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title: "E-invoicing (facturation électronique) · Treats"
description: "French mandatory e-invoicing requires VAT-registered businesses to issue and receive business-to-business invoices in a structured format through an approved platform; e-reporting passes the data of other transactions, notably with consumers, to the tax authority."
url: https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/facture-electronique/
lang: en-GB
updated: 2026-11-07
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[Glossary](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/)

# E-invoicingfacturation électronique

French mandatory e-invoicing requires VAT-registered businesses to issue and receive business-to-business invoices in a structured format through an approved platform; e-reporting passes the data of other transactions, notably with consumers, to the tax authority.

The timetable for a vet practice (SME or micro-business):

* **since 1 September 2026**: receive supplier invoices electronically, through an [approved platform](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/plateforme-agreee/) chosen by the practice;
* **from 1 September 2027**: issue e-invoices for work billed to businesses (farmers, companies, other practices), and e-report the daily total of consumer transactions and the related payments.

Penalties were raised by the 2026 Finance Act: €50 per non-electronic invoice and €500 per missed e-reporting transmission, capped at €15,000 a year each.

## Sources

* [impots.gouv.fr, switching to e-invoicing](https://www.impots.gouv.fr/professionnel/je-passe-la-facturation-electronique)
* [Service-public.fr, e-invoicing penalties](https://entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr/actualites/A18802)

 Checked on 7 November 2026 · by [Amir Davies](https://www.treats.vet/en/about/amir-davies/)

## See also

* [Approved e-invoicing platform](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/plateforme-agreee/) An approved platform is a provider registered by the French tax authority, for three renewable years, through which businesses send and receive e-invoices and report transaction data.
* [Chorus Pro](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/chorus-pro/) Chorus Pro is the French government e-invoicing portal through which every invoice to the State, local authorities or public bodies must pass.
* [Secure till software](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/logiciel-de-caisse/) French VAT law (article 286, I, 3° bis of the General Tax Code) requires every business that records payments from consumers to use till software meeting conditions of inalterability, security, retention and archiving of data.