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JoFotara e-invoicing readiness checker

Twelve questions at most. The checker runs in your browser and asks for no email. You get a result and next steps, each linked to the ISTD document it comes from.

Check your readiness

Question 1 of 9

Is your business registered in Jordan and selling in Jordan?

JoFotara is Jordan’s national system. This checker covers businesses that sell inside Jordan.

What JoFotara asks of a business

  • Two ways to issue invoices

    With no accounting software, you add a sub-user and issue invoices on the JoFotara portal. With accounting software, you link the device to get a Client ID and a Secret Key, finish ISTD’s technical requirements, and the software sends invoices directly.

    ISTD joining guide, 2026 edition

  • Registering

    Log in to the ISTD e-services, open National E-Invoicing and create an account. Your tax number is filled in for you.

    ISTD joining guide, 2026 edition

  • Three invoice families

    Income invoice for sellers not registered for sales tax, general sales tax invoice and special sales tax invoice. Each has a return invoice. The payment method and the type of sale are coded in the invoice.

    ISTD technical integration guide, version 1.5

  • The QR code

    JoFotara answers each invoice with a status, a QR code and a UUID. The QR code it returns must be printed on your invoice. Keep the ID, UUID, QR code and status.

    ISTD technical integration guide, version 1.5

  • Checking a QR code

    A JoFotara QR code can be checked only in the Sanad app, under digital document verification.

    ISTD technical integration guide, version 1.5

  • For software teams

    The invoice is a UBL 2.1 XML file, Base64-encoded inside JSON, sent with your Client ID and Secret Key. ISTD’s technical guide is at version 1.5.

    ISTD technical integration guide, version 1.5

  • Your purchases matter too

    Under phase two, a purchase counts as a tax-deductible expense only if its invoice came from JoFotara or a linked system.

    ISTD news: legal framework for phase two

  • Penalties

    Penalties for not issuing proper invoices fall under Article 64 of Income Tax Law No. 34 of 2014. Read the law or ask ISTD for the details.

    ISTD Instructions No. (1) of 2019 on invoicing

  • Odoo

    Odoo’s Jordan localisation includes a JoFotara module. It needs an Activity Number, a Secret Key and a Client ID. Ask your own vendor what yours supports.

    Odoo documentation: Jordan

How the result is decided, and what it rests on

The checker works through your answers in a fixed order and stops at the first match: outside Jordan, may be exempt, not started, started but not issuing, issuing with gaps, then on track.

A business registered for sales tax never gets the “may be exempt” result, and neither does one that is already issuing. A “not sure” answer adds a step to find out. It never raises or lowers your result.

Every step links to the ISTD document it comes from. The advice about typing 1,000 or more invoices a month by hand is our own rule of thumb, not an ISTD rule.

This page does not report any new phase or due date from ISTD, and we do not guess at one.

Sources

Checked against ISTD documents on 1 November 2026. Technical guide version 1.5.

Common questions

ISTD says companies, establishments, professionals, service providers and craftsmen who fall under the system issue their invoices through it. Some businesses may be exempt. Check the 2019 Instructions, or ask ISTD about your case.
ISTD’s 2019 Instructions list groups with yearly limits: listed licensed businesses up to 75,000 JOD, licensed professions up to 30,000 JOD, bread-only bakeries up to 150,000 JOD, and a 50,000 JOD rule for lawyers. We could not confirm that the list is unchanged in 2026, so call ISTD before you rely on it. A business registered for sales tax should not assume it is covered.
If you have no accounting software, add a sub-user and issue invoices on the JoFotara portal. If you use a POS or accounting system, link the device and let the software send the invoices. Typing invoices into the portal gets slow at around 1,000 a month. That is our rule of thumb, not an ISTD rule.
In your JoFotara account, through the device linking option. Your software needs both to send invoices. Keep the Secret Key private.
From phase two, a purchase counts as a tax-deductible expense only if its invoice came from JoFotara or a linked system. Ask your suppliers to issue through JoFotara, and keep their invoices.
Use ISTD’s registration check at es.istd.gov.jo, or ask the ISTD invoicing hotline.
Article 64 of the Income Tax Law applies to not issuing proper invoices. We do not list amounts here because we have not verified them. Read the law or ask ISTD.
No. The checker runs in your browser and sends us nothing. Your answers stay in the page and in the link you copy, as short codes. If you accepted analytics, we count anonymous events such as finishing the checker, with your result type and how you issue invoices. We never see your name, tax number or email here.

Before you rely on this

This checker is general guidance from ISTD’s published documents. It is not tax or legal advice and not an ISTD service. ISTD’s decision on your case is final. Confirm with ISTD or your accountant before you act. BottleTech is not affiliated with ISTD.

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