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From 1 January 2025, every business based in Germany must be able to receive B2B invoices in a structured format (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD ≥2.0.1 under EN 16931). From 1 January 2027, companies above €800,000 annual revenue must send structured e-invoices, and from 1 January 2028, every remaining B2B issuer follows. Norman covers receiving today and prepares sending — no separate compliance project.
Norman covers the receiving mandate from 1 January 2025 and prepares sending for 2027 and 2028 — XRechnung and ZUGFeRD are generated from live invoices, incoming e-invoices are recognised, posted, and archived under GoBD.
Norman continuously assigns bank movements to the right accounts and suggests matching SKR03/04 postings.
Forward receipts via app or email. Norman extracts the data and matches them with transactions.
All expenses broken down by category, automatically updated, and available at any time.
Revenue, expenses, and open items in one dashboard that updates with every booking.
Norman identifies savings opportunities, flags unusual bookings, and gives you actionable recommendations.
The obligation gets handled inside the live invoicing and bookkeeping workflow — no separate compliance tool.
From 1 January 2025, B2B recipients must accept XRechnung and ZUGFeRD. Norman recognises incoming e-invoices from email forwarding, uploads, and platforms automatically, reads the structured data from the XML, and books it into input VAT.
From 1 January 2027 (revenue above €800,000) and 1 January 2028 (everyone else), B2B invoices must go out as structured e-invoices. Norman already issues XRechnung or ZUGFeRD under EN 16931 from the regular invoicing flow — no scramble right before the deadline.
E-invoices are archived in the original (XML or PDF/A-3 with XML) for ten years under GoBD, unchangeable and timestamped. During an audit, receipt proof, structured data, and posting all live in the same record.
Norman replaces the dedicated e-invoicing mandate project, the PDF inbox for incoming invoices, and the deadline panic before 2025/2027/2028 with one continuous workflow.
for the mandate on top of day-to-day work
for incoming B2B invoices from 1 January 2025
before 2025, 2027, and 2028
Receiving, sending, archiving, and advisor handoff for XRechnung and ZUGFeRD run in one system instead of a separate compliance stack on top of day-to-day work.
| Norman | Side project + PDF inbox + advisor email | |
|---|---|---|
| Receiving from 1 January 2025 | XRechnung and ZUGFeRD from email, upload, and platforms recognised, read, and posted | Inbound formats sit in a PDF inbox, values are re-typed by hand |
| Sending from 2027 / 2028 | XRechnung and ZUGFeRD under EN 16931 from the regular invoicing flow | Word templates, an external XML converter, and manual sending |
| 10-year archive (GoBD) | Original XML or PDF/A-3 with XML, unchangeable and timestamped | Receipts scattered across mail folders and cloud directories |
| Advisor and DATEV handoff | Structured data, original receipts, and VAT linkage in one place | ZIP via email in a guessed format with manual rework |
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