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What a compliant invoice must show in Netherlands.

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) PDF counts as the invoice

What the invoice must show

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

Document title
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 Netherlands rules expect on the invoice.

Seller
Btw-identificatienummer VAT number · NL + 9 digits + B + 2 digits · always
Seller
KVK-nummer chamber of commerce number · 8 digits · always
Buyer
Btw-identificatienummer buyer VAT number · NL + 9 digits + B + 2 digits · 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.

Btw verlegd (art. 12 Wet OB; art. 196 Richtlijn 2006/112/EG)Reverse charge — VAT shifted to the customer
Intra-Community supplystatute ↗
Intracommunautaire levering — btw 0% (Tabel II, post a.6, Wet OB)Intra-Community supply — 0% VAT
Uitvoer — btw 0% (Tabel II, post a.2, Wet OB)Export — 0% VAT
Vrijgesteld van btw (art. 11 Wet OB)VAT exempt
Out of scopestatute ↗
Niet belast in Nederland — plaats van dienst buiten Nederland (art. 6 Wet OB)Not taxable in the Netherlands
Foreign seller (import)statute ↗
Geen Nederlandse btw — levering vanuit een derde land; de btw bij invoer wordt voldaan door de importeur (art. 1 en 18 Wet OB)VAT not charged — supply outside the scope of Dutch VAT; import VAT is accounted for on importation by the importer (Art. 2(1)(d), 30, 70 and 201, Directive 2006/112/EC).

Factuureisen: naam/adres beide partijen, btw-id, KVK-nummer, opeenvolgend nummer, factuurdatum, leverdatum, aard en hoeveelheid, bedrag excl. btw per tarief, tarief, btw-bedrag; vereenvoudigd ≤ € 100.

The format, and who sends it

A plain PDF still counts as the invoice in Netherlands; a structured e-invoice is accepted where the buyer asks for it.

Legal format(s)
EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0) · PDF invoice
Transmission
Sent supplier→buyer; no government clearance in the path

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Every generated invoice is validated on your machine against the official artefacts — the OASIS UBL/CII schemas, the CEN EN 16931 schematron, Peppol BIS 3.0, KoSIT XRechnung, FatturaPA, KSeF FA(3) and the Peppol PINT packages. This page is a reference for build scoping; it is not legal or tax advice.

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