Letzte Aktualisierung 2/09/2014

When accepting American Express payments via the acquirer Alpha Card you can send the following additional invoice information along with the order details.

• Invoice reference
• Invoice date to appear in bank files
• Total invoice amount (VAT excl.)
• Total invoice VAT amount

Please note that there might be cases of acquirers not supporting these fields on their side.

You can send the additional invoice information along via e-Commerce, e-Terminal, Batch and DirectLink.

2.1 e-Commerce

The following hidden fields are used to transmit the additional invoice information to our system via e-Commerce:

<input type="hidden" name="INVORDERID" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="INVDATE" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="AMOUNTHTVA" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="AMOUNTTVA" value="">

Field	Explanation
INVORDERID	Invoice reference
INVDATE	Invoice date to appear in bank files
AMOUNTHTVA	Total invoice amount (VAT excl.) (* 100 to avoid decimals)
AMOUNTTVA	Total invoice VAT amount (* 100 to avoid decimals)

The information will be displayed on the e-Commerce screen

For further information, go to e-Commerce.

2.2 DirectLink

The following parameters are used to transmit the additional invoice information to our system via DirectLink:

Field	Explanation
INVORDERID	Invoice reference
INVDATE	Invoice date to appear in bank files
AMOUNTHTVA	Total invoice amount (VAT excl.) (* 100 to avoid decimals)
AMOUNTTVA	Total invoice VAT amount (* 100 to avoid decimals)

For further information, go to DirectLink.

2.3 Batch

The following fields are used to transmit the additional invoice information to our system via Batch:

Field Content	Field number
Invoice number	6
Invoice date to appear in bank files	28
Total Invoice amount (VAT excl.) (* 100 to avoid decimals)	32
Total Invoice VAT amount (* 100 to avoid decimals)	33

For further information, go to Batch.

2.4 e-Terminal

The additional invoice information can be entered in the e-Terminal transaction voucher.

For further information, go to e-Terminal.

Following are the technical specifications for the additional fields:

Data	Format	Max. Length
Invoice number	AN	15 (Amex:12)
Invoice date to appear in bank files	MM/DD/YY	8
Total Invoice amount (VAT excl.)	N	12
Total Invoice VAT amount	N	12

The additional invoice information will be visible in the order details in the back office and will also be shown on the customer’s bank statement.