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Denmark digital certified invoicing & bookkeeping July 2024 launch

July 2024: implementation of digital invoice and record keeping phased launch

The implementation of the Danish Bookkeeping Act main digital requirements is now underway. Under the 2022 Danish Bookkeeping Act, Danish resident businesses are mandated to record and store their accounting records on approved accounting or ERP systems, plus send and receive structured e-invoices. This included in 2023 obliging main package and ERP providers to certify their offerings with the Danish Business Authority.

There is a phased implementation of the new reporting requirements is as follows. When eligible entities start a new accounting period, they must follow the requirements.

  • 1st July 2024: taxpayers already with annual Erhvervsstyrelsen reporting obligations
  • Jan 2025: digital accounting obligations for businesses without certified accounting systems.
  • July 2026: any other businesses with a turnover of more than DKK 300,000; July for in-house developed accounting systems

Denmark imposed e-invoicing on B2G transactions in 2005 using the PEPPOL BIS 3.0  and OIOUBL format via the NemHande portal.

Read our Danish VAT guide here.

The requirements include a form of Danish SAF-T, based on the OECD model. This is similar to the UK Making Tax Digital plan, seeking to ensure the entire order to reporting path is digitised and manual processes are expunged.

There will be a threshold for the new obligations of turnover above DKK 300,000, approximately €40,300, in the last two calendar years. But all companies will be required to submit the annual the Erhvervsstyrelsen (Danish Business Authority).

EU review of Digital Reporting Requirements

The EU is also reviewing EU e-invoicing options as part of its VAT in the Digital Age reforms, published in December 2022.

Europe e-invoicing and live reporting

Country Date Comments (click for details)
EU e-invoice proposals 2030-35 Digital reporting and e-invoicing harmonisation
Albania Jan 2021 Authorised e-invoice software and pre-clearance
Belgium Jan 2026 Phased introduction of B2B e-invoices
Bosnia TBC Proposed e-invoicing mandate
Bulgaria TBC Public consultation on pre-clearance model e-invoice
Croatia Jan 2026 B2B mandatory e-invoicing
Denmark 2024 Digital record keeping obligations
Estonia 2027 Suppliers must offer customers e-invoicing option
Finland Apr 2020 Customer option to require B2B e-invoices
France Sep 2026 E-invoicing and e-reporting for B2B and B2C
Germany 2025-28 B2B mandatory e-invoicing proposals
Greece 2025 e-invoicing based on exiting myDATA digital reporting
Hungary Jul 2018 RTIR live invoice reporting. No govt pre-clearance required
Hungary Jan 2024 eVAT pre-filled returns based on live invoice reporting
Italy Jan 2019 Micro businesses join SdI e-invoicing Jan 2024
Ireland TBC Public consultation underway
Latvia Jan 2026 B2B e-invoices based on PEPPOL
Lithuania TBC E-invoicing platform being scoped
Moldova TBC Extension consultation for 2025
Montenegro TBC B2B mandatory e-invoicing preparations
Netherlands No mandate planned Unlikely to adopt domestic reforms
Poland Feb 2026 B2B mandated e-invoicing
Portugal Jan 2024 Certified invoicing software for non-residents
Portugal Jan 2024 ATCUD digital invoice signature for non-residents
Romania Jul 2024 RO e-invoicing implementation
Russia TBC Extension of Traceability Model to B2B on hold
Serbia Jan 2023 B2B e-invoicing
Slovakia 2025 B2B and B2C e-invoice rollout
Slovenia Jun 2026 B2B e-invoicing mandate
Spain 1 Jul 2017 SII live invoice and book reporting
Spain 3 Jan 2026? Certified e-invoicing software VERI*FACTU
Spain 3 Jan 2027? Pre-clearance B2B e-invoices; supplement to SII
Sweden TBC PEPPOL based mandatory e-invoicing
Turkey Jan 2014 e-invoice e-Fatura and e-Arşiv
UK Apr 2022 MTD for VAT extended to 1.1million taxpayers
UK Oct 2024 E-invoicing consultation

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