DNIT (Paraguay's tax and customs authority) published on Saturday, June 20, General Resolution No. 54, which requires manufacturers, assemblers, importers, exporters, and dealers licensed by the General Directorate of War Materiel (Digemabel) to issue exclusively electronic tax documents for transactions involving firearms, ammunition, explosives, explosive accessories, chemical precursors, and pyrotechnic articles.
The measure brings these sectors into the National Integrated Electronic Invoicing System (Sifen) and complies with Law No. 7411/2024, which regulates firearms and their components. Taxpayers must use the Ekuatia Transactional System or, where applicable, the free Ekuatia'i solution, in accordance with the conditions established by the tax administration.
DNIT has set a 90-day deadline for compliance, counted from the date of licensing by Digemabel or, for those already authorized, from the effective date of the resolution. The regulation also provides for the possibility of extension in specific cases, according to the agency's existing rules.
In implementing the measure, DNIT will work in coordination with Digemabel to conduct tests, exchange information, and verify compliance by the obligated parties. Among the data to be cross-referenced are the name or company name, RUC (Taxpayer Unique Registry) number, date of incorporation, and the number of the enabling resolution.
With this measure, the tax authority seeks to strengthen fiscal control over a sector considered highly sensitive, expanding the traceability of commercial transactions and the oversight of weapons, ammunition, and explosives in the country.