Germany

Type of e-invoicing compliance: Post Audit, Mandatory e-invoicing Mandate
Document Storage Requirement: 10 years

Germany currently has post audit compliance requirements for invoices and has introduced a mandatory B2B e-invoicing mandate starting January 1st 2025. EN-compliant e-invoice becomes the default in Germany and businesses must be able to receive structured electronic invoices compliant with EN 16931 standards by 1 January 2025. Two more phases are planned after this date: the first one by 1 January 2027 when the non-EN-compliant invoices will gradually be phased out starting with businesses that have a turnover of more than EUR 800 000 in the previous year, and the second by 1 January 2028 for all the remaining businesses. Businesses using Tradeshift are fully compliant with the e-invoicing mandate in Germany. The Tradeshift solution for e-invoicing compliance includes both inbound (receiving e-invoicing available since December 2024) and outbound (sending e-invoices available starting March 2025) flows for all the document types and machine-readable structured data formats required in Germany: XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, Factur-X or Peppol-BIS Billing. Tradeshift is available in 26 languages, including German, to ensure a seamless and localized user experience.