1. Country-Specific Features
  2. Region-Specific SuiteApps
  3. European Union Electronic Invoicing
  4. France-Specific Electronic Invoicing Features
  5. France Electronic Invoicing
  6. Creating and sending Outbound Transactions for France

Creating and sending Outbound Transactions for France

To create and send outbound transactions for France:

  1. Go to Transactions > Invoices.

  2. Create or open an invoice.

  3. Fill in all the required fields related to your Invoice based on your use case, including:

    • France E-Invoicing Fields

    • France Structured Notes (EUEI FR E-Document Notes)

    • Third Parties on Invoice/Credit Memo

    • Payment Instructions

    • Document References

    • Delivery Date

    For more information, see France E-Invoicing Fields on Transaction.

  4. On the E-document subtab, make sure the France E-invoicing outbound Invoice/Credit Memo template is selected in the E-document Template field.

    Important:

    Your invoice must comply with the EN 16931 or FR Extended profiles, as well as with all applicable legislation, including commercial law and the French General Tax Code (CGI).

  5. Click Save.

  6. Click Generate E-document. The E-document Status field is set to Ready for Certification.

  7. Click Certify E-document to send the E-document.

  8. Check the E-document Status and E-document Audit Trail fields to see if it's successfully sent for certification.

Note:

Selected third-party roles for employee records are not processed and not rendered into XML.

France E-Invoicing Fields on Transaction

Main France fields include:

France Mandate Type

France Mandate Type field value is automatically set based on Customer record.

FR-B2B-EINVOICE

Customer is Company, with Country of the address is France and France B2G field is False

FR-B2G-EINVOICE

Customer is Company, with Country of the address is France and France B2G field is True

FR-B2B-REPORTING

Customer is Company with Country of the address is Not France

FR-B2C-REPORTING

Customer is Individual

(blank)

When the system cannot evaluate
Important:

If you want to create an Internal Credit Memo, keep the field blank to not send it to the Customer and the Tax Administration.

France VAT Due Date Code

France VAT Due Date Code is used if the company has opted in for VAT on Accruals. The field value is automatically set based on Subsidiary record as following. If the VAT on Accruals check-box is True, then France VAT Due Date Code on the Transaction is set to 'Date de facture', else France VAT Due Date Code is blank.

France Invoice Type Code

Default values for Invoice Type Code are 380 for Invoice, 381 for Credit Memo.

France Business Process Type

Type of the Business Process Type, related to the Type of Items sold or if the Invoice has been paid already.

When you save the record, NetSuite evaluates the France Business Process Type value. If the field is blank, NetSuite determines the value from the item types on the item lines. Review the resulting value.

France E-Document Profile

Specifies whether the E-Document is generated according to the EN 16931 standard or the French CTC Extended format. The value is automatically populated from the Subsidiary record. If no profile value is specified, the field defaults to EN16931.

Structured Notes

Structured notes can be added automatically or manually.

Automatic behavior: Notes configured on subsidiary record are copied to transactions.

Manual behavior:

  • Select subject code (for example, AAB - Mention d'escompte)

  • Enter text (for example, "Les réglements reçus avant la date d'échéance ne donneront pas lieu à escompte.")

For more information, see Configuring E-document Notes for Subsidiaries.

Note:

Please note that some structured notes are unique or required.

Related Topics

General Notices