What Peppol is
Peppol is a network for sending e-invoices between businesses and governments. It works on a four-corner model: the seller and the buyer each connect through a Peppol-accredited service provider, often called an access point, and the invoice travels between the two. The invoice itself is data in an agreed format — Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, built on the European standard EN 16931 — so the buyer's system can read it without anyone typing it again.
Who needs it
- Belgium: since 1 January 2026, Belgian VAT-registered businesses use structured e-invoices with each other, and the Peppol network is the expected route.
- Germany: XRechnung is the standard for e-invoices to the federal administration, which also takes invoices through Peppol.
- the Netherlands: suppliers to central government send e-invoices, preferably through Peppol.
- Australia: Peppol is the common e-invoicing standard, run with the Australian Taxation Office.
- Singapore: InvoiceNow, the nationwide e-invoicing network, is based on Peppol, and GST-registered businesses join it in phases.
- New Zealand: government agencies receiving more than 2,000 domestic invoices a year had to be able to receive e-invoices by 1 January 2026, using Peppol.
- The European Union: e-invoicing for trade between EU countries starts on 1 July 2030, under the VAT in the Digital Age rules adopted in March 2025.
Selling to a buyer in one of these places, or buying from one, is reason enough: the buyer can ask for a Peppol invoice.

