France
When setting up your remit-to address, your VAT ID must be in the following format: FR 99 999 999 999
All tax amounts must include the alternateAmount and alternateCurrency attributes. The alternate currency must be set to EUR.
See Providing Amounts in Local Currency for more info.
The following extrinsics are required to send a compliance-assured French invoice. You may require additional extrinsics specific to your industry or billing situation:
EarlyPaymentProvisionsLatePaymentPenaltiesExchangeRatePrePaymentDate(This is the "Date de Paiement" and it does not reference pre-payment.)
See Adding Extrinsics to Your Invoice for more info.
One of the following sentences must be included:
- TVA sur les encaissements
- TVA sur les debits
These should be added in a <Comment> tag on the first invoice line.
See France Compliance Sample cXML for an example.