Electronic invoicing: is your company ready for the reform?
Your company will soon need to be ready to receive and send electronic invoices, in accordance with the French electronic invoicing reform.
Your software must be certified as a Partner Dematerialisation Platform (PDP).
As such, Odoo, an electronic invoicing software, will enable you to send and receive electronic invoices free of charge, both to other companies and to the French tax authorities (DGFiP).
Electronic invoicing reform in France: what are the obligations for your company?
To comply with the French e-invoicing reform, your company must :
Transmission of electronic invoices
Being able to send invoices to your customers electronically.
Certified electronic invoicing software
Use electronic invoicing software certified as compliant with French regulations.
Partner Digitisation Platform (PDP)
Send your invoices via an Approved Platform (formerly PDP – Partner Dematerialisation Platform), registered with the Directorate-General of Public Finance (DGFiP).
Why electronic invoicing reform is a major issue ?
Electronic invoicing is not just a legal obligation linked to the electronic invoicing reform :
Automation and error reduction
It automates your invoicing processes, reduces errors and manual entries.
Traceability and transparency of trade
It improves traceability and transparency in business-to-business exchanges through electronic invoicing.
Tax compliance and transmission to the DGFiP
It facilitates tax compliance by transmitting electronic invoicing data to the DGFiP (French Public Finance Directorate).
Odoo: electronic invoicing software compliant with French reform
With Odoo, electronic invoicing software, you benefit from a solution that complies with the legal requirements for electronic invoicing in France..
Once certified as an Approved Platform (PDP), Odoo e-invoicing will enable your company to :
Issuing and receiving electronic invoices
To issue and receive electronic invoices in structured format, in accordance with the required standards (Factur-X, UBL, CII).
Tax reporting and compliance
To transmit your electronic documents free of charge to your customers, suppliers and the tax authorities (DGFiP).
Integration and automation
Integrate electronic invoicing flows directly into your Odoo ERP for complete automation of the accounting and financial chain.
Timeline for the reform of electronic invoicing in France
Mandatory electronic receipt
1 September 2026
Mandatory electronic transmission
1 September 2026
For large enterprises and mid-sized companies (ETI)
1 september 2027
For micro-entrepreneurs, small businesses (TPE) and SMEs (PME)
Anticipate electronic invoicing with Odoo
Switching to electronic invoicing with Odoo means anticipating the electronic invoicing reform, gaining operational efficiency and automating your electronic invoice exchanges in complete security.