InvoiceCustomers in Germany
19 % · 7 % · 0 %Your tax rates — the invoice shows the net amount and the VAT for each rate.
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Documents
Compliant invoices — written in minutes.
Customer, line items, delivery date — you pick the tax rate, Invoice prints the mandatory details and notes of your country, numbers it gap-free and sends it as a PDF. And you always see what has been paid.
- Every tax case with its note — reverse charge, export, small-business rules
- Gap-free numbering, assigned when the invoice is issued
- Record payments — partial payments included
How it works
From the first line to the payment.
Write, send, get paid — and the invoice always shows where it stands.
- 01
Write the invoice
Pick the customer, add line items, set the delivery date or service period and the payment term — without a date, the invoice states that the date of supply is the invoice date. Check it in the PDF preview.
- 02
Issue & send
Before the number is assigned, Invoice checks the e-invoice; then it archives the PDF and saves the format — PDF or your country’s e-invoice (ZUGFeRD, XRechnung, Factur-X) — shown in the Format column. The email goes out as “Your company (via UNENO)”.
- 03
Record the payment
Money in? Record it with amount, date and method — in full or in part. The invoice shows what is still open.
Tax
Your tax choice, the right note.
You pick the tax rate on each line — a 0 % rate carries its reason. Invoice prints the note that goes with it and points out a choice that doesn’t fit the customer. It never changes your rate on its own.
Small business (§ 19)
0 %You don’t charge VAT? Every rate is set to 0 and the invoice says why.
On the invoice
“VAT exempt under the small-business rule (§ 19 UStG).”
Business in another EU country
0 %Pick “Reverse charge” (or “Intra-community supply” for goods). No valid VAT ID on the customer? The editor tells you.
On the invoice
“Reverse charge — VAT to be accounted for by the recipient.”
Customer outside the EU
0 %Pick “Export delivery” — or “Not taxable in Germany” for a service.
On the invoice
“Tax-exempt export delivery (§ 4 No. 1a in conjunction with § 6 UStG).”
Customers in France
20 % · 10 % · 5.5 % · 2.1 %Your tax rates — the invoice shows the net amount and the VAT for each rate.
VAT franchise (art. 293 B)
0 %You don’t charge VAT? Your documents go out without VAT, and the invoice says why.
On the invoice
“VAT not applicable, art. 293 B of the French CGI.”
Business in another EU country
0 %Pick “Reverse charge” (or “Intra-community supply” for goods). No valid VAT ID on the customer? The editor tells you.
On the invoice
“Autoliquidation — reverse charge, VAT due by the recipient (art. 283-2 of the French CGI).”
Customer outside the EU
0 %Pick “Export delivery” — or “Not taxable in France” for a service.
On the invoice
“VAT exempt export, art. 262 I of the French CGI.”
Payments
Always know what has been paid.
The payment status is worked out from the payments you record — and an invoice past its due date shows as overdue on its own. Recorded one by mistake? “Reverse” books a linked counter-entry, and the original stays on record.
- Open
Issued, nothing received yet.
- Partially paid
Part of the amount is in — the rest stays open.
- Paid
Settled in full, with the payment date — or nothing to pay at all (a zero total).
- Overdue
Past the due date and not paid — automatically.
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Details
The small things that save time.
Duplicate
Copy any invoice — customer, lines, texts and payment term included.
Correct
Your latest invoice is issued but not sent or reminded yet? Take it back to draft — it keeps its number.
Preview
See the draft as a PDF before you issue it — marked “Draft” until then.
Texts with placeholders
Opening and closing texts per language — the due date and payment term fill themselves in.
Export
Your invoices as CSV, Excel or a ZIP of PDFs — per invoice or per line, cancellation invoices included.
Your own number range
Prefix, start number and length as you like — with the year or month in the number and a fresh start each year if you want. Gap-free, separate from quotes.
The format at a glance
A Format column in the list: PDF in grey, ZUGFeRD or Factur-X in green, XRechnung in blue — fixed when the invoice is issued.
Sending history
Every invoice shows when it was sent, to which address and as which file.
Cancelled, and traceable
A cancelled invoice names its cancellation invoice and shows no open amount any more — if it was paid, it notes the refund.
Which mandatory details are on the invoice?
Everything the law of your country asks for, as long as it is in your company details: your and your customer’s name and address, your tax number or VAT ID, the invoice date, a sequential number, the delivery date or service period (without one, the invoice states that the date of supply is the invoice date), quantity and description, and the net amount and VAT for each rate — in Germany as § 14 UStG requires. A French company’s invoice adds what French law asks for: both SIRENs, legal form, share capital and RCS, the nature of the operations and, for a business customer, the early-payment discount, late-payment penalties and the €40 recovery fee. An invoice can’t be issued without the customer’s full billing address.
Can I write invoices without charging VAT?
Yes. Mark your company as not charging VAT — in Germany the small-business rule (§ 19 UStG), in France the VAT franchise (art. 293 B CGI) — and Invoice issues your invoices without VAT, with the matching note on each one. The tax fields disappear from the editor.
How does reverse charge work?
Pick the 0 % rate “Reverse charge” on the line (for goods: “Intra-community supply”) — Invoice prints the matching note and sets the e-invoice category. If the customer has no VAT ID, or one the EU’s VIES register reports as invalid, the editor points it out. The choice stays yours: Invoice never changes a rate on its own.
Can I record partial payments?
Yes. Record each payment with amount, date, method and reference — the invoice then shows as partially paid and keeps the rest open. A payment can never exceed the open amount.
I recorded a payment by mistake — what now?
Open the invoice and click “Reverse” next to the payment. Invoice books a counter-entry for the same amount, linked to the original — the payment itself stays on record, as bookkeeping rules require, and the invoice shows what is open again.
Can I change an invoice after issuing it?
If your most recently issued invoice has not been sent yet and no reminder has gone out for it, “Correct” takes it back to draft and it keeps its number. Otherwise you cancel it with a cancellation invoice and issue a new one — an issued invoice is never changed.
In which format did my invoice go out?
The Format column in your invoice list shows it: PDF or your country’s e-invoice — ZUGFeRD or XRechnung in Germany, Factur-X in France. The format is fixed when the invoice is issued — switching e-invoicing on or off later never changes an issued invoice — and the sending history notes the file each email carried.
What does a cancelled invoice show?
It says “Cancelled by cancellation invoice … of …” and no longer shows an open amount. If it had already been paid, it notes that the amount paid is to be refunded — transferring the money back is up to you.
Can I back-date an invoice?
No — the invoice date is always the day you issue it. When you delivered or performed the service goes in the delivery date or service period, and both are printed on the invoice.
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