The first VSMS-accredited bridge built for Xero-based Vanuatu businesses, priced in Vatu and supported in Port Vila.
If you run a business in Vanuatu, you’ve heard about VSMS. The Vanuatu Sales Monitoring System is the new mandatory fiscalisation regime from the Department of Customs and Inland Revenue: every taxable invoice signed in real time by the V-SDC, verified against your TIN, and reconcilable on demand. Compliance is phased — 30 June 2026 for very large enterprises, 30 September 2026 for medium businesses, 31 December 2026 for small and micro businesses — but the path to being ready takes weeks, not days. Over the past year, we watched our clients ask the same questions:
Do I need to replace my point-of-sale? Do I need to leave Xero? How do I get a PFX certificate?
Will my accountant have to redo my books?
We didn’t find an answer that respected how Vanuatu businesses actually work. So we built one.
Meet AJC Bridge
AJC Bridge is the first homegrown, VSMS-accredited fiscalisation bridge for Xero.
It runs in the background of your accounting workflow. You keep issuing invoices in Xero the way you always have. AJC Bridge syncs them, signs them with the V-SDC behind the scenes, and attaches the fiscal receipt PDF back onto each invoice — so when your auditor or the DCIR asks for proof, it’s already there. No new point-of-sale. No new invoicing tool. No second login your team has to learn. Your Xero stays exactly where it is and how it works. A few things AJC Bridge does that we think matter for our market:
- Real-time, automatic VSMS submission.
As soon as an invoice is eligible — paid, in cash mode, or issued, in accrual mode — it is signed by the V-SDC and the response is filed. You see the fiscal Invoice Number, the verification URL, and the QR code on the invoice itself. –
- Multi-currency, fiscalised in Vatu.
Foreign-currency invoices stay in their original currency on your books. The Bridge converts to VUV using the same rate Xero stamps on the invoice, submits that to VSMS, and shows both numbers on screen so you reconcile in seconds. –
- Refund and partial-payment chains, handled.
Credit notes, voided payments, advance-then-final-payment sequences — the V-SDC has specific rules for each, and AJC Bridge applies them automatically. No manual chain-stitching at quarter-end. –
- Audit-ready by default.
Every fiscal seal, every chain entry, every submission and response is recorded. One click exports the full archive for your audit dossier.
We priced AJC Bridge for the Vanuatu market, in Vatu, billed annually. No foreign credit card, no USD subscription. Pricing here.
What you need to do
Two things, both with their own timelines: 1.
Register with VSMS at the Customs & Inland Revenue VSMS portal, then complete enrolment when the tax authority emails you. You will have access to request your PFX certificate, certificate password, and PAC code — the three pieces that legally identify you on the fiscal record.
Sign up at bridge.ajc-vanuatu.com, connect your Xero, and upload your certificate. From there, you can run AJC Bridge against the VSMS — every test invoice round-trips through the actual V-SDC against a non-binding training profile — then switch to production the day your deadline opens. If you are an AJC client, your usual point of contact can walk you through any of this. If you are not, the team in town is available the same way.
