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A France-ready invoice gives the buyer enough information to approve payment and gives your records enough detail to support the sale or service. It should identify the seller or service provider, the buyer or client, and the billing address when it differs. Business identifiers such as SIREN belong on the invoice, with legal form and share capital where applicable for companies.
The invoice also needs a dated issue, a unique number in a continuous chronological sequence, and the sale, service, delivery, or deposit date when that date differs from the issue date. Treat the invoice number as a controlled record field. Reusing, skipping, or editing invoice numbers after sending creates avoidable accounting questions.
French VAT appears as TVA. The standard rate is 20%, with reduced or special rates of 10%, 5.5%, and 2.1% for specified goods and services. Each line should describe the supplied goods or services, quantity, unit price excluding tax, applicable TVA rate or exemption, and totals excluding tax and including tax.
The invoice must show VAT due by rate. For every TVA rate used, show the taxable total excluding tax and the related tax amount. Seller VAT identification belongs on the invoice, and 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.
B2B payment terms need careful handling. The default period is 30 days from receipt of goods or performance of services unless the parties agree otherwise. Ordinary negotiated limits are 60 days from invoice issue or 45 days end of month. Put the due date on the invoice instead of relying on a general contract note.
French B2B invoices must also mention early-payment discount terms, the late-payment penalty rate, and the fixed EUR 40 recovery indemnity due for late payment by a professional customer. Amounts can be shown in another currency if VAT payable or adjustable is determined in euros, and the tax administration can require a sworn translation for a foreign-language invoice.
A one-off invoice app is enough for a small job, a single client request, or a corrected invoice that needs clean fields and a PDF. It works best when the service dates, TVA treatment, buyer details, payment terms, and late-payment mentions are already known before you start.
A managed billing workflow fits recurring client work, multiple projects, and mixed billable and non-billable activity. Everhour lets admins set project billing status, mark specific tasks non-billable, use custom task rates, set member-rate exceptions, and report on billable time, non-billable time, billable amount, and cost before the invoice is finalized.
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A French B2B invoice needs seller and buyer identities, relevant business identifiers, a billing address when different, a unique chronological invoice number, issue date, supply or service date when different, line-item descriptions, quantities, unit prices excluding tax, TVA treatment, totals excluding tax and including tax, payment due date, late-payment penalties, and the EUR 40 recovery indemnity.
Each line needs the applicable TVA rate or exemption. When more than one rate applies, the invoice must show the taxable total excluding tax and the VAT amount for each rate used. France's TVA rates include the 20% standard rate and reduced or special rates of 10%, 5.5%, and 2.1% for specified categories.
Invoice amounts can be expressed in another currency if the VAT payable or adjustable is determined in euros. Keep the euro VAT figure clear in the record. A foreign-language invoice can also create an extra recordkeeping issue because the French tax administration can require a sworn translation.
Leaving out late-payment information causes a compliance gap on French B2B invoices. The invoice should state the due date, early-payment discount terms, late-payment penalty rate, and the fixed EUR 40 recovery indemnity for late payment by a professional customer. The default B2B payment period is 30 days unless agreed otherwise.
French VAT-taxable businesses must be able to receive e-invoices from September 1, 2026. Issuing e-invoices starts on September 1, 2026 for large companies and ETIs, and on September 1, 2027 for SMEs and micro-enterprises. Use those dates when planning invoice systems and client onboarding.
Everhour lets admins set project billing status, mark selected tasks as non-billable, apply custom task rates, and set a member's project rate to 0 when that person's work should stay out of billable totals. Reports can show billable time, non-billable time, billable amount, and cost.
Everhour Billing & Invoicing turns uninvoiced billable time and expenses into invoices, then exports invoices to QuickBooks Online, Xero, or FreshBooks as drafts. Everhour keeps the invoice status, number, issue date, and amount visible so billing reports stay connected after the accounting handoff.
Track billable and non-billable work before invoice day. Everhour gives admins billing controls and reports that connect approved time to cleaner client billing.
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