15 Essential E-invoicing Questions to ask Yourself

E-invoicing is hot and promising. More and more organisations want to start sending or receiving e-invoices. The amount of ROI depends on 15 questions you should ask yourself before and while e-invoicing.

In this series you get the answer to these questions. Every week for the next 17 (or so) weeks a question will be answered. At the end of the series you will have a self-assessment tool and be able to pinpoint actions required to meet client requirements (and some of the fiscal requirements).

1. Current EU E-invoicing basics: “How does the IRS currently approach e-invoicing?”
2. The new EU Directive: “What will be different as from 1-1-2013?”
3. Tax requirements: “What information must be part of an invoice?”
4. The simple invoice: “What is a simplified invoice? When can I start using it?”
5. Be clear and understandable: “Does my customer really understand my invoice?”
6. Payment instructions: “Does my customer know how to pay my invoice?”
7. Create your e-invoice: “What to look after when generating my e-invoice?”
8. Issuing time: “How do I engage with my customers?”
9. Receiving e-invoices: “An AR invoice has now become my AP invoice. Now what?”
10. Verify your data: “How can I verify an electronic invoice?”
11. Manage your master data: “What are master data and how do I manage them?”
12. Let’s archive: “How do I prevent myself from getting digital Alzheimer’s?”
13. Ensure controllability: “How do I stay in control?”
14. Adoption tactics: “How do I achieve massive adoption?”
15. Acquisition fraud: “Avoid paying fake invoices!”