PINT A-NZ Is Now the Only Accepted Profile in Australia

PINT A-NZ in Australia in one sentence

Since 15 May 2025, PINT A-NZ is the only accepted Peppol profile in Australia — the legacy ANZ Peppol BIS profiles are retired — so every invoice and credit note you exchange must be produced and validated against PINT A-NZ, not European BIS. For the wider context, the Peppol e-invoicing Australia guide explains how the network fits together.

What changed, and when

Australia and New Zealand jointly moved the trans-Tasman network onto a single, current profile in two steps:

Both dates have now passed. There is no dual-running period left: PINT A-NZ is the profile, and anything on the retired profile is out of scope.

What PINT A-NZ actually is

PINT A-NZ is the Australia-New Zealand specialisation of the international Peppol PINT model, based on Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 and jointly governed by the ATO and MBIE (New Zealand). It is the shared profile that lets one network serve both countries. For the distinction between the underlying models, see Peppol vs PINT.

The key point: PINT A-NZ is based on BIS Billing 3.0 but is not interchangeable with the European BIS Billing profile. Same lineage, different specialisation.

Why "based on BIS" is a trap

Because PINT A-NZ descends from BIS Billing 3.0, an invoice can look correct while being validated against the wrong artefacts. If your system or provider checks documents against European BIS Billing rules, it may pass its own validation and still be rejected by an Australian buyer, because the buyer validates against PINT A-NZ.

The fix is to validate against the current PINT A-NZ artefacts — the profile and customisation identifiers, business rules and code lists for A-NZ — before anything leaves your system.

How to confirm you are on the right profile

• [ ] Check the profile and customisation identifiers stamped on each document.
• [ ] Confirm validation runs against PINT A-NZ, not European BIS artefacts.
• [ ] Verify credit notes, not just invoices, are on PINT A-NZ.
• [ ] If you use self-billing, confirm it is on the A-NZ profile too.
• [ ] Confirm nothing still emits the retired ANZ Peppol BIS profile.
• [ ] Ask your provider for testbed conformance evidence for PINT A-NZ.

Who is responsible for this

In practice, the profile is your access point's job. An accredited AU/NZ provider must support PINT A-NZ, so if you send through one, the migration off the legacy profile is largely handled. If you are unsure whether your provider is accredited, see accredited Peppol service providers in Australia.

How GoRoute helps

GoRoute (POP000991) is a certified Peppol Access Point and SMP and, since July 2026, an ATO-accredited Australian Peppol Service Provider. We passed testbed conformance for PINT A-NZ Billing — invoice and credit note — and A-NZ self-billing, so documents are produced and validated on the correct profile before they leave, over one REST API. Book a demo.

Sources: ATO — eInvoicing; Peppol / OpenPeppol.