Deadline risk
Know whether your receive or issue obligation is urgent.
EU e-invoicing guidance
Find your EU e-invoicing deadline, format path and software checklist.
E-Invoice Finder helps SMEs understand electronic invoicing mandates across France, Poland, Belgium and Germany using official-source citations, clear checklists and an instant roadmap checker.
Country-specific deadlines and format guidance
Software questions for SMEs, accountants and ecommerce teams
Official-source citations and visible last-checked dates
Instant checker
What applies to your business?
Choose your country, business type and current software. Get deadline risk, likely format/network and practical next steps.
Format path
Understand terms like Factur-X, KSeF, Peppol, ZUGFeRD and XRechnung.
Software checklist
Ask better questions before choosing a platform or accounting workflow.
Country hubs
Country e-invoicing guides
Start with the market where your business is established or where your customers require structured invoices.
France
Approved platform + structured e-invoicing
All companies established in France and subject to VAT must be ready to receive e-invoices from 1 September 2026. Large and mid-sized companies issue from that date; SMEs and micro-companies issue from 1 September 2027. Invoices must move through a government-approved platform path and ordinary PDFs or scans are not enough.
Open France guide →Poland
KSeF
Polish businesses should prepare for KSeF by confirming software support, authentication/API workflows, accountant access, corrections and invoice status handling before mandatory phases apply.
Open Poland guide →Belgium
Structured B2B e-invoicing / Peppol path
Belgian SMEs should verify whether their accounting software, accountant or Peppol access point can send and receive structured B2B e-invoices, then clean customer and VAT data before rollout.
Open Belgium guide →Germany
E-Rechnung + ZUGFeRD/XRechnung
German businesses should treat E-Rechnung as structured invoice data, not ordinary PDFs. The practical readiness questions are whether software can create, receive, validate, archive and process ZUGFeRD and/or XRechnung invoices.
Open Germany guide →Topics
Key regulations, formats and terms
These are the main concepts buyers and software teams need to understand before choosing a solution.
European CommissionEN 16931Directive 2014/55/EUFranceDGFiPKSeFPeppolE-RechnungFactur-XZUGFeRDXRechnung
Guides
Popular e-invoicing guides
Focused explainers for the highest-intent questions: software selection, formats, and country readiness.
France SME platform guide →
Choose an approved platform path based on software, accountant workflow and e-reporting needs.
Factur-X explained →
Understand the hybrid PDF + structured-data format used in French e-invoicing discussions.
Poland KSeF guide →
Prepare accounting software, API/authentication and invoice workflows for KSeF.
Belgium Peppol guide →
Check Peppol readiness, accountant workflow and SME software questions.
Germany E-Rechnung guide →
Understand E-Rechnung, ZUGFeRD, XRechnung and German software readiness.
Timeline
Deadline overview
Use this as a starting point only. Always verify official sources and your accountant’s guidance before buying software.
2026
France receiving, Poland and Belgium urgency
SMEs should validate software, accountant workflow and platform path.
SMEs should validate software, accountant workflow and platform path.
2027
France SME issuing phase
French SMEs and micro-companies must be ready to issue structured e-invoices.
French SMEs and micro-companies must be ready to issue structured e-invoices.
2027–28
Germany transition
Long-tail readiness around E-Rechnung, ZUGFeRD and XRechnung.
Long-tail readiness around E-Rechnung, ZUGFeRD and XRechnung.
Last checked: 7 June 2026. Business guidance only — not legal, tax or accounting advice.
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