Belgian governmental agency for finance launches e-invoice website
The website of the FPS Finance in Belgium has launched a webpage with more information on mandatory e-invoicing in Belgium from Jan. 1, 2026. The website contains all the useful information needed regarding e-invoicing; what is an e-invoice, what transactions are excluded from the B2B e-invoicing mandate, what providers are there etc.
This is the Belgian government's 2nd official website on e-invoicing. Earlier, the FPS Policy and Support, which is responsible for the technical aspects of Peppol, had already launched a website on e-invoicing. The various Belgian federal states had also already created web pages about the obligation to send invoices to the government with a contract value of more than 3,000 euros via Peppol.
Below we provide a brief summary of the new website.
What are e-invoices?
Here, the website distinguishes between electronic invoices and structured electronic invoices. Electronic invoices (or e-invoices) are invoices that are sent via an electrical way and are in a digital format (e.g. invoices in PDF sent by mail). Structured electronic invoices are invoices in a structured electronic format. Peppol is an example of a structured format for electronic invoices. It is the structured electronic invoice that will become mandatory from January 1, 2026.
Mandatory e-invoicing as from 2026 for al B2B and B2G transactions
From Jan. 1, 2026, it will be mandatory to send all invoices for Business-to-Business transactions (companies that invoice each other) and for Business-to-government transactions (companies that invoice the government) in a structured electronic format.
The obligation does not apply to invoices sent to consumers (so-called B2C invoicing).
What about international invoices?
If either the sender or the recipient is located outside Belgium, electronic invoicing is permitted only with the recipient's consent. This regulation may evolve among European Member States based on the outcomes of negotiations on the European VIDA (VAT in the Digital Age) proposal.
The rules on e-invoicing
Until December 31, 2025, electronic invoices may be issued only with the recipient's express or tacit acceptance. Starting January 1, 2026, this requirement will be eliminated, and both the transmission and receipt of electronic invoices will become mandatory.
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