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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2025–2028
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Action RequiredFrance — B2B e-invoicing — Phase 1
Large enterprises (>€1.5B or >5,000 employees) must send & receive
Full guide →Germany — 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.
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Latest EU E-Invoicing News
Regulations, tools & market updates
Belgium's Peppol Network Passes 2.1 Million Registrations, Now the World's Largest
Driven by its 1 January 2026 B2B e-invoicing mandate, Belgium's Peppol registrations grew from 940,354 in December 2025 to over 2.1 million by June 2026 — more registrations than Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the Nordics combined, and roughly 36% of all Peppol participants worldwide.
Hungary Moves eVAT M2M Interface to Version 2.0 as January 2027 System Launch Approaches
Hungary's tax authority NAV switched its eVAT-M2M machine-to-machine interface to the new 2.0 XSD data structure in production from 3 August 2026, ahead of the full eVAT system's mandatory launch on 1 January 2027, when the legacy ÁNYK filing method is phased out.
Ireland Confirms Phase One of VAT Modernisation: E-Invoicing for Large Corporates from November 2028
Irish Revenue has confirmed which businesses fall under Phase One of its VAT Modernisation programme: large corporates managed by Revenue's Large Corporates Division must issue e-invoices and report transaction data from 1 November 2028. Two further phases extend the mandate through July 2030.
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