Create a Factur-X invoice for free
Fill in the form once: it asks for exactly what a French e-invoice needs, shows what's still missing and adds the legal notices. Download a Factur-X PDF ready for your plateforme agréée.
- Free
- No sign-up
- Factur-X EN 16931 · French rules
- Nothing stored
Your business (seller)
Your client (buyer)
This tool makes e-invoices between two businesses in France. Sales to private customers or to customers abroad are reported through e-reporting instead.
Invoice
Unique and in sequence: letters, digits and + - _ / only, 35 characters at most. Delivery date: only if it differs from the invoice date.
Lines
Summary
Complete this first:
- · Add at least one line
Between French businesses, e-invoices travel through plateformes agréées (approved platforms). Hand this file to yours: KipBill makes the file, it doesn't send it.
Tired of typing it all again?
In KipBill your clients, their SIRENs and your invoice numbers are saved, and any invoice becomes a Factur-X in a few clicks (Starter plan and up).
Try KipBill freeFactur-X, UBL or CII: the three formats of the reform
French e-invoices travel in one of three formats, all built on the European standard EN 16931.
Factur-X
What this tool makes
A normal-looking PDF invoice with the e-invoice data (XML) embedded. Your client reads it like any PDF; platforms and accounting software read the data.
- Opens in any PDF viewer
- PDF/A-3 with the EN 16931 profile
- The Franco-German standard, identical to ZUGFeRD
UBL
XML only
The data file alone, in the OASIS UBL syntax. Read by software, not by people.
- XML file, no PDF
- The syntax used by Peppol networks
- Same data as a Factur-X
CII
XML only
The UN/CEFACT Cross Industry Invoice: the very XML that sits inside a Factur-X, sent on its own.
- XML file, no PDF
- The XML inside every Factur-X
- Same data as a Factur-X
Who must use e-invoices, and from when
The obligation covers invoices between VAT-registered businesses in France. Two dates matter.
1 September 2026
Receiving: every business
Since this date, every VAT-registered business in France, micro-entrepreneurs included, must be able to receive e-invoices through a plateforme agréée of its choice.
1 September 2026
Sending: large companies and ETIs
They now send their invoices to other French businesses as e-invoices, and report their other sales through e-reporting.
1 September 2027
Sending: SMEs and micro-enterprises
Every other business sends e-invoices too. Until then, they may still send PDF or paper invoices.
Outside e-invoicing
Sales to private customers and to customers abroad need no e-invoice: their data goes to the tax office through e-reporting, on the same dates. Invoices to public bodies keep going through Chorus Pro.
What a French e-invoice must contain
The form asks for all of it, checks it as you type and adds the legal notices for you. Four of these items are new with the reform.
- Your name, address, SIREN and, if you have one, your intra-EU VAT number
- New: your client's SIREN, which also routes the invoice to them
- Your client's name and address
- A unique invoice number in sequence, and the invoice date
- New: whether you invoice goods, services or both
- New, for goods: the delivery address when it isn't your client's
- New: « Option pour le paiement de la taxe d'après les débits », if you pay VAT on debits
- Each line: description, quantity, unit price excl. VAT and VAT rate
- Totals excl. VAT, VAT per rate and total incl. VAT; for 0 %, the reason (franchise en base, autoliquidation)
- The due date, the late-payment penalties, the €40 recovery fee and the early-payment discount terms
How to create a Factur-X invoice in 3 steps
Enter your business and your client
Names, addresses and both SIRENs (or SIRETs). Your details stay in this browser for the next invoice.
Add the lines
Goods, services or both, then each line with its French VAT rate. The form checks as you type and lists what's still missing.
Download and hand it over
Download the Factur-X PDF and hand it to your plateforme agréée, which delivers it to your client's.
