To generalize electronic invoicing in the professional sphere, from mid-2024the Future global system imagined by the administration according to a "Y" scheme requires companies to use the services of a dematerialization platform. Either one – or even more – partner platform (PDP) of their choice, or directly the public billing portal (PP), probably Chorus Pro. In addition to managing a directory (companies, partner platforms) and offering a minimum service base, the public portal will serve as a pivotal platform to concentrate all data on the tax administration.
Regarding the exchange of invoices, the platforms will offer three possibilities: the "Portal" mode (entry/deposit of the invoice, upload to the platform), the "EDI" mode (flow), the "Service" mode (API). All in the allowed structured formats excluding PDF. Still under discussion, these formats (Edifact, XML in UBL format, Factur-X, etc.) will be specified in the regularly updated "external specifications" folder. In addition to details on the exchange formats, this dossier reviews the functional device of the solution, detailing the role of each stakeholder, flows, connection protocols, etc.
Beyond the only questions of format, "another major issue must not be forgotten: that of interoperability," considers Cyrille Sautereau, president of the FNFE-MPE (European Forum for Electronic Invoicing and Electronic Public Procurement), organiser of the Electronic Invoice Day held in mid-2022. For stakeholders to be able to "exchange electronic invoices and other documents containing the required information in a compliant and easily usable form, regardless of their IT environments", this issue must be addressed at several levels:
- on formats (transmitting all data on the same semantic basis),
- on transmission (ensuring receipt by the final recipient),
- on addressing (find easily and automatically where and by what means to reach the recipient),
- on follow-up (having information for the issuer on the processing status of its invoices),
- on compliance (ensuring that interoperability ensures end-to-end compliance, especially on the tax original),
- on portability (being able to change service providers without heavy impact of configuration or migration).
Full article from The Digital Purchase Watch: "How to turn the constraint of e-invoicing into an opportunity"