Expected Behavior
Send e-invoices to customers in an electronic (UBL or CII) format that they can use to process their workflows more efficiently and automatically. Clients will be able to pay invoices faster and avoid errors during those payments and booking.
Current Behavior
Only for sending e-invoices to clients in Germany this is useful.
For clients in all other countries who want to use e-invoices (UBL/XML format) do not have this option.
Possible Solution
Implement e-invoicing so that users can send e-invoices to clients in countries other than Germany (Zugferd = PDF with embedded XML).
Also implement e-invoicing for other UBL/XML formats (Factur-X, PEPPOL, EN 16931 or derivatives = XML with optionally embedded PDF) than Zugferd.
Context (Environment)
Governments in several European (and other) countries are currently requiring their suppliers to only send electronic invoices (B2G).
Some countries (including Italy) are currently also imposing e-invoices on companies themselves (B2B).
In 2024, this obligation to send (B2B) e-invoices will be imposed in many more (EU and beyond) countries.
Therefore, shouldn't we (urgently) pay more attention to implementing and making it available as soon as possible so users can send e-invoices to clients in countries other than Germany?
Detailed Description
See these webpages about Electronic Invoicing:
Possible Implementation
Via a setting you can choose which UBL/XML or CII (Zugferd/XRechnung/Factur-X) "client country depending template format" the client wants to receive.
Additionally, that client then receives its PDF invoice together with the e-invoice via email.
For Germany this can be the Zugferd format (PDF with embedded XML) and for other clients the UBL/XML format (XML with external and/or embedded PDF) can be delivered depending of the chosen template.
Expected Behavior
Send e-invoices to customers in an electronic (UBL or CII) format that they can use to process their workflows more efficiently and automatically. Clients will be able to pay invoices faster and avoid errors during those payments and booking.
Current Behavior
Only for sending e-invoices to clients in Germany this is useful.
For clients in all other countries who want to use e-invoices (UBL/XML format) do not have this option.
Possible Solution
Implement e-invoicing so that users can send e-invoices to clients in countries other than Germany (Zugferd = PDF with embedded XML).
Also implement e-invoicing for other UBL/XML formats (Factur-X, PEPPOL, EN 16931 or derivatives = XML with optionally embedded PDF) than Zugferd.
Context (Environment)
Governments in several European (and other) countries are currently requiring their suppliers to only send electronic invoices (B2G).
Some countries (including Italy) are currently also imposing e-invoices on companies themselves (B2B).
In 2024, this obligation to send (B2B) e-invoices will be imposed in many more (EU and beyond) countries.
Detailed Description
See these webpages about Electronic Invoicing:
Possible Implementation
Via a setting you can choose which UBL/XML or CII (Zugferd/XRechnung/Factur-X) "client country depending template format" the client wants to receive.
Additionally, that client then receives its PDF invoice together with the e-invoice via email.
For Germany this can be the Zugferd format (PDF with embedded XML) and for other clients the UBL/XML format (XML with external and/or embedded PDF) can be delivered depending of the chosen template.