Germany had planned to introduce mandatory electronic invoicing for domestic B2B supplies between German resident businesses (or foreign businesses with an establishment in Germany), now referred to as structured e-invoicing, as from January 2025.
Following a public consultation the start date will be postponed to 01.01.2026. From January 2025 however, business can voluntarily already implement e-invoicing. From that date an electronic invoice would be defined as an invoice issued, transmitted and received in a structured format that enables electronic processing. Paper or pdf invoices would be considered as other invoices.
31 Jul 2023 at 11:22 am
1 min
eInvoicing & (real-time) transactional VAT Reporting
Published by:
Daniƫlle van der Meulen-Idema
Sr. VAT Specialist
Daniƫlle van der Meulen-Idema
Sr. VAT Specialist
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