Peppol has been mandatory for invoicing the Dutch government for years and is widely used for B2B. Invoicier gets you sending and receiving structured e-invoices in minutes.
Peppol (Pan-European Public Procurement On-Line) is the standard network for exchanging structured electronic invoices across Europe. The Netherlands was an early Peppol adopter, and it is the default channel for public-sector e-invoicing.
Invoicing the Dutch government electronically has been mandatory since 1 January 2017 for central government, and since April 2019 for municipalities, provinces, water boards, and other public bodies. The national standard is NLCIUS, implemented as SI-UBL 2.0 and fully aligned with Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 and EN 16931.
For B2B, e-invoicing is voluntary today but widely used. On 11 September 2026 the government set out its plan: from 1 July 2030 every business must send structured e-invoices for domestic B2B sales, and from 1 July 2031 it must report selected invoice data to the Belastingdienst. Cross-border EU sales fall under the EU's VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) rules from 1 July 2030. Businesses under the small business scheme (KOR, turnover up to €20,000 a year) are exempt from the domestic obligation.
This is government policy, not yet law: a public consultation follows in autumn 2026 and the bill is expected in parliament before summer 2027. The network has not been chosen yet. The EY study commissioned by the government advised Peppol, and the invoices must follow EN 16931, the standard Peppol invoices already use. Connecting to Peppol now means you are ready for the public sector today and for 2030.
Dutch e-invoices are exchanged as structured XML over the Peppol network. Invoicier generates and validates these formats for you.
On the Peppol network, Dutch organisations are addressed by a participant identifier built from their official registration numbers.
Suppliers to Dutch central government must send invoices electronically via Peppol.
Municipalities, provinces, water boards, and other public bodies must accept e-invoices.
The government decides on mandatory domestic B2B e-invoicing. B2B e-invoicing stays voluntary until 2030.
Every business must send structured e-invoices for domestic and cross-border EU B2B sales. KOR businesses are exempt from the domestic obligation.
Businesses report selected data from their domestic e-invoices to the Belastingdienst.
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