Belgium · B2B mandate live

Belgium's Peppol mandate,
handled.

Since 1 January 2026, structured Peppol e-invoicing is mandatory for almost all B2B transactions in Belgium. Paylists sends and receives them from day one, and runs the quotes, orders and projects around them.

INV20000032 · BelgiumDelivered
FormatPeppol BIS Billing 3.0
ValidationEN 16931 · passed
Sent overPeppol
Amount€600.00
Lister: Delivered to Harbour Dental. They usually pay within 14 days.
The problem

E-invoicing rules, without the IT project.

Belgium's B2B Peppol mandate is live, and most small businesses had to change how they invoice overnight.

Before

A legal deadline

Since 1 January 2026, almost every B2B invoice between Belgian VAT-registered businesses must be a structured Peppol e-invoice.

With Paylists

Paylists sends and receives Peppol e-invoices from day one.

Before

Invoices rejected or unread

A PDF is not an e-invoice. Customers' systems can reject invoices that don't meet the standard.

With Paylists

Every invoice is validated against EN 16931 before it leaves.

Before

No IT team to connect

Access points, identifiers and formats are a technical project for most small businesses.

With Paylists

Paylists is your Peppol connection. Sign up, verify your business and send.

Belgian rules

What the law requires.

Since 1 January 2026, almost all B2B invoices between Belgian VAT-registered businesses must be sent as structured Peppol e-invoices. PDFs by email no longer meet the requirement for most B2B flows.

Belgian businesses must be able to both send and receive. The format is Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, and your customer's VAT number is enough to find them on the network.

Federal government adopts Peppol

B2G e-invoicing live for federal contracts via Mercurius.

B2G mandate fully in force

All public-sector invoices sent electronically via Peppol.

B2B Peppol mandate live

Structured e-invoicing required for almost all VAT-to-VAT transactions.

BIS 3.0Mandatory Peppol format
B2BScope of the 2026 mandate
VAT no.Identifier to find recipients
7 yrsInvoice retention period
Why Paylists in Belgium

Peppol is the delivery. We run the rest.

E-invoicing is one step. Paylists also runs the quote before it and the payment after it, with Lister to do the typing.

PeppolSend and receive

Invoices and credit notes in both directions, validated before they go.

ListerAsk, and it's drafted

Quotes, sales orders, purchase orders and projects from one sentence.

PurchasingBills matched

Inbound bills land against the purchase order that raised them.

Cash flowWeeks ahead

Forecasts from your own documents. No bank connection needed.

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Questions

Questions from Belgium

Is Paylists ready for Belgian e-invoicing rules?

Paylists issues EN 16931 / Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 invoices and validates each one before sending, subject to onboarding, verification and correct invoice data. It does not replace advice from your accountant.

What if my customer is not on Peppol?

Paylists sends the same invoice by email with a PDF.

Which languages is the app in?

The Paylists app works in English, French and German, set per user. For Belgium: French and English.

How much does it cost?

From €5 a month, with a 14-day free trial and no per-invoice charges. See pricing.

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E-invoicing in Belgium, sorted today.

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