Implemented experiments

This page contains all the experiments carried out in the Real-Time Economy project and their results. Find out about the experiments: click a title and read more.

  • Using the business wallet concept in business

    A joint trial by Norway, Sweden and Finland in the MiniSuomi environment. The test data is used to see what the digital business wallet can accomplish and how it could be used.

    Trial partners

    Brønnøysund Register Centre (NO)
    Swedish Companies Registration Office (SE)
    Real-Time Economy project (FI)
    Ministry of Finance (FI)

    Time

    The time frame is tied to the pilot of the EUDI wallet consortium.

    A proof of concept (PoC) was implemented

    • How a Swedish company can request basic information from a Finnish company and vice versa
    • Where the information is located and who will hand it over
    • Use cases of the activities, demos of the technical solution and presentation of the results
    More about the trial: mikael.afhallstrom(at)vero.fi

  • Offering eReceipts in government agencies

    The task was to compile the requirements for offering eReceipts in accounting units so that eReceipts can be offered, and to test eReceipt relaying in a purchase situation.

    The trial was based on the requirement that the accounting unit send eReceipts only if the customer has signed an eReceipt agreement with an eReceipt operator.

    Participants
    Finnish Patent and Registration Office, CPU, ReceiptHero, Valtori and State Treasury

    Time
    December 2022

    More about the trial: pirjo.ilola(at)valtiokonttori.fi

  • Using the data in eReceipts

    Combining card purchase receipts with card invoices in a purchase invoice system.

    The trial also created a model report for purchase rows on card invoices for which eReceipts had not been received. This makes it easier to validate the card invoice in a purchase invoice system.

    Participants

    Police, Valvira and State Treasury

    Time

    December 2022

    More about the trial: pirjo.ilola(at)valtiokonttori.fi

  • Peppol service metadata publisher (SMP) and Findy trial

    All Peppol users report their data related to the receipt of messages to the service metadata publisher
    service, SMP. This information includes the receiving addresses and supported messages and processes.

    The Peppol SMP and Findy trial managed to demonstrate that SMP can also maintain the address information needed by Findy. In addition, it was verified that the data content of Peppol messages can be used to create data sets (credentials) used by the trust network.

    Participants

    Posti, TietoEvry, OP and the Real-Time Economy project

    Time

    Spring 2021

    More information

    Tapani Turunen, tapani.turunen (a) valtiokonttori.fi

  • One-off e-invoice for consumers

    In addition to pilots carried out in cooperation with banks, Apix Messaging Oy, Isolta Ltd, MobilePay Finland Oy and representatives of the State Treasury also launched pilots with one-time e-invoices intended for consumers in December 2021. The aim was to check that an e-invoice can be sent using Isolta’s invoicing software to a consumer’s MobilePay application and to determine which changes would be required in the invoice transmitting process. Apix acted as the e-invoicing operator in the pilot. Following a successful pilot, the first one-time e-invoices were transmitted to consumers in January 2022.

    Participants

    Apix Messaging Oy, Isolta Oy, Mobilepay Oy and State Treasury

    Time

    January 2022

    More information:

    Tomi Rusi, State Treasury tomi.rusi (a) valtionkonttori.fi

    Read Tomi Rusi’s blog 21 March 2022 on one-off consumer invoicing

  • Experiments on sending data across national borders in the Peppol network

    Between spring 2021 and spring 2022, the State Treasury and the Tax Administration organised three trials on sending a product list, an e-invoice and a procurement message across national borders in the Peppol network.

    Peppol is a network developed by the international OpenPeppol association, through which different actors can transmit electronic business documents to each other. The trials were carried out in cooperation with the Nordic Smart Government and Business (NSG&B) programme. Read the Peppol information package and training material.

    NSG&B: Cross-border testing of Peppol product catalogues

    It was verified that software vendors have the capability to send a Peppol product catalogue to each other across borders. It was verified that the Peppol message can convey information about environmental responsibility (green data).

    Participants: State Treasury, Tax Administration
    Time: spring 2021

    NSG&B: Cross-border testing of Peppol e-invoicing messages

    It was verified that software vendors have the capability to send Peppol e-invoice messages to each other across borders.

    Participants: State Treasury, Tax Administration
    Time: autumn 2021

    NSG&B: Cross-border testing of Peppol procurement messages

    The State Treasury and the Tax Administration participated in a trial that verified that software vendors have the capability to send Peppol procurement messages to each other across borders.

    Participants: State Treasury, Tax Administration
    Time: spring 2022

    All three trials provided valuable information about marking value-added tax with VAT tax category codes and tax exemption reason codes (VATEX reason code) in the documents. These help develop VAT marking in documents and support the preparation of the new VAT directive (VIDA, Vat in the Digital Age).

    More information

    Pirjo Ilola, State Treasury pirjo.ilola (at) valtiokonttori.fi and Pasi Sinervo, Tax Administration pasi.sinervo (at) vero.fi

    Read the news article on NSG&B’s e-invoice and procurement message trial

, Updated 3.7.2023 at 10:23