Sales Pack - XInvoice

[mwo300]

what Bernhard means is probably this:

I had some recent contact with it. Basically when you creating an invoice in a PDF form, you are not simply printing it visually, but also create an XML Structure with it that has a specific format. Currently it's mainly used when working with official state departments within Germany.

I don't know how that will work in B2B with small companies, but what you may want to look at is this:

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[Bernhard]

I think that's a good option if the process can be included in the Salespack workflow. So, adding a button next to Print to PDF does the job. Thanks for your input.

[Bernhard]

Hi, thanks for the links. I think they are going in the right direction.

This is one system supporting the new invoices: https://einfach-xrechnung.de/en/

I find many German websites about that, but not so many English sites. In Germany at least this is called xRechnung. Other places use eInvoice, but it needs to be the same standard. One type is also called zugFeRD - I think its a german initiative but goes into the same direction: https://www.billwerk.plus/wiki/standards-norms/zugferd-format/#:~:text=Simply%20explained%2C%20a%20ZUGFeRD%2Dcom patible,automated%20processing%20with%20the%20XML.

My best guess is, that there will be possible multiple xml templates and a solution where templates can be adjusted would have less problems if things change ...

item, thanks for linking the GitHub Library. I think this sounds great.

Thanks for checking this.

[item]

Hi,
i have diffictult with english but :

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/sites/display/DIGITAL/eInvoicing

And there are a library @MIT

https://github.com/josemmo/einvoicing

Hope this can help and if i have good understand

[novastream]

I haven't heard about Xinvoice but I'm helping a lot of companies that are using Edifact D96A and PEPPOL and usally this do not fall under the CRM/ERP. Usually you use an external partner to convert you invoices via API or by uploading XML/JSON files to the integration partner and they do the converting and sending of the invoice.

[yuri]

Hi Bernhard,

I searched on the internet quickly, and didn't find a lot of info. Googled with some popular ERPs, invoicing apps in a search query. Could you provide more info on it?

[Bernhard]

From 2025 on, every B2B invoice needs to use a digital format (in Germany, other EU countries are already using this or will need to use it later).
Digital does not just mean a PDF version of the invoice. This means that an XML part with officially defined fields needs to be included in the PDF, or that PDF is even not required anymore.

Small companies may need to migrate to the XInvoice format later, but this is the way of future B2B invoicing.

Although there is still some time until 2025, I would like to ask about the possibilities of integrating XInvoices into the Sales Pack.

Thanks,


Bernhard