The document lifecycle
create business (once per end user)
└─ create draft ──> PATCH / DELETE freely (a draft is a "קובץ זמני", not a tax document)
└─ issue ──> IMMUTABLE forever. Number assigned. PDF rendered + digitally signed.
├─ prints: origin (מקור): downloadable ONCE ever; then copies (העתק)
└─ corrections: ONLY by issuing a credit note (or negative receipt)
Two rules Israeli law imposes, which the API enforces:
- Issued documents can never be edited or deleted, not by you and not by us (blocked at the database engine). Mistakes are corrected by issuing a credit note (חשבונית מס זיכוי) linked to the original, or for receipts a negative receipt. Plan your UX accordingly: confirm before issue.
- The origin (מקור) is delivered exactly once (הוראה 18(ב)2). The first
printscall withkind: "origin"returns the origin PDF and permanently consumes it; every later download must usekind: "copy"and returns a PDF watermarked "העתק" (copy). Deliver the origin PDF straight to the end customer. Recommended: usekind: "auto", which serves the origin on the first ever print and copies forever after, so a repeat download button never errors; theX-Print-Variantresponse header says which variant you got.
Document types
| Code | Name | When | Needs lines | Needs payments | VAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
305 | חשבונית מס (tax invoice) | Billing, payment later | ✓ | - | ✓ |
320 | חשבונית מס/קבלה (invoice/receipt) | Billing + payment together, the common case | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
330 | חשבונית מס זיכוי (credit note) | Correcting 305/320, issued via the credit-note endpoint and not directly | ✓ | - | ✓ |
400 | קבלה (receipt) | Payment received (no VAT invoice) | - | ✓ | - |
Dealer type decides what's allowed: an עוסק פטור ("patur") may issue only receipts (400), no VAT documents. "murshe" (עוסק מורשה), "company" (חברה) and "ngo" (עמותה) may issue all four. Sending a disallowed type returns doc_type_not_allowed. Ask your users their dealer type at onboarding and reflect this in your UI.