All businesses must be able to RECEIVE e-invoices from Sep 1, 2026

From September 1, 2026, every VAT-registered business in France — regardless of size — must be able to receive structured electronic invoices through an approved platform. A PDF in your email inbox will not count. UPDATE (24 Aug 2026): with go-live one week away, FNFE-MPE has published three short go-live check-lists — one for businesses that only receive invoices, one for approved platforms, and one for large and mid-size businesses that must issue invoices and e-report. If you do one thing before 1 September, work through the receiver check-list: confirm your reception address is correct, confirm you are genuinely connected to your approved platform, decide what you will do if the same invoice arrives twice, and make sure you know how to use rejection statuses properly. Those are the failures that cause real disruption in week one.

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