E-invoicing is a way to send and receive invoices digitally. This makes invoicing much quicker.
E-invoicing can also be called einvoicing or electronic invoicing. It’s used as an umbrella term to describe any method to request payment by sending invoices electronically, either via email or API.
This includes sending credit notes and cash invoices too.
Why use e-invoicing?
Email or other technology facilitates the quick and safe sharing of invoices. And there are many advantages to adopting this method, rather than sending invoices in the mail.
Here are just some of the advantages:
- It’s much quicker to send invoices digitally, and this means you can get paid faster.
- You can get away with having a shorter due date, since it doesn’t take days for the invoice to get to your client
- It’s safer—there’s less of a chance that the invoice will get lost than if you send it in the mail.
- You save money on printing and postage
What does it mean to send via API?
With API, businesses can handle their invoices in a different way than they used to with paper and PDF. You can send invoices directly from your invoicing software to your client’s invoicing software.It’s a more efficient, more safe and more accurate way of transferring financial data between companies.
You eliminate errors in data entry and invoice processing, and you can get paid faster.
To use this method, you have to use invoicing software that’s connected to a service provider that’s been approved by the tax authorities in your operating country. Many countries use the service provider Peppol.
The service provider guarantees that the electronic invoices are transmitted safely and confidentially, in accordance with national laws.
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