- French tax administration discontinuing free state-operated invoice exchange service
- Pressure on taxpayers and software vendors to select certified ‘PDP’
- France adopted unique ‘Y model’ for e-invoicing mandate
- Division of labor between PDPs and PPF in original design
- Complexity in technical specifications causing strain on budgets and timelines
- PPF’s scope changing to provide directory services only, not PDP services
- French businesses and software vendors now need to secure private PDP services
- E-invoicing mandate applies to largest businesses initially, but all companies will need PDP-enabled accounting software
Source: sovos.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.
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