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A France-ready invoice should identify both parties, describe the sale or service, show prices excluding tax, apply the correct TVA treatment, and state the total including tax. The seller or service provider identity, the buyer or client identity, billing address when different, and business identifiers such as SIREN belong on the document. Companies also add details such as legal form and share capital where applicable.
Numbering and dates matter before the invoice reaches the customer. French invoices must be dated and carry a unique number based on a chronological continuous sequence. The invoice also shows the date of the sale, service, delivery, or deposit when that date differs from the issue date. Clean numbering protects the accounting trail and prevents duplicate records.
Each invoice line should identify the goods or services supplied, quantities, and unit prices excluding tax, usually labeled HT. 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 invoice then states totals excluding tax and including tax, commonly HT and TTC.
The invoice must show the VAT due and, for each TVA 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. The seller's individual VAT identification number must appear on invoices. A 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.
Business-to-business invoices in France need more than a total due. 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 must appear on the invoice. These details help the buyer process the invoice and give the seller a clearer collection record.
The default B2B payment 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. Invoice amounts may be expressed in any currency if the VAT payable or to be adjusted is determined in euros, and the tax administration may require a sworn translation for invoices written in a foreign language.
A one-off invoice is enough when you have a single sale, a known customer, fixed terms, and no recurring billable work behind the document. It gives you a finished record with party details, line items, TVA treatment, payment terms, and late-payment mentions. From 1 September 2026, French VAT-taxable businesses must also be able to receive e-invoices.
A managed workflow fits recurring client work, variable hours, multiple rates, and repeated billing cycles. Everhour separates internal cost rates from client-facing billable rates, supports per-person defaults and per-project overrides, preserves dated rate history, and prices billable work by project, member, or task. That rate structure reduces invoice rebuilding when tracked work turns into client billing.
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A French business invoice needs seller and buyer identities, billing address when different, SIREN and applicable company details, a unique chronological invoice number, invoice date, supply or service date when different, line descriptions, quantities, unit prices HT, TVA rate or exemption, totals HT and TTC, payment terms, and late-payment mentions.
A 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. The seller's individual VAT identification number must appear on invoices. Keep both numbers in the customer record when the buyer is a VAT-registered business.
Invoice amounts may be expressed in any currency if the VAT payable or to be adjusted is determined in euros. This matters for cross-border contracts priced in another currency. The tax administration may also require a sworn translation for invoices written in a foreign language.
Mixed TVA rates cause errors when the invoice shows only one tax total. For each TVA rate used, the invoice must show the taxable total excluding tax and the corresponding tax amount. Separate 20%, 10%, 5.5%, and 2.1% lines when different goods or services fall under different rates.
French VAT-taxable businesses must be able to receive e-invoices from 1 September 2026. Issuing starts on 1 September 2026 for large companies and ETIs, and on 1 September 2027 for SMEs and micro-enterprises. Until the mandate applies to your business, keep standard invoice records complete and prepare customer data for approved platforms.
Everhour separates cost and billable rates so internal expense and client pricing stay distinct. Teams can set default per-person rates, override rates on specific projects, date rate changes, and price billable work by project, member, or task before invoice amounts are prepared.
Everhour marks time as invoiced after it is included in an invoice, so the same billable entries do not appear again as uninvoiced work. That status helps teams keep tracked time, invoice history, and future billing cycles aligned.
Everhour keeps billable rates, project pricing, and dated rate history connected to tracked work, so repeated client billing starts from cleaner time and rate data.
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