France E-Invoicing (Factur-X)

French e-invoicing support: emit EN 16931-compliant Factur-X e-invoices with French buyer identifiers and, on Inkvoice Cloud, deliver them to French businesses through a registered Plateforme de Dématérialisation Partenaire (PDP). In France, receiving e-invoices becomes mandatory for all businesses on 1 September 2026; issuing becomes mandatory on 1 September 2026 for grandes entreprises and ETI, and on 1 September 2027 for PME, TPE and micro-entreprises.

Mandate dates

Who	Receive	Issue
All businesses	1 September 2026	see below
Grandes entreprises and ETI	1 September 2026	1 September 2026
PME, TPE and micro-entreprises	1 September 2026	1 September 2027

Delivery through a registered PA (Inkvoice Cloud)

French e-invoices must be exchanged over the public network through an immatriculated PDP/PA. Inkvoice Cloud is connected to Qonto, a registered PA, as the delivery provider for French e-invoicing:

• Outbound invoices are routed through Qonto to the recipient's PDP.
• Inbound documents from French suppliers arrive through Qonto.
• Delivery requires one-time onboarding: from Settings → France, complete the registration at Qonto (KYC). Until the registration is active, sending is not possible.

Self-hosted (OSS): delivery is a cloud feature. Self-hosted installs emit Factur-X with French buyer identifiers (SIREN/SIRET) and the franchise-en-base exemption, but do not deliver through a PDP; exchange with French recipients still happens by sending the hybrid PDF/XML directly, as before.

Emission stays Factur-X

The French mandate uses the Factur-X format (ZUGFeRD 2.2 / EN 16931), and emission on the France network always produces the Factur-X hybrid PDF. In the XML, the buyer is identified with the French business identifiers:

Buyer ID	Scheme	When
SIREN (9 digits)	0009	Always, when the customer has one
SIRET (14 digits)	0002	Only when the customer has no SIREN

Customer SIREN and SIRET fields

The customer form (e-invoice section) has two French fields:

Field	Purpose
SIREN (France)	Required to deliver e-invoices to a French business. 9 digits, e.g. 123456789
SIRET (France, optional)	14-digit establishment number, only needed if the buyer addresses a specific site, e.g. 12345678900012

When France e-invoicing is enabled, the form adds a Check on Annuaire button that verifies the SIREN against the French annuaire (through the PA) and shows whether the business is registered for e-invoicing. Emission reports a validation warning when a French buyer has no SIREN.

Franchise en base de TVA

Businesses under the franchise en base de TVA regime are exempt from VAT (art. 293 B du CGI). The Franchise en base toggle in Settings (einvoice_franchise_fr) marks your zero-VAT invoices as exempt in the Factur-X XML:

• Zero-VAT lines are emitted with tax category E instead of Z.
• Each exempt line carries the exemption reason TVA non applicable, art. 293 B du CGI.

France settings (Inkvoice Cloud)

Under Settings → France (visible on Inkvoice Cloud when the France plugin is enabled):

• Master toggle: enables or disables France e-invoicing
• Your SIREN (issuer): the sender identity used on the France network
• Registration status: your Qonto registration state, with an onboarding link when KYC is still pending
• Monthly usage: documents sent and received in the current period against the plan quota

Sending via the France network

1. Complete the Qonto registration and set your sender SIREN in Settings → France.
2. Make sure the customer has a SIREN (and optionally a SIRET) on their profile.
3. Open the invoice → Transmission panel → Transmit. The invoice is validated, emitted as Factur-X, and the recipient's SIREN is checked on the Annuaire.
4. The document is handed to Qonto, which routes it to the recipient's PDP. The transmission status updates as delivery progresses.

When the customer has a SIREN and the France network is enabled, the France transport is used; otherwise delivery falls back to PEPPOL if the customer is configured for it.

Transmission statuses

Status	Meaning
queued / sending	Ours; not yet accepted by the PA
sent	Qonto accepted the document; network delivery is still pending
delivered / rejected	Set by Qonto's status callback, final for the document
failed	Retries exhausted; retry from the transmission panel

Every attempt is recorded and shown in the invoice detail panel. Terminal transitions fire the same outgoing webhook events as other transports (einvoice.delivered, einvoice.rejected, etc.).

Inbox (receiving)

Inbound Factur-X documents delivered by Qonto land directly in the E-Rechnung inbox with a Qonto source badge. They are parsed like any other inbound e-invoice (supplier, document number, date and total extracted automatically) and can be linked to a customer or archived. Inbound documents count toward your monthly quota.

Via API

POST /api/v1/einvoices/:invoiceId/transmit
GET  /api/v1/einvoices/:invoiceId/transmissions
POST /api/v1/einvoices/transmissions/:id/retry
POST /api/v1/einvoices/transmissions/:id/cancel
POST /api/v1/einvoices/france/lookup       ({ siren, customer_id? })
GET  /api/v1/einvoices/inbox