Key facts
- Format
- Factur-X, EN 16931 profile: a PDF/A-3 with the CII XML embedded
- Price
- Free, no account
- Checks
- Required data checked as you type; we test the files with the FNFE-MPE validation rules (EN 16931 and the French BR-FR rules), veraPDF and Mustang
- VAT
- 20 %, 10 %, 5.5 % and 2.1 %, franchise en base (art. 293 B du CGI), autoliquidation and VAT on debits
- Sending
- You hand the file to your plateforme agréée; KipBill doesn't transmit it
- Your data
- Used to make the file and sent straight back; nothing is stored
Tested with the reference validation rules
The files come from the same engine as the Factur-X in KipBill. We test it with the validation rules that the FNFE-MPE (France's e-invoicing forum) publishes for the reform, EN 16931 and BR-FR version 1.4.0.04, and with veraPDF (PDF/A-3) and Mustang (Factur-X): services, goods, franchise en base, autoliquidation, VAT on debits and invoices already paid.
Sending it: your plateforme agréée
Between French businesses, an e-invoice travels from your plateforme agréée to your client's; the State's portal no longer exchanges invoices. Hand this file to the platform you chose, in the way it asks. KipBill is not a platform: it makes the file.
Your data
The form is saved only in this browser, so your next invoice is quicker. To make the file, your data goes to our server once and comes straight back; we don't store it.
This tool helps you create e-invoices; it isn't tax advice. Keep your invoices for 10 years, as you issued them.
Every invoice as a Factur-X, without filling in a form
In KipBill your business, clients and products are saved once. Any invoice of a French business becomes a Factur-X in a few clicks, on the Starter plan and up.
- SIRENs and the required notices checked before you download
- Franchise en base, autoliquidation and VAT on debits handled
- Payments tracked and reminders sent for you
- Quotes, credit notes, expenses and reports in the same place
Questions about Factur-X and the reform
What is Factur-X?+
Factur-X is the Franco-German e-invoice format, identical to Germany's ZUGFeRD: a PDF/A-3 invoice that people read like any PDF, with the same invoice embedded as structured XML (CII) for software. It is one of the three formats of the French reform, with UBL and CII. This tool makes Factur-X in the EN 16931 profile.
Is Factur-X accepted by the reform?+
Yes, in the EN 16931 profile (the one this tool makes) and in EXTENDED-CTC-FR. The BASIC WL profile is only accepted during a transition period, and the MINIMUM and BASIC profiles are not accepted. The XML must also follow the French rules (SIRENs, routing addresses, mandatory notes): the tool adds them.
Do I have to go through a plateforme agréée?+
Yes. Between French businesses, an e-invoice goes from the seller's plateforme agréée to the buyer's, and the platform passes the tax data on to the administration. Since 1 September 2026 every business needs one to receive invoices, and sends through it too from 1 September 2027 (large companies and ETIs already do). KipBill is not a plateforme agréée: it makes the Factur-X file you hand to yours.
What are the new mandatory notices?+
The reform adds four: your client's SIREN, the delivery address of goods when it differs from the client's, whether the invoice covers goods, services or both, and the notice « Option pour le paiement de la taxe d'après les débits » when you pay VAT on debits. The form asks for each one and puts it in the file.
I'm a micro-entrepreneur under the franchise en base. Does it concern me?+
Yes: the reform covers every VAT-registered business, even one that charges no VAT. You must be able to receive e-invoices since 1 September 2026 and send them from 1 September 2027. Set your lines to 0 % and choose « Franchise en base »: the e-invoice then states « TVA non applicable, art. 293 B du CGI » where the rules expect it.
Where do I find my client's SIREN?+
Ask your client, or look it up for free on annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr. It is the first 9 digits of their SIRET, and it is also inside their VAT number (FR + 2 characters + SIREN): type any of the three, the form keeps the SIREN and verifies its check digit.
Can I still send PDF invoices by email?+
Until your sending date, yes: SMEs and micro-enterprises may send PDF or paper invoices to other businesses until 1 September 2027 (large companies and ETIs already send e-invoices). After that, invoices to other French businesses go through a plateforme agréée, and a PDF sent by email is only a copy. Invoices to private customers and abroad are not affected.
Is it really free?+
Yes: no account, as many invoices as you need, and nothing stored. KipBill earns money with its paid plans, where your clients, numbering and VAT settings are saved and any invoice becomes a Factur-X in a few clicks.
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