- Legislation and Effective Date: The Belgian Parliament has approved the Electronic Invoicing law, which will require all businesses to use structured electronic invoices starting January 1, 2026. This excludes the B2C sector.
- Mandatory Use of Peppol Network: The law mandates that electronic invoices must be sent and received through the Peppol network using the Peppol-BIS standard. Paper invoices and unstructured formats like PDFs will not be permitted.
- EU Exception Awaited: Belgium is awaiting an exception from the EU to make B2B electronic invoicing mandatory. The approval of this exception is crucial for the law’s implementation.
- Approved Solution Providers: EDICOM has been included in the Belgian Ministry of Finance’s list of approved software solution providers. As a Peppol Access Point, EDICOM can facilitate the sending, receiving, and processing of e-invoices according to Belgian standards.
- Future e-Reporting Plans: Belgium plans to implement an e-Reporting system in a second phase, aligning with the EU’s VAT in Digital Age (ViDA) project. This system will use a decentralized Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC) and Exchange model to ensure interoperability of information exchange within the EU.
Source Edicom
See also
- E-Invoicing/Real Time Reporting – What can you find on VATupdate.com
- Worldwide Upcoming E-Invoicing mandates, implementations and changes – Chronological
- Collection of E-Invoicing Guides – Worldwide – VATupdate
- Join the Linkedin Group on Global E-Invoicing/E-Reporting/SAF-T Developments, click HERE
