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PEPPOL was launched in 2008 as an EU initiative to facilitate the development of e-procurement in Europe. Its primary goal is to provide a secure and reliable exchange of different types of data sets between end-users via PEPPOL service providers.
Continuing issues with VAT fraud are prompting tax authorities to adopt machine learning and generative artificial intelligence to tackle the problem. Tax authorities in numerous countries, including those in the European Union, are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence tools to combat VAT fraud.
The Electronic Invoicing Service Providers Association (EESPA) has welcomed the harmonisation of e-invoicing and digital reporting requirements (DRR) proposed as part of the ViDA (VAT in the Digital Age) project. The EESPA seeks to encourage the use of the DCTCE model for B2B transaction data and exchanging invoices.
SERES has released an extensive analysis on B2B electronic invoicing in the European landscape for 2023. The report showcases that various countries are set to integrate e-invoicing into inter-business transactions within the next three years. These include Romania, Poland, France, Greece, Latvia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia, Spain, Germany, and Belgium.
Mandatory electronic invoicing has become increasingly prevalent in Europe in recent years, with a number of countries embracing this method to modernise and simplify their invoicing processes. The transition to e-invoicing has been gradual but steady, with a range of European nations passing legislation and regulations to encourage the uptake of mandatory e-invoicing.
The recent Economic and Financial Affairs Council, commonly known as ECOFIN, convened in Luxembourg in July. During this meeting, EU member states demonstrated broad agreement on the majority of proposals presented under the ViDA project.
The publication of Directive 2014/55/EU marked a turning point for e-invoicing. Since then, e-invoicing has spread to every corner of the European continent. Prior to this legislation, Denmark, Sweden and Finland were the pioneering countries that took a step forward in implementing e-invoicing. Initially, it started with B2G transactions, and in the near future, mandatory use is expected to be extended to all B2B transactions.
Since the publication of Directive 2014/55/EU, e-invoicing has spread to all countries on the European continent.
The Romanian Ministry of Finance announces new plans to extend mandatory B2B e-invoicing, which will start in July 2024, to B2C transactions.
It is expected that in July 2024, at the same time as mandatory B2B e-invoicing starts in Romania, the voluntary period for B2C transactions will start, which is expected to become mandatory in January 2025.
As part of the digital reporting requirements and the ViDA project, Romania will have to harmonise its centralised settlement model with the reforms proposed by the EU by 2035.
In Europe, electronic invoicing is present in all countries and much of the success of its use is due to the regulatory impulse by the different governments to accelerate its implementation through compulsion. Such is the success of the B2G e-invoicing that the use of it is being extended to the B2B field. In this post, we will see which European countries are already adopting this new modality of invoicing between companies.
