French invoices need TVA, business identifiers, and payment terms. Everhour keeps billable work organized before invoicing.
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Use invoice software for France when you need a client-ready invoice that follows French commercial and VAT invoicing expectations. The finished document should identify both parties, describe the goods or services, show HT and TTC totals, apply the correct TVA treatment, and give the client a clear payment due date.
This page is for freelancers, agencies, consultants, and small companies that invoice French customers or operate in France. A useful invoice workflow keeps the commercial detail clear enough for the client and the tax detail structured enough for accounting review, VAT records, and future e-invoicing obligations.
A French invoice must show the seller or service provider identity, the buyer or client identity, the billing address when different, and business identifiers such as SIREN. Companies also need applicable legal details, including legal form and share capital where required. The invoice also needs a unique chronological number, the issue date, and the sale, service, delivery, or deposit date when that date differs from issue.
Line items should name the goods or services, quantities, and unit prices excluding tax. The invoice must show the applicable VAT rate or exemption, the total excluding tax, and the total including tax. France uses VAT, called TVA, with a 20% standard rate and reduced or special rates of 10%, 5.5%, and 2.1% for specified goods and services.
The seller's individual VAT identification number belongs on the invoice. 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. VAT should be shown by rate: each taxable total excluding tax gets its matching tax amount, calculated from the legal rate applied to the HT price.
Business-to-business invoices also need payment detail. 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 mention 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.
A one-off invoice tool is enough when you need a clean document for a single client, a short project, or a simple sale with one VAT rate. It should still give you the fields needed for French invoices, including identifiers, invoice dates, line items, TVA amounts, payment terms, and late-payment mentions.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when billable work changes every week. Everhour lets teams separate billable and non-billable time through project billing status, task-level non-billable controls, custom task rates, member-rate exceptions, and admin reports for billable time, non-billable time, billable amount, and cost. That structure helps invoice amounts come from approved work instead of rebuilt spreadsheets.
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France uses VAT, called TVA. The standard rate is 20%, with reduced or special rates of 10%, 5.5%, and 2.1% for specified goods and services. A French invoice should show the applicable VAT rate or exemption, the taxable amount excluding tax, the VAT amount, and the total including tax.
A French invoice should show business identifiers such as SIREN for the seller or service provider. The seller's individual VAT identification number must appear on invoices. 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.
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 businesses that invoice in English should keep the underlying invoice data clear and complete.
French B2B invoices must mention the payment due date, early-payment discount terms, late-payment penalty rate, and the fixed EUR 40 recovery indemnity due for late payment by a professional customer. The default payment period is 30 days from receipt of goods or performance of services unless the parties agree otherwise.
French VAT-taxable businesses must be able to receive e-invoices from September 1, 2026. E-invoice issuance starts on September 1, 2026 for large companies and ETIs, then on September 1, 2027 for SMEs and micro-enterprises. Approved platforms handle the phased mandate.
Everhour supports billable and non-billable time through project billing status, task-level non-billable controls, custom task rates, member-rate exceptions, and admin reports. Admins can review billable time, non-billable time, billable amount, and cost before invoice work moves forward.
Everhour turns tracked billable time and expenses into client invoices, then calculates invoice amounts from rates, time, and billable expenses while excluding non-billable work. Invoice data can be grouped by project, task, person, date, or another available breakdown to match the client's expected format.
Track billable and non-billable time before billing starts. Everhour gives teams project billing controls, task exclusions, rate handling, and admin reports that support cleaner invoice preparation.
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