E-invoicing has become a standard practice in Sweden. It has even become mandatory when working with the government.
Find out how to send your first e-invoice to Sweden in a few minutes.
Swedish businesses are required to use e-invoices when dealing with the government. This is specfically the case for submitting, receiving and processing invoices electronically.
E-invoices between Swedish companies are not yet an obligation but they is being stimulated.
There is no official public portal in Sweden to submit or receive e-invoices. The prefered network in Sweden is Peppol: an open, international network for e-invoicing.
After registering on an official Peppol Access Point, such as Billit, you can immediately send your first e-invoices.
Apart from being a Peppol Access Point, Billit also lets you safely create, send and receive your Swedish e-invoices in one central platform. It takes just a few minutes to create an account.
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 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 you will need to send invoices via Peppol. Find out the difference between each option below.
| Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise number (ORGNR) | This 10 digit number is used as an enterprise number in Sweden. It serves as a unique ID and allows other entrepreneurs to safely look up information about companies they do business with. | 1234567890 |
| VAT | This is the same 10-digit number als the ORGNR, preceded by 'SE'. If a company is liable to VAT the code '01' will be added after the 10 digits. | SE123456789001 |
| 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 |
