The Australian government is strongly stimulating e-invoicing for B2B and B2G.
Even though there is no official obligation in Australia, switching to electronic invoicing has many benefits.
Discover below what the options are for sending e-invoices and get started in a few easy steps.
There is currently no obligation to use e-invoicing for B2B or B2G in Australia. Considering the global trend of e-invoicing, this will likely change in the future.
Electronic invoices have many benefits: they will save you both time and money en help you avoid invoice fraud.
You can start sending your first Australian e-invoice in just a few easy steps. Read more about the options below.
There is no official public portal in Australia to submit or receive e-invoices. The prefered network in Australia is Peppol: an open, international network for e-invoicing.
After registering on an official Peppol Access Point, such as Billit, you can start sending your first e-invoice straight away.
Apart from being a Peppol Access Point, Billit also lets you safely create, send and receive your Australian e-invoices in one central platform. It takes just a few minutes to register on the Peppol network and send your first e-invoice.
If you want to send invoices via Peppol you only have to register on an official Peppol Access Point.
Follow the steps below to register on the Billit Access Point and send your first invoice.
Peppol is a secure and closed network with many advantages:
The identity of everyone affiliated with the network is verified, so you can be sure that the invoices you receive are genuine, and you avoid invoice fraud.
The invoices you send through the network are completely digital, so you can process them automatically in your invoicing software.
E-invoices in the UBL standard are automatically read correctly. This prevents human error during processing.
Linking to your bank account means that outgoing and incoming invoices are automatically matched and you get a better overview of your company's financial situation.
Peppol is fast: your recipient will receive your invoice within 10 minutes of sending it. Combined with automatic processing, this will save a lot of time.
Peppol is an open network for securely sending and receiving business documents such as invoices. It is designed to simplify the purchase-to-pay process between governments and suppliers. Peppol was developed by the European commission but is on its way to become a global standard.
There are many kinds of identifiers for sending invoices via Peppol. Find out the difference between each option below.
| Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Business Number (ABN) | An 11-digit enterprise number for companies. It works as a unique ID and allows other entrepreneurs to safely look up information about companies they do business with. | 94290001060 |
According to e-invoicing specifications in Australia you may be required to add additional information to your invoices. This is the case for contract, tender and project numbers.
There are no default fields for these numbers in Billit, but you can add extra sections.
