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Use this page when you need to prepare a France-ready invoice for goods or services, especially for a professional client. The document must identify both parties, describe the supply clearly, show the right tax treatment, and state payment terms that match French B2B rules. The practical goal is a usable invoice, not a generic receipt or informal payment request.
French invoices sit under commercial and VAT invoicing rules. A French invoice must show the seller or service provider identity, the buyer or client identity, billing address when different, and business identifiers such as SIREN and, where applicable, legal form and share capital for companies. Missing identity details make the invoice harder to validate, pay, and archive.
Start with the invoice number, issue date, and supply date. Invoices must be dated and carry a unique number based on a chronological continuous sequence. They must also show the date of the sale, service, delivery, or deposit when it differs from the invoice issue date. Keep gaps and duplicates out of the numbering sequence.
Each line should name the goods or services supplied, quantity, unit price HT, VAT rate or exemption, and line total. The invoice must state totals HT and TTC. For TVA, France uses a 20% standard rate and reduced or special rates of 10%, 5.5%, and 2.1% for specified goods and services.
Show TVA by rate when more than one rate applies. The invoice must show the VAT due and, for each VAT rate used, the taxable total excluding tax and the corresponding tax amount. VAT is calculated by applying the legal rate to the price excluding tax. Amounts may appear in another currency if the VAT payable or adjustable is determined in euros.
For B2B invoices, the default payment period is 30 days from receipt of goods or performance of services unless agreed otherwise. Ordinary negotiated limits are 60 days from invoice issue or 45 days end of month. French B2B invoices must also mention the payment due date, early-payment discount terms, late-payment penalty rate, and the fixed EUR 40 recovery indemnity.
A free invoice tool is enough when you need one clean document, know the correct TVA treatment, and have all customer details ready. It also works for occasional billing where invoice numbers, tax settings, and payment terms can be checked manually before sending the file to the client.
A managed workflow fits recurring client work, multiple projects, or teams that need proof behind every amount billed. Everhour Reporting can group time by project, client, member, task, and invoice status, then export reports in CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF. That record helps support invoice amounts before the invoice moves to accounting or client review.
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A French invoice must show seller and buyer identity details, including billing address when different. Business identifiers such as SIREN belong on the invoice, and companies may also need legal form and share capital. The seller's VAT identification number must appear when applicable.
The professional customer's VAT number is required when the customer is liable for VAT, except for invoices with a total excluding tax of EUR 150 or less. Add it before sending B2B invoices where the buyer's VAT status affects the invoice treatment.
TVA should appear with the applicable rate, taxable amount HT, tax amount, and total TTC. If several rates apply, show the taxable total excluding tax and the corresponding tax amount for each rate. France uses TVA rates of 20%, 10%, 5.5%, and 2.1% for specified categories.
Invoice amounts may be expressed in any currency if the VAT payable or to be adjusted is determined in euros. The French tax administration may require a sworn translation for invoices written in a foreign language, so keep the document clear for both the client and the tax record.
French VAT-taxable businesses must be able to receive e-invoices from September 1, 2026. Issuing starts on September 1, 2026 for large companies and ETIs, and on September 1, 2027 for SMEs and micro-enterprises, through approved platforms.
Everhour Reporting lets teams build reports with 45+ columns, including client, project, task, member, billable time, labor costs, profit, and invoice status. Reports can be grouped, filtered, and exported in CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF before invoice review.
Everhour marks time as invoiced after it is included in an invoice, so the same billable entries do not appear again in future invoices. This helps teams separate uninvoiced work from already billed client activity.
Turn approved time into grouped billing reports before preparing recurring French invoices. Everhour gives teams exportable reporting that supports cleaner client review and invoice control.
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