From 1 September 2026, you must be able to receive an electronic invoice.
Every VAT-registered business in France is covered, including those under the small-business exemption. Timevo picks your approved platform, connects it to your tools and automates your invoicing flows. Nothing for you to configure.
The timetable has already slipped twice. This deadline is holding: the national pilot has been running in live conditions since February 2026.
VAT-registered in France? You are covered.
The reform applies to every VAT-registered business established in France — including if you fall under the small-business exemption and charge no VAT. Only the issuing date changes with your size.
| Business size | Receiving invoices | Issuing invoices |
|---|---|---|
| Large company (over 5,000 staff) | 1 Sept 2026 | 1 Sept 2026 |
| Mid-cap (250 to 4,999 staff) | 1 Sept 2026 | 1 Sept 2026 |
| SME (under 250 staff) | 1 Sept 2026 | 1 Sept 2027 |
| Small business (under 50 staff) | 1 Sept 2026 | 1 Sept 2027 |
| Micro-business, sole trader | 1 Sept 2026 | 1 Sept 2027 |
Selling to consumers only? Business-to-business e-invoicing does not apply to you, but e-reporting does: your sales data still has to reach the tax authority through an approved platform.
The reform will not go away because you postponed it.
€50 per invoice, up to €15,000 a year
The amount rose from €15 to €50 under the 2026 finance act. Every invoice issued outside the required format counts, and the cap runs per calendar year.
€500, then €1,000 every three months
That is the fine for failing to designate an approved platform for receiving, once a formal notice has gone unanswered. It applies from 2026, whatever your size.
Supplier invoices stop reaching you
Large companies and mid-caps issue electronically from September 2026. With no active platform, nothing from them reaches you, and your bookkeeping seizes up.
Over 150 platforms, and a decision to make
The tax authority has registered more than 150, most of them provisionally pending an interoperability audit. Comparing formats, pricing and staying power takes time you do not have.
Five steps, run end to end.
You configure nothing on your own. We handle the technical side, you keep the decisions.
Assessment
Thirty minutes to establish your status, your real deadlines and the state of your tools.
Platform selection
Choosing and activating your approved platform, sized to your invoice volume.
Connecting your tools
Invoicing, accounting, CRM: we wire up what you already run, no change of habits.
Automating the flows
Issuing, receiving and e-reporting automated, for business and consumer customers alike.
Follow-up
We track the tax authority's publications and adjust your setup when the rules move.
While we are in there, you may as well stop keying invoices by hand.
Getting compliant means touching the whole invoicing chain. That is the moment to win back the time it costs you.
See the package- Invoice issued the moment a job or a sale ends, with no re-keying.
- Payment chasers that send themselves, on a schedule you set once.
- Consumer invoices generated and archived for e-reporting.
- One dashboard: who owes you what, and for how long.
- Audit-proof archiving, available if you are inspected.
One price, full compliance.
One-off payment, no retainer, no subscription
- Full assessment of your situation and deadlines
- Selecting and activating your approved platform
- Connecting your existing invoicing tools
- Automating both issuing and receiving
- Setting up e-reporting for your consumer sales
- One hour of training on your new tool
- Ninety days of follow-up and adjustments
The assessment is free and commits you to nothing. If it turns out you need nothing, we will say so.
The approved platform's own fee is on you and depends on your invoice volume. We price it during the assessment.
Support, not one more piece of software to work out alone.
One person, throughout
No anonymous ticket queue. Whoever runs the assessment installs the setup and handles the follow-up.
Early beats the queue
The closer the date, the more saturated platforms and integrators become. Dealing with it now costs less than in August 2026.
Compliance first, time saved next
Automation is our core trade. Compliance is where the work starts, not where it ends.
What we get asked most
Yes. The exemption means you are VAT-registered but not liable, so you stay within the scope of the reform. Receiving from 1 September 2026, issuing and e-reporting from 1 September 2027.
1 September 2026 arrives either way.
Thirty minutes is enough to know where you stand and what is left to do.
Book the assessmentTimetable and penalties based on economie.gouv.fr, entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr and the list of approved platforms published by the French tax authority. Checked on 23 July 2026 and subject to change with official publications.