The dates
| Country | The dates | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| France | Receive: since 1 September 2026, every company. Issue: from 1 September 2026 (large and mid-sized) and 1 September 2027 (SMEs and micro). | Read |
| Germany | Receive: since 1 January 2025. Issue: from 1 January 2027 (previous-year turnover above €800,000) and 1 January 2028 (all). | Read |
| Belgium | Structured e-invoices between companies, through Peppol, since 1 January 2026. | Read |
| Italy | Electronic invoices through the SDI between companies since 1 January 2019. | Read |
| Poland | KSeF: from 1 February 2026 (largest taxpayers) and 1 April 2026 (all others). | Read |
| Spain | See our guide to the Spanish mandate. | Read |
| European Union | Digital reporting of intra-EU business-to-business transactions from 1 July 2030 (Council Directive (EU) 2025/516, VAT in the Digital Age).1 2 |
More countries follow here once their dates are checked on the official source.
What it means for your cash
A mandate changes how invoices travel, not when customers pay: payment terms and late payment stay as they are. What changes is that an invoice arrives as a structured file, which is faster to check, and checking is what a funder needs before it pays an invoice early.
What Advanta reads today
Advanta reads 16 file formats: CSV or Excel, Spain’s AEAT VAT record books, Facturae, UBL / Peppol, CII / Factur-X, FatturaPA, KSeF, NAV (Hungary), Finvoice, FEC, DATEV, XAF, SAF-T accounting, SAF-T (PT), ebInterface and myDATA. To be financed, an invoice must state its due date.
Sources
Official sources, read on 26 September 2026.
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