EU E-Invoicing
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What you need to do, by when, with which tool, at what cost — and what happens if you don't. Country-by-country guides for EU mandatory B2B e-invoicing.
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Action RequiredGermany — Sending mandate — large businesses
Businesses with revenue >€800,000 must send structured e-invoices
Full guide →France — B2B e-invoicing — Phase 2
Mid-size businesses (ETI: €50M–€1.5B or 250–5,000 employees)
Full guide →Germany — Sending mandate — ALL businesses
All remaining German businesses must send structured e-invoices
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Each country hub gives you regulation overviews, compliance timelines, format requirements, software comparisons, and implementation guides.
Germany
phasedGermany mandates B2B e-invoicing from January 2025 with transitional periods until 2028. XRechnung and ZUGFeRD are the accepted formats. All businesses must be able to receive e-invoices from 1 January 2025.
France
phasedFrance is rolling out mandatory B2B e-invoicing from September 2026 for large enterprises, with full mandate by 2027. The Chorus Pro platform handles B2G invoicing.
Italy
mandatoryItaly was the EU pioneer — B2B e-invoicing has been mandatory since 2019 via the SDI (Sistema di Interscambio). FatturaPA XML is the required format.
Spain
phasedSpain has two parallel e-invoicing tracks: Verifactu, an anti-fraud invoice-software certification mandatory from 1 January 2027 (companies) / 1 July 2027 (self-employed), and the Crea y Crece B2B e-invoicing mandate, dated by Royal Decree 238/2026 at 1 October 2027 (turnover above €8M) and 1 October 2028 (all other businesses).
Poland
phasedPoland launched the mandatory KSeF (Krajowy System e-Faktur) in February 2026 for large taxpayers, extending to all VAT-registered businesses in April 2026. All B2B and B2G invoices must pass through the government KSeF platform and receive a unique KSeF reference number.
Austria
voluntaryAustria has mandated e-invoicing for federal government suppliers since 2014, submitted via the USP (Unternehmensserviceportal) or e-Rechnung.gv.at in ebInterface or Peppol BIS format. B2B e-invoicing remains voluntary — the EU's ViDA package will require cross-border B2B digital reporting from 1 July 2030, but Austria has not yet set a domestic B2B mandate date.
Belgium
mandatoryBelgium has mandated structured B2B e-invoicing for all VAT-registered businesses since 1 January 2026 — no turnover threshold, no phase-in by company size. Invoices must be EN 16931-compliant (Peppol BIS 3.0 / UBL 2.1 or CII 16B) and exchanged over the Peppol network. A 3-month tolerance period ended 31 March 2026; graduated penalties of up to €5,000 now apply.
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France's E-Invoicing Mandate: The First Week, By the Numbers
In the week following France's 1 September 2026 e-invoicing go-live, the Portail Public de Facturation logged over 2.5 million invoice flows — but daily rejection rates climbed sharply as new issuers came online, and fewer than half of large companies had issued their first structured e-invoice.
Slovakia Advances ViDA Platform-Economy and Import VAT Rules
On 1 September 2026, Slovakia's government approved draft legislation transposing ViDA's platform-economy deemed-supplier rules, call-off stock changes, and import VAT liability provisions — separate from, and not to be confused with, Slovakia's 2027 eFaktúra e-invoicing mandate.
Poland's Last KSeF Exemption Ends 1 January 2027 — What 'Digitally Excluded' Taxpayers Need to Know
KSeF is already mandatory for large taxpayers (since February 2026) and most other VAT payers (since April 2026). The one remaining carve-out — for the smallest, "digitally excluded" businesses issuing invoices under PLN 450 — expires on 1 January 2027.
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