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What a compliant invoice must show in Belgium.

The fields, the party identifiers, the exact statutory wording for each tax treatment and the EUR rule — each cited to the statute or the tax authority, not a summary of one.

Tax figure in EUR Legal format EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0) Requires a structured e-invoice

What the invoice must show

The content Belgium's rules put on the face of the document, beyond the parties, line items and totals every invoice carries.

Document title
Facture / Factuur Invoice
Tax shown in
EUR
Payment terms
Due date or payment terms required

How each party is identified

The registration numbers and their formats the Belgium rules expect on the invoice.

Seller
N° TVA / BTW-nr. VAT number · BE 0xxx.xxx.xxx (enterprise number) · always
Seller
RPM / RPR legal-entities register + court · e.g. RPM Bruxelles · companies
Seller
Forme juridique / Rechtsvorm legal form · SRL, SA, BV, NV… · companies
Seller
IBAN bank account · IBAN · always
Buyer
N° TVA du client buyer VAT number · BE 0xxx.xxx.xxx · when registered for the tax

The exact wording, by tax treatment

When no tax is charged, the invoice has to say why — in the words the law names. Each is linked to the statute or tax authority it was read from.

Autoliquidation — art. 51, § 2 du Code de la TVA (art. 196, directive 2006/112/CE)Reverse charge — VAT payable by the customer
Intra-Community supplystatute ↗
Livraison intracommunautaire exemptée — art. 39bis du Code de la TVAVAT exempt intra-Community supply
Exonération de TVA — art. 39 du Code de la TVA (exportation)VAT exempt export
Exonération de TVA — art. 44 du Code de la TVAVAT exempt
Out of scopestatute ↗
Opération non soumise à la TVA belge — art. 21 du Code de la TVA (lieu de la prestation à l'étranger)Not subject to Belgian VAT — place of supply abroad
Foreign seller (import)statute ↗
TVA non facturée — livraison en provenance d'un pays tiers ; la TVA à l'importation est acquittée par l'importateur (art. 3 et 52 du Code de la TVA)VAT not charged — supply outside the scope of Belgian VAT; import VAT is accounted for on importation by the importer (Art. 2(1)(d), 30, 70 and 201, Directive 2006/112/EC).
The client's step: Between Belgian VAT-registered businesses the invoice must be exchanged as Peppol BIS through an access point since 1 January 2026 — the client's transmission step; the UBL produced here is that document.

AR n° 1 art. 5 § 1er: 1° date, 2° numéro séquentiel, 3°/4° identité et n° TVA des parties, 5° date du fait générateur, 6° dénomination et quantité, 8° base et prix unitaire par taux, 9° taux et montant en monnaie nationale, 9°bis « Autoliquidation », 9°ter « Autofacturation », 10° disposition d'exonération; CSA art. 2:20: forme, siège, n° d'entreprise, RPM.

The format, and who sends it

Belgium requires a structured e-invoice — a plain PDF is not the legal document.

Legal format(s)
EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0) · PDF invoice
Transmission
A clearance platform or accredited channel — the seller's own step (see above)

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