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The trigger is the EU’s VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) package. From 1 July 2030, every cross-border B2B supply within the EU will require structured e-invoicing and digital reporting under Council Directive (EU) 2025/516. That date is fixed at EU level and applies regardless of how Dutch domestic law evolves, though the government has indicated it also wants to bring domestic B2B transactions into scope.

Invoices need to follow the European EN 16931 norm. In practice that means Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 or the Dutch SI-UBL 2.0 profile, both of which sit under the national NLCIUS specification. SMARTeIS produces and validates all of these out of the box.

NLCIUS, the Netherlands Core Invoice Usage Specification, is the Dutch tailoring of the EN 16931 standard. It is expressed in UBL as SI-UBL 2.0 and lines up completely with Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, so invoices move cleanly across the Peppol network.

There are three approved routes for B2G traffic. The Peppol network is the recommended path; Digipoort, run by Logius, serves high-volume senders (broadly those issuing more than 50 invoices a week); and a manual web portal exists for businesses sending only a handful of invoices.

The identifier depends on the transaction type. For B2G, the Organisation Identification Number (OIN) is used as the Peppol ID. For B2B, businesses identify themselves with either their Chamber of Commerce (KVK) number or their Dutch VAT ID.

The standard retention period is seven years, extending to ten years for invoices linked to immovable property. A digital signature isn’t compulsory, but you must be able to guarantee that stored invoices remain readable, intact, and authentic.

No. The Netherlands doesn’t mandate electronic signatures on e-invoices. What the rules do require is that the integrity and authenticity of each invoice can be demonstrated for the full retention period.

The Netherlands Peppol Authority (NPa) governs the Peppol network nationally. Formerly SimplerInvoicing, it became a public body in 2020 under the Ministry of the Interior, with operational support from RVO and Logius. The NPa supervises Dutch Peppol service providers closely, adding requirements such as ISO 27001 security, end-user identification, and transaction reporting on top of the standard Peppol e-invoicing ruleset.

es. SMARTeIS integrates with the ERP and accounting platforms common in the Dutch market, including SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Exact, AFAS, and Odoo, using Peppol connectivity and point-to-point EDI, with no core system overhaul. Because most Dutch software already supports Peppol BIS 3.0 and SI-UBL 2.0, onboarding to SMARTeIS Netherlands e-invoicing is fast.