ZRA Certification in Progress · Built in Zambia

The ZRA Smart Invoice ERP That Runs Your Whole Business

Compliant invoices, credit notes, purchases, stock, and VAT reports — connected to how your business actually operates, not bolted on beside it. Built and supported in Lusaka.

A product by Deviatov Software — systems running Zambian operations for 10+ years.

Mandatory

Electronic invoicing via ZRA Smart Invoice is required for every VAT-registered business in Zambia (SI No. 58 of 2023).

Since Jan 2025

Only invoices issued through Smart Invoice qualify for input VAT claims. Non-compliant invoices cost you real money.

Penalties Apply

Enforcement began 1 October 2024. Compliance is not optional — but it doesn't have to be painful.

Everything ZRA Requires

One System. Fully Compliant. Actually Usable.

Every flow ZRA tests for certification, built into an ERP your team will want to use.

Compliant Sales Invoicing

Tax invoices with QR code, SDC block, and every mandatory field — normal, LPO, and export sales. Consecutive, tamper-proof numbering.

Credit Notes Done Right

Full or partial credit notes linked to the original invoice with reason codes — the flow auditors and accountants actually check.

Purchases from ZRA

Pull purchase invoices straight from Smart Invoice, approve or reject them, and update stock — plus capture from non-Smart-Invoice suppliers.

Imports (ASYCUDA)

Retrieve import declarations, approve or reject, and bring imported goods into stock with the right tax treatment.

Stock That Reconciles

Stock movements transmitted as ZRA requires: adjustments in and out, stock takes, and item master sync with UNSPSC classification.

VAT Reports & Excel Export

VAT transaction reports and schedules exported to Excel in the format your accountant asks for at month-end.

Keeps Selling Offline

Zambian internet is what it is. Fiscari keeps invoicing when the connection drops and transmits automatically on reconnect.

Users, Roles & Audit Trail

User-level access control and a full audit trail of originals and amendments — no edits or deletions after issue, as the law requires.

A Certified Core You Can Build Your Business On

Most compliance software is a dead end: it issues invoices and nothing else. Fiscari is different by design — the certified fiscal engine is sealed and separate from your business features.

That means when your business needs something custom — farmer management, weighbridge integration, payroll, a customer portal — it's added above the certified core. You get software that fits your operation without ever putting your compliance at risk.

  • Start with compliance, grow into a full ERP at your pace
  • Custom features never touch the certified fiscal engine
  • Cloud-hosted, secure, backed up — no servers to maintain
How Fiscari is built
Your custom features

added per business, any time

Fiscari ERP

sales · purchases · stock · reports · users

Certified fiscal engine

sealed · ZRA Smart Invoice / VSDC

ZRA Smart Invoice platform
Switching Is the Easy Part

Already "Compliant" but Fighting Your System?

Many businesses grabbed whatever worked before the deadline — and now live with double capture, mismatched stock, and invoices the accountant has to fix. Moving to Fiscari is a three-step process.

1

Free Setup Review

We look at your current invoicing, stock, and VAT workflow and tell you exactly what migration involves — no obligation.

2

Parallel Run

Your old system keeps working while we set up items, customers, opening stock, and branch devices. No downtime, no lost invoices.

3

Go Live, Supported Locally

Your team is trained, you switch over, and support is a WhatsApp message to the developer in Lusaka — not an offshore ticket queue.

Smart Invoice Questions, Answered

What Zambian businesses ask us most.

Who must use ZRA Smart Invoice?

Every VAT-registered taxpayer in Zambia, under the VAT (Electronic Invoicing System) Regulations, SI No. 58 of 2023. Since 1 January 2025, only invoices issued through Smart Invoice qualify for input VAT claims and deductions.

What's the difference between the ZRA portal and a VSDC-integrated system like Fiscari?

The free ZRA portal means typing every invoice twice — once in your records, once for ZRA. A VSDC-integrated ERP issues the compliant invoice as a by-product of running your business: your sale, your stock movement, and your ZRA transmission are one action, not three.

Can I keep my current system and just add Smart Invoice?

Sometimes. If your current system works well, we can look at integrating it with the certified fiscal engine. If it's Excel or a system you've outgrown, Fiscari replaces it — invoicing, stock, purchases, and VAT reports in one place.

What happens when the internet goes down?

You keep selling. Fiscari issues invoices offline and transmits them to ZRA automatically when the connection returns — as the Smart Invoice specification provides for.

How long does setup take?

A straightforward business — items, customers, one branch — is typically live within days. Migrations from an existing system depend on data quality; the free review gives you an honest timeline before you commit.

Who is behind Fiscari?

Fiscari is built by Deviatov Software, a Lusaka systems developer whose ERPs have run Zambian agricultural and processing operations for over a decade — with clients retained for 10+ years.

Get Compliant. Stay Sane.

Tell us how you invoice today and we'll tell you exactly what moving to Fiscari looks like — free, honest, no obligation.