How to file a foreign invoice
You do two things: forward an invoice when it arrives, and look at the month before the deadline. Everything in between — the rate, the calculation, both files — happens on its own.
Steps
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Forward the invoice when it arrives
You have your own email address, printed on the main screen. Forward the message and that is all you do that day. An invoice that did not arrive by email can be uploaded under “Učitaj račun” or typed in under “Unesi račun ručno”.
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The rest happens on its own
Supplier, date, currency and amount are read off the document. The HNB middle rate for that invoice's date is fetched, the amount converted to euro, reverse-charge VAT calculated, and the form each invoice belongs on decided. You look none of that up and type none of it in.
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Glance at what was read
The reading is an aid to data entry, not a source of truth, so each invoice carries how confident the system was. Anything it could not read reliably is flagged — you look at those, not at every invoice.
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Before the deadline: download and file
The „Obračun” screen lists every invoice in the period, the totals, how much VAT is payable and by when. You download PDV-S and Obrazac PDV and upload them to ePorezna. An invoice that has entered a generated filing can no longer be removed; a correction goes in an amended return.
What you get
- PDV-S, XML
- For acquisitions and services from other EU member states. Uploaded to ePorezna.
- Obrazac PDV, XML
- This is where the reverse-charge VAT is calculated and paid, so it is filed alongside PDV-S — PDV-S is only the report of acquisitions. An EU supplier's invoice goes to position II.10; a third-country one (OpenAI, GitHub) to II.13, and never onto PDV-S. A domestic invoice goes on neither. You download both forms together.
Legal basis
Croatian VAT Act — reverse charge on the recipient of the service, and monthly reporting of EU acquisitions.