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Use this page when you need to prepare an invoice for work sold to a client in France, especially services billed by time, project, task, or person. The finished invoice should identify both parties, describe the work clearly, apply the right TVA treatment, show totals before and after tax, and give the buyer enough payment information to process it without back-and-forth.
France requires a French invoice to show the seller or service provider identity, the buyer or client identity, billing address when different, and business identifiers such as SIREN. Companies also need details such as legal form and share capital where applicable. That identity block matters because accounting teams use it to validate the supplier, the customer, and the tax record.
A French invoice needs a unique chronological number, an issue date, and the date of the sale, service, delivery, or deposit when that date differs from the invoice date. Numbering should follow a continuous sequence, since gaps or duplicated numbers create accounting questions and make later reconciliation harder.
Line items need the goods or services supplied, quantities, unit prices excluding tax, the applicable TVA rate or exemption, and totals excluding tax and including tax. France uses TVA with a 20% standard rate and reduced or special rates of 10%, 5.5%, and 2.1% for specified goods and services. The invoice must show VAT due by rate, with taxable totals excluding tax and the corresponding tax amount for each rate used.
Business-to-business payment terms need more than a due date. In France, the default B2B 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, so the invoice terms should match the contract and stay inside those limits.
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 seller's individual VAT identification number belongs on the invoice, and the professional customer's VAT number is required when that customer is liable for VAT, except for invoices with a total excluding tax of EUR 150 or less.
A one-off invoice is enough when you have a single client, a clear scope, and all billable details already approved. It works well for a fixed-fee project, a simple monthly retainer, or a small service invoice where you can enter the parties, TVA treatment, terms, and line items without rebuilding timesheets.
A managed workflow matters when billed work changes by person, project, task, or date. Everhour separates internal cost rates from client-facing billable rates, supports default per-person rates with project overrides, and preserves dated rate changes. That rate structure helps teams turn approved billable work into invoices without losing the history behind the amount charged.
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A complete French invoice identifies the seller and buyer, includes a unique chronological invoice number, shows issue and supply dates, lists line-item descriptions, quantities, unit prices excluding tax, TVA treatment, totals excluding tax and including tax, payment terms, and late-payment information. Business identifiers such as SIREN and the seller's VAT identification number also belong on the invoice when applicable.
TVA should appear with the taxable amount excluding tax and the tax amount for each VAT rate used. France uses TVA rates of 20%, 10%, 5.5%, and 2.1% for specified categories. A mixed-rate invoice needs separate totals by rate, because a single blended tax line does not show how the tax was calculated.
French invoice amounts may be expressed in any currency if the VAT payable or to be adjusted is determined in euros. The tax administration may require a sworn translation when an invoice is written in a foreign language, so cross-border invoices should keep the tax calculation and payment terms clear enough for French review.
Late-payment mentions are easy to miss. A French B2B invoice must state 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. These details sit beside the commercial terms, not in a separate contract only.
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, and on September 1, 2027 for SMEs and micro-enterprises. Businesses should confirm their category and platform obligations before the relevant date.
Everhour separates cost and billable rates, so internal labor cost and client-facing revenue stay distinct. Teams can set default per-person rates, override rates for specific projects, preserve dated rate history, and price billable projects by project, member, or custom task rate.
Everhour Billing & Invoicing turns tracked billable time and expenses into client invoices, calculates amounts from rates and billable expenses, and excludes non-billable work. Invoices can be exported to QuickBooks Online, Xero, or FreshBooks as drafts, with status, number, issue date, and amount syncing back to Everhour.
Keep French invoice details separate from rate management. Everhour connects dated billable rates, project overrides, and invoice handoff so teams bill approved work with consistent pricing.
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