Archive after payment

How should e-invoice be archived after payment?

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Short answer

After payment, retain the original XML, attachments, a readable rendering, the validation report, accounting export, the link to the payment, payment status and the processing audit trail. Payment does not replace or shorten the obligation to preserve the invoice record.

The original

XML and Annexes

The original XML remains the base file even after payment.

Payment

Bond to the bank

Save payment status, date, amount, account and matching characters.

Accounting

Export and accounting

The archive should show to which accounting record the document was transferred.

Audit

Timeline

Acceptance, validation, approval, payment and archiving should be in one track.

Conclusion: once paid, the invoice does not disappear from the workflow. It becomes an auditable evidence package.

Sources: Act No. 222/2004 Coll., Section 71; the Slovak e-Invoicing Centre’s internal archiving model. Verified on 5 July 2026.