- The Belgian government has approved a decree to expand the use of electronic invoices to all suppliers of public institutions in the country.
- This obligation already exists for suppliers in multiple regions, but will now be extended to all regions.
- Belgium is following the European Directive 2014/55, which mandates the use of electronic invoices for public administration suppliers.
- Specific dates have been set for issuing electronic invoices based on the size of public contracts.
- The goal of implementing electronic invoices is to fight tax fraud and reduce the income gap for the Belgian government.
- The implementation will be gradual and chronological, with details of the system and timeline yet to be published.
- Electronic invoices in Belgium are currently sent through the PEPPOL interoperability model or the Mercurius platform.
Source: edicomgroup.com
Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.
