e-invoicing

Folio management

Folios are the unique numbers that identify each tax document in Chile, requested from the Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII) and valid for a limited period.

Every tax document issued in Chile has a unique folio number assigned by the SII. To request folios, an authorized person at your company downloads a Código de Autorización de Folios (CAF) file from the SII website and loads it into Paperless.

Important aspects of folio management in Chile

  • Folios for taxable documents such as electronic invoices are valid for six months. The SII rejects any documents submitted with expired folios.

  • The SII limits the number of folios it grants per request based on your company’s average issuance volume over the last three months. Requesting more folios than you use can trigger an audit.

  • Folios have a one-to-one relationship with documents. A folio used on a rejected document should be canceled with the SII rather than reused.

You can split folio ranges across different integration systems (manual invoicing, backOffice, POS) to prevent one system from consuming folios meant for another.

For large companies with high document volumes, the Folio Management add-on module automates this entire process.