Mexico has an synchronic invoicing system, which means that documents will be checked immediately as you issue them.

The steps are as follow, you can identify them by using GET /documents and reading the fields.

GET /documents/{document_id}

1) Draft

1
{
2
    "header": {
3
      "document_status" : 0
4
    }
5
}

2) Issued, pending validation

1
{
2
    "header": {
3
    "document_status" : 1
4
    }
5
}

The document has all required fields and was issued by our system, it will be sent to the tax authority in a few minutes. No action is required on your side.

3) Approved by tax authority (SAT)

1
{
2
    "header": {
3
        "document_status" : 1,
4
        "taxbureau_send_status": 1,
5
        "taxbureau_send_id": "XXXXXX",
6
        "taxbureau_send_date": "AAAA-MM-DD",
7
        "taxbureau_validation_status": 3
8
    }
9
}

The document has completed its cycle succesfully, no further action is required.

3B) Rejected by tax authority (SAT)

1
{
2
    "header": {
3
        "document_status" : 1,
4
        "taxbureau_send_status": 1,
5
        "taxbureau_send_id": "XXXXXX",
6
        "taxbureau_send_date": "AAAA-MM-DD",
7
        "taxbureau_validation_status": 5,
8
        "taxbureau_validation_comments": "XXXXX"
9
    }
10
}

The document was rejected, you will find further information on the comments field. The document must be issued and sent again in this case.

4) Document cancelled

1
{
2
    "header": {
3
        "document_status" : 2,
4
        "taxbureau_send_status": 1,
5
        "taxbureau_send_id": "XXXXXX",
6
        "taxbureau_send_date": "AAAA-MM-DD",
7
        "taxbureau_validation_status": 5,
8
        "taxbureau_validation_comments": "XXXXX"
9
    }
10
}

Mexico allows you to directly cancel documents without the need for a credit note in certain cases. You will see document_status change to value 2. All other fields will remain the same.