HI Team, Just to confirm, does the XML strictly require Arabic content for item name, or is it acceptable to use English?

[image] XML in Bilingual language As per VAT Regulations, Tax Invoices must be in Arabic language (text that is visible on human readable form of invoice). To provide Arabic and English you can provide the values in same field and use a | separator (please look at sample XMLs in SDK). Content on …

I checked whether having the item name in Arabic is mandatory for the XML part, and I found the following: In the PDF, the Arabic item description is mandatory. In the XML, the Arabic item description is not mandatory. These are few examples XML invoice generated from taxilla company. […

[image] odaij85: In the PDF, the Arabic item description is mandatory. In the XML, the Arabic item description is not mandatory. Content on human readable form of invoice cannot be different from content in XML. If XML has both Arabic and English content then same must be visualized on human…

[image] Clarification on Using Transliteration in Invoice PDF (English ↔ Arabic) First of all, please note that as per VAT Regulations, Tax Invoices must be in Arabic. Taxpayers are allowed to issue invoices in Arabic and English (Arabic being mandatory). You may use transliterated words for tho…

Item name arabic in XML

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The content in PDF should strictly match content in XML.

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Item name arabic in XML

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