{"id":1194,"date":"2025-10-02T16:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiscalclear.com\/e-billing\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:22:18","slug":"e-billing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiscalclear.com\/en\/e-billing\/","title":{"rendered":"E-BILLING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mandatory e-billing from January 1, 2026: what you need to know<\/h2>\n\n<p>From <strong>January 1, 2026<\/strong>, electronic invoicing will be mandatory in Belgium for all <strong>B2B<\/strong> transactions <strong>between VAT-registered parties<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s the difference?<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PDF invoices sent by e-mail will no longer be considered valid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only <strong>structured electronic invoices<\/strong> (UBL format) sent via the <strong>Peppol network<\/strong> will be accepted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This system enables invoices to be processed automatically and securely, for both sender and recipient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who&#8217;s concerned?<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All VAT taxable persons established in Belgium (including self-employed persons under the exemption system).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goods and services transactions carried out in Belgium and subject to VAT.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The liberal professions will also have to invoice via Peppol, but only to other taxable persons (not private individuals).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the penalties for non-compliance?<\/h3>\n\n<p>If you are unable to send or receive e-bills by January 1, 2026, the authorities may impose fines:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1,500<\/strong> for a first offence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3,000<\/strong> for a second<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>5,000<\/strong> from the third<br\/><em>(a period of three months is allowed between each infringement).<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A tax boost<\/h3>\n\n<p>Until the end of 2027, the self-employed and small companies can benefit from a <strong>120% tax deduction<\/strong> on their investments in software or e-invoicing solutions.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you prepare?<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Check that your accounting software is compatible with the Peppol network.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anticipate the transition now to avoid any difficulties in 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mandatory e-billing from January 1, 2026: what you need to know From January 1, 2026, electronic invoicing will be mandatory in Belgium for all B2B transactions between VAT-registered parties. What&#8217;s the difference? Who&#8217;s concerned? What are the penalties for non-compliance? If you are unable to send or receive e-bills by January 1, 2026, the authorities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiscalclear.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiscalclear.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiscalclear.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiscalclear.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiscalclear.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fiscalclear.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1195,"href":"https:\/\/fiscalclear.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194\/revisions\/1195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiscalclear.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiscalclear.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiscalclear.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}