France's E-Invoicing Reform — the Honest Picture
From September 1, 2026 every French business must be able to receive e-invoices via a Plateforme Agréée. EncryptInvoice already issues French domestic B2B invoices and credit notes over PEPPOL, builds your DGFiP e-reports and checks TVA — and tells you plainly which parts of the reform are settled and which are not.
Registering customers in the French national e-invoicing directory (annuaire) is in progress. Until it's live, French invoices travel over PEPPOL.
Why French Businesses Choose EncryptInvoice
French B2B Invoices over PEPPOL
Issue structured UBL 2.1 invoices and credit notes to French customers over the PEPPOL network.
TVA Checks
TVA format + VIES pre-checks. Intra-community checks flagged; users confirm official records.
DGFiP E-Reporting Built In
Transaction and payment e-reports are built from the invoices and payments already in EncryptInvoice — the reporting leg the reform requires alongside e-invoicing, not a second data-entry job.
French E-Invoicing Compliance
France's reform: all VAT-registered businesses must be able to receive e-invoices from September 1, 2026 (large and mid-size companies must also issue); SMEs and micro-enterprises issue from September 1, 2027. Domestic B2B exchanges flow through immatriculated Plateformes Agréées (PA, ex-PDP), and our e-invoicing network provider, Storecove, is listed by the DGFiP among operators meeting all conditions, including interoperability tests. Separately, registering our customers in the national e-invoicing directory (annuaire) through Storecove is not yet proven on our side, so we don't claim a live directory registration. B2G via Chorus Pro has no test environment — we flag it rather than paper over it. What EncryptInvoice offers today:
- French domestic B2B invoices and credit notes over PEPPOL
- All six French credit-note reason codes (261, 262, 381, 396, 502, 503) — codes France does not accept are blocked before sending
- DGFiP e-reports for transactions and payments, plus French lifecycle statuses tracked on every invoice
- TVA format + VIES pre-checks (users confirm official records)
France's e-invoicing calendar
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Already in forceB2G — Chorus Pro
Invoicing the French public sector is already electronic via Chorus Pro.
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TodayIssue French B2B e-invoices now
Structured invoices and credit notes over PEPPOL, DGFiP e-reports, clean client data — in place before the deadline instead of on it.
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September 1, 2026Receive: everyone · Issue: large & mid-size
All VAT-registered businesses must be able to receive e-invoices via a Plateforme Agréée; large and mid-size companies must also issue.
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September 1, 2027Issue: SMEs & micro-enterprises
The issuing obligation extends to all remaining businesses.
Pricing for France
Transparent pricing in EUR.
Unlimited features are subject to fair-use and technical rate limits. Archive-Vault — 10-year locked retention, nightly integrity verification, and exports with a manifest and an audit trail — is included on Scale; on every other plan, statutory archival remains your responsibility. You can export your data at any time while your account is open, on every plan — we commit to no retrieval period once it is closed.
Free
Free forever for basic invoicing
- Role & Permissions
- Unlimited Invoices
- Unlimited Quotes
- Multi-Currency
- PEPPOL Network Access
- Receive E-Invoices
- UBL 2.1 export
- Embedded invoice XML
- Email Support
- Signed document records
- PDF copy of each document
- 10-year retention
- Recurring Invoices
- Archive Vault
- Priority Support
- Full Accountant Panel
Starter
Perfect for freelancers
- Role & Permissions
- Unlimited Invoices
- Unlimited Quotes
- Multi-Currency
- PEPPOL Network Access
- Receive E-Invoices
- UBL 2.1 export
- Embedded invoice XML
- Email Support
- Signed document records
- PDF copy of each document
- 10-year retention
- Recurring Invoices
- Archive Vault
- Priority Support
- Full Accountant Panel
Professional
For growing businesses
- Role & Permissions
- Unlimited Invoices
- Unlimited Quotes
- Multi-Currency
- PEPPOL Network Access
- Receive E-Invoices
- UBL 2.1 export
- Embedded invoice XML
- Email Support
- Signed document records
- PDF copy of each document
- 10-year retention
- Recurring Invoices
- Archive Vault
- Priority Support
- Full Accountant Panel
Scale
For large organizations
- Role & Permissions
- Unlimited Invoices
- Unlimited Quotes
- Multi-Currency
- PEPPOL Network Access
- Receive E-Invoices
- UBL 2.1 export
- Embedded invoice XML
- Email Support
- Signed document records
- PDF copy of each document
- 10-year retention
- Recurring Invoices
- Archive Vault
- Priority Support
- Full Accountant Panel
Accounting Free
Basic accounting panel
- Role & Permissions
- Unlimited Invoices
- Unlimited Quotes
- Multi-Currency
- PEPPOL Network Access
- Receive E-Invoices
- UBL 2.1 export
- Embedded invoice XML
- Email Support
- Signed document records
- PDF copy of each document
- 10-year retention
- Recurring Invoices
- Archive Vault
- Priority Support
- Full Accountant Panel
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I be compliant with France's domestic B2B mandate through EncryptInvoice?
Honest answer, in two halves. What works today, for sellers who charge VAT: French domestic B2B invoices and credit notes — including all six French credit-note reason codes — sent over PEPPOL, French lifecycle statuses on each invoice, cross-border PEPPOL invoicing and TVA/VIES pre-checks; transaction and payment e-reports are prepared from your invoices. What is not done: the reform's domestic exchanges run through immatriculated Plateformes Agréées, and our network provider Storecove is on the DGFiP list of platforms that meet all conditions, including the interoperability tests; registering our customers in the national e-invoicing directory (annuaire) through Storecove is not yet proven on our side, so we don't claim a live directory registration, and live transmission of e-reports to the DGFiP is not yet confirmed. Sellers under the franchise en base (art. 293 B CGI) cannot send e-invoices through EncryptInvoice yet, with or without a VAT number. The day each of these is green, we will say so here.
Do you support Chorus Pro for government invoicing?
The routing is built — invoices to French public entities are addressed to the Chorus Pro central identifier — but we stop short of calling it done: our network provider has no Chorus Pro test environment, so that path has never been proven end-to-end. We therefore flag France B2G as not verified on our coverage page. Private-sector B2B, including French domestic B2B, is live over PEPPOL today.
What about TVA validation?
We run TVA format + VIES pre-checks to flag issues. Please confirm official records for accuracy before sending.
Can I use this for invoicing outside France?
Absolutely! Through PEPPOL, you can invoice 17 countries. We handle format conversions and network routing automatically.
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