Mandatory B2B e-invoicing in Portugal? The first in Europe? Allowed?
Now this is interesting. Edicom mentioned in this post that in April 2014, electronic invoicing finally became mandatory for all companies registered in Portugal and that as as from e-invoicing is mandatory for all companies as from 1 January 2015.
To me, this seems the first instance of mandatory B2B e-invoicing in Europe. Which is interesting. Probably even more interesting is the question whether this approach is allowed based on the European e-invoicing directive? I thought that the current directive didn’t provide enough room for Member States to create such compulsory B2B legislation.