eInvoicing

Send and receive structured electronic invoices over the PEPPOL network — the EU-wide standard for B2B and B2G e-invoicing. PDFs and OCR go away; invoices arrive as data your accounts payable can act on immediately.

eInvoicing is a separate app that works alongside ERPNext (and other invoicing systems). ERPNext is the most common pairing.

What it does

• Sends outgoing invoices as PEPPOL BIS Billing 3.0 XML — your ERPNext Sales Invoice is converted to the standard XML and delivered through a certified service provider directly into your customer's PEPPOL inbox. They never see a PDF.
• Receives supplier invoices as drafts — incoming PEPPOL invoices land in ERPNext as draft Purchase Invoices, with line items, taxes, and the supplier already matched. You review and submit.
• Service-provider integrations — supports B2B Router and Recommand out of the box. One connection per provider and you're on the PEPPOL network.
• Network registration — your company gets a PEPPOL participant ID so other businesses can find you and send you invoices automatically.

Which countries use PEPPOL

PEPPOL is the network behind almost all EU e-invoicing initiatives — Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Poland, the Nordics, and more. Adoption levels and government mandates differ per country, but the underlying network and the message format are the same everywhere. Once you're connected, sending to a Belgian customer works the same as sending to a Dutch one.

When you need it

• You sell to Dutch, Belgian or French government bodies — B2G is mandatory PEPPOL in those countries, and customers can legally require an electronic invoice instead of a PDF.
• Your B2B customers in NL/BE ask for structured e-invoices instead of PDFs (increasingly common from 2026).
• You want inbound supplier invoices automatically instead of typing them in from PDFs.

Setup, service providers, network registration

→ Open the full eInvoicing documentation