[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":141},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/en/articles/pennylane-electronic-invoicing":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":123,"description":124,"extension":125,"head":126,"image":127,"meta":128,"navigation":129,"ogImage":126,"path":130,"readingTime":131,"robots":126,"schemaOrg":126,"seo":132,"sitemap":133,"stem":134,"tags":135,"__hash__":140},"articles_en/en/articles/pennylane-electronic-invoicing.md","Pennylane for e-invoicing and e-reporting",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":113},"minimark",[9,14,18,21,24,28,36,43,46,50,53,56,60,63,69,75,81,87,93,97,100,103,107,110],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"who-this-article-is-for","Who this article is for",[15,16,17],"p",{},"Not businesses that already have a well-oiled accounting system. This article is for professionals who still handle their accounting in ways that cost them time: spreadsheets, folders of PDFs, quarterly emails to their accountant, or simply a pile of receipts waiting to be dealt with.",[15,19,20],{},"E-invoicing and e-reporting are becoming mandatory in France. It's an opportunity — and a useful constraint — to move to something better organized. And Pennylane is, in my experience, the most accessible tool for that.",[15,22,23],{},"I use it myself for my SARL cabinet-partage.fr. What I describe here, I've tested.",[10,25,27],{"id":26},"what-the-reform-actually-changes","What the reform actually changes",[15,29,30,31,35],{},"From 2026, invoices between VAT-liable professionals must go through a certified platform. That's ",[32,33,34],"strong",{},"e-invoicing",": your sales invoices are sent in a structured format, readable by your clients' software, and tracked by the tax authorities.",[15,37,38,39,42],{},"For transactions that don't go through this circuit — sales to individuals, international transactions — that's ",[32,40,41],{},"e-reporting",": you periodically transmit the data from those transactions to the administration.",[15,44,45],{},"The good news is that Pennylane is a certified PDP (Plateforme de Dématérialisation Partenaire). If you issue your invoices from Pennylane, compliance is handled natively. No additional tool needed.",[10,47,49],{"id":48},"why-not-wait","Why not wait",[15,51,52],{},"Many professionals tell themselves they'll deal with this when it becomes mandatory for them. That's a mistake for one simple reason: getting your accounting in order takes time, and doing it under pressure — when the obligation kicks in — means doing it in the worst conditions.",[15,54,55],{},"Starting now means doing it at your own pace. It also means building a history from today, which is valuable for financial projections, a funding request, or simply running your business better.",[10,57,59],{"id":58},"the-process-that-works","The process that works",[15,61,62],{},"This isn't a list of Pennylane features. It's what I've set up concretely, and what runs without taking much time.",[15,64,65,68],{},[32,66,67],{},"1. Bank connection."," The first thing to do. Pennylane connects to your bank via Open Banking and automatically syncs all your transactions. This is the foundation: everything coming in and going out is visible, without manual entry.",[15,70,71,74],{},[32,72,73],{},"2. Categorization rules."," After a few weeks of use, most recurring transactions are recognized and categorized automatically. Your accountant can refine these rules from their access.",[15,76,77,80],{},[32,78,79],{},"3. Sales invoices."," You issue your invoices directly from Pennylane, or connect your existing invoicing tool. Invoices go out in the right format, payments are reconciled automatically.",[15,82,83,86],{},[32,84,85],{},"4. Receipts."," For expenses, a photo from the mobile app is enough. OCR extracts the amount, date, and supplier. No more lost receipts.",[15,88,89,92],{},[32,90,91],{},"5. Your accountant in the loop."," They have real-time access, see transactions to validate, prepare declarations without you having to send everything at the end of the quarter.",[10,94,96],{"id":95},"what-it-looks-like-over-time","What it looks like over time",[15,98,99],{},"After a few months, the time spent on accounting drops to almost nothing on a daily basis. There's a monthly or quarterly check-in with your accountant to validate and plan ahead — but the bulk of the collection and entry work has disappeared.",[15,101,102],{},"And when e-invoicing obligations apply to your business, you don't need to change anything. It's already in place.",[10,104,106],{"id":105},"if-you-want-to-talk-it-through","If you want to talk it through",[15,108,109],{},"I'm not selling Pennylane. I'm offering to look at your current situation together, what's taking up your time, and whether Pennylane is the right solution for you. If it is, I can help you set it up properly — bank connections, integrations with your existing tools, configuration with your accountant.",[15,111,112],{},"If you have custom tools that issue invoices, I can also connect them to Pennylane so everything runs automatically.",{"title":114,"searchDepth":115,"depth":115,"links":116},"",2,[117,118,119,120,121,122],{"id":12,"depth":115,"text":13},{"id":26,"depth":115,"text":27},{"id":48,"depth":115,"text":49},{"id":58,"depth":115,"text":59},{"id":95,"depth":115,"text":96},{"id":105,"depth":115,"text":106},"24/02/2026","Pennylane, certified PDP for mandatory electronic invoicing 2026. E-invoicing, e-reporting, compliance for SMEs — a tested process I use myself.","md",null,"/articles/pennylane-compta.jpg",{},true,"/en/articles/pennylane-electronic-invoicing","6",{"title":5,"description":124},{"loc":130},"en/articles/pennylane-electronic-invoicing",[136,137,138,139],"Pennylane","Electronic invoicing","E-invoicing","E-reporting","D0vQxsvGfa6EdFD7qo1U3N8k6jAAyMkjB-Sb39c_BzY",1774879953403]