Digital certificates and signatures
Digital certificates, ICP-Brasil, and digital signatures for electronic tax documents
A digital certificate identifies individuals or legal entities in the digital environment, ensuring authenticity, information integrity, and security in electronic transactions. In SPED Total, it is an essential part of digitally signing XML files and tax documents.What is a digital certificate?A digital certificate is an electronic file that serves as a digital identity. It identifies its holder, whether an individual or a legal entity, and enables more secure validation of transactions, electronic tax documents, and digital signatures.
Digital tax security
How SPED Total uses digital certificates to sign XML
SPED Total uses digital certificates to sign XML files and support tax processes that require authenticity, integrity, legal validity, and compliance with the ICP-Brasil standard.- Identification of the digital certificate holder.
- Digital signing of documents and XML files.
- Greater security in electronic tax transactions.
- Compliance with ICP-Brasil standards.
Digital identity
A digital certificate identifies its holder in the electronic environment and helps establish authorship of digital transactions.ICP-Brasil standard
ICP-Brasil is the official infrastructure adopted in Brazil for digital certification, with legal support for the use of cryptography and legal validity.XML signing
Digital signatures enable validation of electronic tax documents, protecting information integrity after signing.Legal validity
What does a digital signature ensure?
A digital signature enables authentication of electronic documents and establishes that a message or file was issued by a particular holder on a specific date.- Authorship: establishes who made the digital signature.
- Integrity: any subsequent change invalidates the signature.
- Timeliness: records the date and time using a trusted source.
- Non-repudiation: prevents the issuer from denying the authenticity of the signature.
Storage formats
- PFX file
- Smart card
- Token or USB drive
Main uses
Where can digital signatures be used?
Why does this matter to your business?Using digital certificates and signatures in SPED Total increases tax process security, reduces the risk of unauthorized changes to electronic documents, and helps your business comply with Brazilian tax requirements.