If you need to send invoices to the Croatian government you are required to use e-invoicing.
Find out how e-invoicing works in Croatia and send your first invoice in a few minutes.
E-invoicing in Croatia is mandatory for B2G. This includes submitting, receiving and processing e-invoices.
There is no obligation yet for business-to-business. It is, however, very likely that this will change in the near future.
There are 2 ways to send an e-invoice to the Croatian government or to a private company:
If you want to send e-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 your recipient's invoices are genuine, and 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OIB number | 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. You are required to mention this ID on your invoices. | 12345678910 |
| VAT number | A unique identification number for entrepreneurs liable to VAT. It should be included on each invoice to customers. A Croatian VAT number starts with HR, followed by 11 digits. These are the same as the OIB number, preceded by 'HR'. | HR12345678910 |
| GLN | Stands for Global Location Number. It is used by companies to identify their locations, such as legal entities, functions and physical or digital locations. You can request a GLN number with GS1. | 5488888010598 |
| DUNS | D-U-N-S stands for Data Universal Numbering System and is a 9-digit code to identify a company or business entity. It is a unique number worldwide. | 123456789 |
Your VAT number will be automatically selected as the primary identifier.
If you want to prioritize a different number such as OIB, you first have to add those numbers to your customer file.
As soon as you have more than one identifier added, you will see an extra e-invoicing tab appear in the customer file. Click it to see a list of identifiers for that customer. Select the bullet for the number you want to set as priority and confirm.
