130,000 companies are affected, in the meeting, by the generalization of electronic invoicing, which will become mandatory from September 2026. The implementation of this obligation is planned in two stages.
September 1, 2026, all companies must be able to receive electronic invoices, large companies and mid-sized companies will be obliged to issue electronic invoices. The obligation to issue electronic invoices will be extended to small and medium-sized businesses and microenterprises on September 1, 2027. Since July 2025, invoices can be exchanged between platforms and voluntary companies. The large-scale testing phase, so-called pilot phase, will begin at the beginning of 2026, until September. The regional public finance department and the regional order of chartered accountants of Reunion Island have proposed to business representatives and partners to carry out information actions jointly and in a concerted manner., support and training for businesses. Public finance services, accountants, consular chambers, professional federations, dematerialization operators, representatives of companies and software publishers and the banking world are preparing for appropriate support for all companies, including the smallest, in the adoption of this new billing practice which risks upsetting many (bad) habits.
