NRS Deepens E-Invoicing Net As Pillarcraft Wins System Integrator License

Nigeria’s push to digitise tax compliance took a firmer turn as Pillarcraft Cloud Solutions was accredited as a System Integrator under the new e-invoicing regime, a move that tightens reporting rules and raises the bar for how businesses issue and record invoices.

The firm said on Tuesday that the accreditation was granted by the NRS in collaboration with the National Information Technology Development Agency, placing Pillarcraft among a limited pool of authorised providers permitted to connect corporate accounting systems directly to the national e-invoicing platform.

Under the NRS merchant-buyer model, qualifying businesses must now issue invoices in a standardised digital format and transmit them in real time to the government platform through licensed providers.

For companies, the change marks a shift from back-end tax reporting to continuous transaction-level visibility for tax authorities, requiring new layers of technology integration across enterprise resource planning (ERP), accounting and invoicing systems.

Pillarcraft said its role as a System Integrator is to serve as the technical conduit between business software and the NRS platform, ensuring invoices generated internally are converted into the prescribed format, securely transmitted for validation, and returned as compliant records suitable for reporting and audit.

To support this, the company unveiled UsawaConnect, a middleware product designed to plug directly into existing business systems rather than replace them.

The software validates invoice data against NRS requirements, manages secure transmission, and maintains audit-ready logs and trails—features aimed at easing compliance as enforcement intensifies.

“The direction of travel is clear: tax compliance in Nigeria is becoming digital, continuous and system-driven,” said Pillarcraft founder Bayode Agbi. “E-invoicing is not just a technology upgrade; it is a fundamental change in how businesses account for transactions and engage with the tax authority.”

He said the firm’s accreditation and product launch reflect years of working at the intersection of tax practice, enterprise systems and cloud integration, adding that the goal was to make compliance “seamless, reliable and scalable” for businesses of all sizes.

Nigeria’s e-invoicing rollout forms part of a broader tax digitisation push following reforms at the federal tax authority, aimed at expanding the tax base, improving transparency and reducing evasion.

While policymakers see the system as a tool for efficiency and enforcement, companies face near-term costs from system upgrades, process redesign and staff training as the new regime takes hold.

Pillarcraft said it will now work with corporates, small businesses, accounting firms and software vendors to help them connect securely to the NRS platform, manage reporting across multiple systems and subsidiaries, and maintain records that can withstand regulatory scrutiny.

The company is a subsidiary of Agbi Bayode and Co., a firm of chartered accountants and tax practitioners, its technology offering draws on more than two decades of professional tax experience combined with cloud systems expertise—an increasingly valuable blend as Nigeria’s tax rules move from paper to platform.