Mandatory electronic invoicing
Receiving since 1 September 2026, issuing according to your size: the calendar, the four particulars added to the invoice, and the duty to go through an approved platform. Three modules following an 18-employee joinery firm. All the prose is free to read; only the quizzes are sold.
Intermediate3 modules25 minModule 1 free to read
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By the end of this course, you can…
These outcomes are the modules' own: the promise cannot say anything the course does not teach.
- Tell the duty to receive from the duty to issue, which do not share a calendar.
- Place your own business in the rollout according to its size.
- Grasp what the reform adds beyond the invoice itself.
- Identify what falls outside its scope.
- Recall the base set of mandatory invoice particulars.
- Identify the four particulars the reform adds.
- Understand why those particulars are now checked by a platform, not only read by a person.
- Anticipate the information to collect from customers before issuing.
- State the legal duty to go through an approved platform.
- Tell an approved platform from an ordinary invoicing package.
- Understand the role of the central directory and of the approved platforms.
- Place data reporting alongside the invoice itself.
The programme, module by module
Each module has its own page. Durations are derived from the actual text, never announced by hand.
- Module 19 minFree — no accountWho owes what, and since whenWhat you will be able to do
- Tell the duty to receive from the duty to issue, which do not share a calendar.
- Place your own business in the rollout according to its size.
- Grasp what the reform adds beyond the invoice itself.
- Identify what falls outside its scope.
- Module 28 minIncluded in the full courseWhat the invoice must now carryWhat you will be able to do
- Recall the base set of mandatory invoice particulars.
- Identify the four particulars the reform adds.
- Understand why those particulars are now checked by a platform, not only read by a person.
- Anticipate the information to collect from customers before issuing.
- Module 38 minIncluded in the full courseWhere the invoice travels, and what the authority seesWhat you will be able to do
- State the legal duty to go through an approved platform.
- Tell an approved platform from an ordinary invoicing package.
- Understand the role of the central directory and of the approved platforms.
- Place data reporting alongside the invoice itself.
What you take away
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Participant handout (PDF)
PDF
- Learning objectives (3)
- Key figures (1)
- Mistakes to avoid (3)
- Official sources (3)
Exercise workbook (Word)
Word
- Learning objectives (3)
- Key figures (1)
- Mistakes to avoid (3)
- Official sources (3)
Answers live in a separate appendix: the participant handout and the workbook stay distributable before the exercise.
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