orders from Shopee, Lazada or TikTok Shop and upload the file as it is. PrimerLedger issues one e-invoice per completed order and turns returns into credit notes.
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Shopee
- One upload, one e-invoice per completed order
- Returns come back with only their credit note
- Several Shopee accounts, never invoiced twice
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Lazada
- One upload, one e-invoice per order
- Returned items become credit notes
- Buyers who asked for a tax invoice get it in their own name and TIN
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TikTok Shop
- Delivered orders become e-invoices
- Returns become credit notes
- Tax-invoice requests read straight from the file
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Everywhere else
- Facebook, Instagram or Viber: issue in a minute, paste the link in the chat
- Your own website or another marketplace: upload its order file
- Every buyer opens the invoice without an account
PrimerLedger is not affiliated with Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop, Facebook, Instagram, Viber or any platform named here. You upload the order files you export from them.
Built for BIR's rules
The rules are strict. PrimerLedger follows them for you.
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Locked once issued
An e-invoice can't be edited or deleted, by anyone. Corrections are credit notes.
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Returns become credit notes
Full or partial, with BIR's correction reason, against the right invoice.
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BIR's format, kept for every invoice
The e-invoice data is saved the moment it's issued. Download a month or a year as one file.
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A link and QR code for every buyer
Buyers open their invoice without an account.
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System down? Covered.
Issue the manual invoice BIR allows, then replace it with an e-invoice that names it.
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Your permits, tracked
“Am I covered?”, your steps, and reminders before your PTI and EIS Certificate dates.
Straight answers
BIR approves businesses, not software.
Your business applies for its own permits. PrimerLedger shows you each step and does the invoicing work after.
- A step-by-step screen for BIR's certification tests, using your own keys
- A tracker for your PTI and certificate dates, with e-mail reminders
- Sending your e-invoices to BIR: ready, and switched on once BIR gives your business the permit
PrimerLedger is e-invoicing software. BIR does not accredit software providers; your business holds its own PTI and EIS Certificate.
| Step | Permit | Where | When |
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| 1 | Permit to Issue E-Invoices (PTI) | Your Revenue District Office. BIR takes up to 20 working days. | Before your first e-invoice. |
| 2 | EIS Certificate | BIR's EIS certification portal: a set of online tests. | Within 6 months after your PTI. |
| 3 | Permit to Transmit (PTT) | The same portal. | Not yet. Only when BIR calls for electronic sales reporting. |
Source: RMC 98-2026, IV.12 · IV.15. Micro businesses (under ₱3 million a year) don't have to switch, but may.
Also your books
And yes, it's your books too.
Sales, expenses, receipts and reports in one place — easier than Excel, clearer than a notebook.
Made here
Made for business in the Philippines.
- Pesos, BIR terms and Manila time, everywhere
- For online sellers, sari-sari stores, cafés and service businesses
- Your data stays yours: we never sell it
- Kept on servers in the Philippines, backed up every night
About us
15 years in accounting. Now in software.
The people behind PrimerLedger have spent 15 years in accounting: closing books, preparing invoices and answering to BIR's rules. PrimerLedger is that experience, written into software, so a small business gets it right without having to become an accountant.
More about usAccounting know-how
- VAT and the RR 7-2024 invoice rules
- Credit notes and corrections
- PTI, EIS Certificate and CAS
- Month-end, the way accountants close it
Software
- Thousands of invoices in minutes
- Records locked once issued
- BIR’s e-invoice format, kept for you
- Reminders before every deadline
PrimerLedger
Simple for you. Right for BIR.
- 15 years
- in accounting, behind every feature
- 15
- e-invoicing guides, each with its official sources
- 6,040
- e-invoices from one month of real orders, in our own test
- ₱299
- a month, free for 3 months
Pricing
₱299 a month. Free for 3 months.
No card to start. Every feature from day one. Cancel any time.
Do I have to switch to e-invoicing?
If you sell online, use accounting or invoicing software, or are a large taxpayer, BIR's rule (RMC 98-2026) says yes, by December 31, 2026. Micro businesses with gross sales under ₱3 million a year don't have to, but may. The three questions on our Am I covered? page give you a first answer; your accountant or RDO confirms it.
I sell on Shopee. How do my orders become e-invoices?
Export your orders from Shopee Seller Centre (the "All" tab) and upload the file to PrimerLedger as it is. Each completed order becomes one e-invoice and approved returns become credit notes. Upload the same month again any time: nothing is doubled. A direct Shopee connection is planned.
Does PrimerLedger send my e-invoices to BIR?
PrimerLedger keeps the data of every e-invoice in BIR's format from the moment it is issued, and sending it to BIR is built in. BIR asks for it only once it gives your business a Permit to Transmit; until then nothing is sent, and you can download your e-invoice files any time.
Is PrimerLedger BIR-accredited?
BIR does not accredit e-invoicing software providers. Your business applies for its own Permit to Issue E-Invoices (PTI) and EIS Certificate, naming the software it uses. PrimerLedger shows you each step, runs BIR's certification tests with your own keys and tracks your dates.
What happens when a buyer returns an order?
An issued e-invoice can't be changed, so the return becomes a credit note against that invoice: for the whole order or the items that came back. For online orders, PrimerLedger finds the return in your next upload once the platform has approved it, and you issue the credit notes in one click.
Can I keep using Excel for my invoices?
Not for e-invoices. RMC 98-2026 says invoices made in Word, Excel, Google Docs or Google Sheets are not valid e-invoices. You can still export your PrimerLedger records to Excel any time.
December 31 is 69 days away.
Start today. It's free for 3 months, and your first e-invoices can go out this week.
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