EU E-Invoicing Beta

EU e-invoicing is now in beta

EU e-invoicing is now available in beta through August 12, 2026.

This is for teams that invoice customers in Europe, work with EU legal entities, or need buyers and government portals to accept structured invoice files. Expensicat now helps create the right file, checks it before you send it, and keeps the PDF easy for a human to read.

The goal for the beta is simple: run real invoices through the workflow, make the defaults better for each country, and remove the avoidable back-and-forth that happens when a buyer rejects an invoice for format or missing-field problems.

What you can do

Create invoices in the formats European businesses commonly ask for: Factur-X, ZUGFeRD, XRechnung, EN 16931, and Peppol-ready UBL. You choose the format per legal entity, so a German entity can use German e-invoicing defaults without changing how another entity works.

The invoice still looks like a normal PDF when your customer opens it. Under the hood, it carries the structured invoice data that accounting systems, portals, and e-invoicing networks use to read the document automatically.

You can also review supplier e-invoice files in the same workflow. Upload or forward Factur-X, ZUGFeRD, XRechnung, or Peppol UBL files to your inbox and Expensicat reads the structured data for review.

Entries is now Inbox

Entries has been renamed to Inbox. The functionality has not changed: this is still the place where incoming documents land before you review, approve, categorize, or match them.

The new name is setting up where the product is going. Today, Inbox handles forwarded files and uploaded supplier documents, including structured e-invoice files. We are preparing it to become the natural place for direct e-invoicing network receipt in the future, so invoices from networks such as Peppol can eventually arrive in Expensicat without needing to be emailed or uploaded first.

Checked before sending

E-invoicing failures are usually small details with oversized consequences: a missing buyer identifier, the wrong tax reason, a format mismatch, or a file that looks right but is not accepted by the buyer's system.

Expensicat now checks invoices before they go out and explains what needs fixing in plain language. That gives you a chance to correct the issue before the customer, portal, or access point rejects the invoice.

Peppol delivery

Creating a Peppol-ready file and sending it through the Peppol network are different steps. During the beta, Peppol delivery is available for customers who need network delivery, not just a downloadable file.

If your buyer requires Peppol, we can enable the delivery path with an accredited access point and help confirm the right identifiers before you send.

What's still aspirational

Some countries require more than a compliant invoice file. Italy SDI, Poland KSeF, Spain Verifactu, France PDP, and Romania ANAF each have their own clearance or reporting network.

Those direct country gateways are not all live yet. We are sequencing them by mandate deadlines and customer need. Until then, the beta focuses on creating, reviewing, checking, and, where enabled, delivering EU-ready invoice files.