Why e-Factura ANAF Is Changing the Daily Routine in the Kitchen and Warehouse
Every restaurant that works with suppliers from Romania will eventually deal with e-Factura ANAF — the system through which invoices are submitted to the ANAF SPV and become part of the official tax reporting process. For a food service or retail business, this means one more administrative step on top of everything else involved in daily operations: goods, stock, goods receipt notes, and checks.
RestData does not replace ANAF SPV and does not file tax returns on your behalf — it does not handle accounting, calculate taxes, or provide tax or legal advice. What it does is much simpler and, in many cases, precisely what is missing: it takes an invoice as it arrives — PDF, photo, or scan from a phone — and prepares it for your management system, without someone on your team having to manually enter every line item.
From Invoice Scanning to a Document Ready for Import
The basic process looks like this:
- Upload document — PDF, photo, or scan from your phone; PNG, JPG, HEIC; multiple files at once.
- Recognition and matching — line items are extracted, totals are calculated, and products are matched to your catalog. Next time, the product is found automatically.
- Export — the document goes directly into the management system used by your restaurant.
A single invoice goes through this process in ~90 seconds. This is not a promise of "instant" processing, but the actual time needed for invoice scanning, recognition, and matching with your existing catalog — after which the document is ready for export, not just for reading.
Restaurant Management Software: Where RestData Fits In
A restaurant management software system handles stock, recipes, costs, and reports. RestData is not such a system and does not try to replace it — it is the step before it: it transforms a paper invoice or a photo from your phone into a structured document, linked to your catalog, and sends it wherever you already keep your records.
The ready-to-use integrations available today cover the systems most commonly used in restaurants and retail:
| System | Status |
|---|---|
| Syrve Cloud | Ready to use |
| iiko Server | Ready to use |
| METRO | Ready to use |
| e-Factura SFS | Ready to use |
| 1С | Ready to use |
| TrioBar | Ready to use |
| Micros | Announced, not yet available |
| r_keeper | Announced, not yet available |
| UNA | Announced, not yet available |
The full list and technical details for each system are available on the page of integrations.
What Is Worth Asking Before Getting Started Is your management system already on the list of ready-to-use integrations, or is an additional check needed before connecting the invoice workflow?
How Long Does It Take to Get Started
Setup takes around 5 minutes, and you get 30 free invoices at the beginning to test the workflow on real documents, not demo examples. The general steps of how the system works are described on the how it works page, while the pricing structure is available on the pricing page.
What Remains the Team's Responsibility
Automation reduces the time spent on manual data entry, but it does not relieve the team of its basic responsibilities: checking amounts, confirming goods receipt, and making decisions related to taxes or tax compliance remain your responsibility or that of the accountant you work with. RestData prepares the document — the rest of the decisions remain human.
For specific questions about how the system behaves in particular cases, the FAQ page brings together the most common scenarios.\
