Do you need to invoice businesses in France?
If you answered yes, you may need electronic invoice processing.
Transalis eInvoice™ is a trusted provider of digital invoice processing with companies in France
More and more countries, including France, are looking for new ways to streamline their processes, eliminate tax avoidance and collect more VAT. Already across the EU, government and public sector organisations are required to use B2G eInvoice processing, and B2B suppliers are being encouraged do the same.
An eInvoice solution from Transalis will streamline your invoice processing with trading partners in France.
- Reduce time spent on administrative tasks
- Improve accuracy and minimise disputes
- Remain compliant with complex cross-border regulatory and tax requirements
- Automate invoice validation
- Speed up the entire billing process
eInvoicing in France
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France eInvoicing regulations
Electronic Invoicing France
Currently France adopts a post-audit invoicing model with strong enforcement towards electronic invoicing.
For Business-to-Business (B2B) invoicing, true electronic invoicing will—at the earliest—become mandatory in France from 2026. France will move towards a clearance model in B2B, introducing e-invoices and e-reporting for companies gradually. Timeframes will vary depending on the size of each company.
The acceptable format for e-invoices will be UBL, CII, and FacturX.
On January 2022, the European Commission granted France permission to mandate e-invoicing, derogating Articles 218 and 232 of Directive 2006/112/EC, and allowing to impose electronic invoicing in the country.
E-reporting will follow the same schedule as the e-invoice obligation and cover B2B, Business-to-Consumer (B2C) purchases from foreign operators, and the payment status of invoices regarding services.
NOTE: In late July 2023, the French Government revealed its decision to defer the implementation date of the e-invoicing mandate.
On 13 December 2023, the French National Assembly reinstated the launch date for e-invoicing and e-reporting. The Amendment to the 2024 Budget finalized the date as September 1, 2026.
Here’s the approved implementation schedule:
2024: Development of the PPF (Public Platform)
2025: Pilot program
September 2026: Roll out for all businesses mandated to accept e-invoices. B2B e-invoicing and e-reporting for large and medium companies
September 2027: B2B e-invoicing and e-reporting for small businesses
Regarding Business-to-Government (B2G), France imposed electronic invoicing in 2017, using the Chorus platform.
The most common electronic formats in France today are EDIFACT, Universal Business Language (UBL) 2.1 and UNCEFACT XML CII 16B.