Create an e-invoice without the software

Structurally and arithmetically, yes. Elements are in the order the UBL schema demands, every amount carries its currency, VAT is broken down per category, and the totals are computed rather than typed — so they cannot disagree with the lines. The rules an access point checks first (customer reference, electronic address on both parties, IBAN with a credit transfer) are enforced here. What we do not do is run the full Peppol and NLCIUS rule set (Schematron, several hundred rules). The access point does that on sending, and a tool implying it had already happened would be lying.

Both are EN 16931 profiles and both travel over the Peppol network. NLCIUS is the Dutch specialisation: for Dutch customers (certainly government) it is the usual choice, and it expects, for instance, the customer's KVK or OIN number. Invoicing a Belgian or German customer, choose Peppol BIS Billing 3.0.

Pick '0 % reverse charge' on the line. The invoice then carries VAT category AE with the mandatory reason — enter your own (for example 'VAT reverse charged — art. 196 VAT Directive') or leave it blank for a default text. If you deliver goods rather than services, it is 'intra-community (goods)', category K; the invoice then also carries a delivery date and country, because the standard requires them for that category.

Because Peppol requires it (rule PEPPOL-EN16931-R003): an e-invoice without a buyer reference or order number is rejected. It is the text your customer uses to find your invoice in their own books — a purchase order number, a cost centre, or simply a name. Ask if you do not know it; it saves a rejected invoice.

No. The file is built in your browser and only leaves your computer when you click download. Your own company details (name, registration, VAT number, IBAN) are remembered in your browser's storage — on your device, not with us — so you do not retype them next time.

The Peppol network works through access points: you hand the invoice to yours, which delivers it to the customer's. Some accounting packages have one built in; otherwise you choose a provider. If you would rather not do this by hand but send straight from your accounting software, ERP or web shop, that is an integration we build.

Yes, with our own e-invoice viewer: drop the downloaded file in and you see it back as a readable invoice, arithmetic checks included. Every invoice from this generator passes through it with no findings — the two tools test each other. And the Peppol check tells you beforehand whether your customer can receive the file at all.