{"id":4781,"date":"2022-06-23T07:42:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T05:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intesa.it\/secure-legally-compliant-e-billing-for-international-commerce\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:12:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:12:20","slug":"secure-legally-compliant-e-billing-for-international-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intesa.it\/en\/secure-legally-compliant-e-billing-for-international-commerce\/","title":{"rendered":"Secure, legally compliant e-billing for international commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"sottotitolo\" style=\"font-size: 20px !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Invoice a Foreign Customer Electronically<\/span><\/h2><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><p style=\"text-align: center;\">In B2B electronic invoicing the regulations in the European Union and other countries change very quickly. Here&#8217;s how to adapt.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><div><p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"freccia-interna alignright wp-image-45945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/freccia-interna.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"31\" height=\"36\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 26px; padding-top: 26px;\"><strong>In questo articolo scoprirai:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t<div id=\"toc\">\t  \n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<script>\n\t\tvar c = function() {\n\t\t\treturn({\n\t\t\t\tlog: function(msg) {\n\t\t\t\t\tconsoleDiv = document.querySelector(\"main#single_news .contenuto_news\");\n\t\t\t\t\tpara = document.createElement('p');\n\t\t\t\t\ttext = document.createTextNode(msg);\n\t\t\t\t\tpara.appendChild(text);\n\t\t\t\t\tconsoleDiv.appendChild(para);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t}();\n\n\t\t\/*window.onload = function () {\n\t\t\tvar toc = \"\";\n\t\t\tvar level = 0;\n\t\t\tvar maxLevel = 3;\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tconst reg = \/<h([\\d])>([^<]+)<\\\/h([\\d])>\/gi;\n\t\t\t\/\/const reg = \/<h([1-6])\\b[^>]*>([\\s\\S]*?)<\\\/h\\1>\/gi;\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tdocument.querySelector(\"main#single_news .contenuto_news\").innerHTML =\n\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector(\"main#single_news .contenuto_news\").innerHTML.replace( \/\/\n\t\t\t\t\treg,\n\t\t\t\t\tfunction (str, openLevel, titleText, closeLevel) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif (openLevel != closeLevel) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tc.log(openLevel)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn str + ' - ' + openLevel;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif (openLevel > level) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttoc += (new Array(openLevel - level + 1)).join(\"<ul>\");\n\t\t\t\t\t\t} else if (openLevel < level) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttoc += (new Array(level - openLevel + 1)).join(\"<\/ul>\");\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tlevel = parseInt(openLevel);\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar anchor = titleText.replace(\/ \/g, \"_\");\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttoc += \"<li><a href=\\\"#\" + anchor + \"\\\">\" + titleText + \"<\/a><\/li>\";\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\treturn \"<h\" + openLevel + \"><a name=\\\"\" + anchor + \"\\\">\" + titleText + \"<\/a><\/h\" + closeLevel + \">\";\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t);\n\n\t\t\tif (level) {\n\t\t\t\ttoc += (new Array(level + 1)).join(\"<\/ol>\");\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\tdocument.querySelector(\"main#single_news .contenuto_news #toc\").innerHTML += toc;\n\t\t};*\/\n\t\twindow.onload = function () {\n\t\t\tvar toc = \"\";\n\t\t\tvar currentLevel = 0;\n\t\t\tvar anchorsSeen = {};\n\n\t\t\tconst reg = \/(<h([1-6])\\b[^>]*>)([\\s\\S]*?)<\\\/h\\2>\/gi;\n\t\t\tconst container = document.querySelector(\"main#single_news .contenuto_news\");\n\n\t\t\tif (!container) return;\n\n\t\t\t\/\/ Rileva l\u2019eventuale h2.wp-block-heading primo figlio da escludere\n\t\t\tconst excludeHeading = container.querySelector(\":scope > h2.wp-block-heading:first-child\");\n\n\t\t\tcontainer.innerHTML = container.innerHTML.replace(\n\t\t\t\treg,\n\t\t\t\tfunction (fullMatch, openTag, levelStr, innerHTML, offset, fullString) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Ignora se corrisponde all'h2.wp-block-heading:first-child\n\t\t\t\t\tif (excludeHeading && fullMatch.includes(excludeHeading.outerHTML)) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\treturn fullMatch;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Esclude i titoli subito dopo <hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\tconst prevChunk = fullString.slice(Math.max(0, offset - 100), offset);\n\t\t\t\t\tif (\/<hr[^>]*class=[\"']wp-block-separator[\"'][^>]*>\\s*$\/i.test(prevChunk)) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\treturn fullMatch;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\tvar level = parseInt(levelStr, 10);\n\t\t\t\t\tvar titleText = innerHTML.replace(\/<\\\/?[^>]+(>|$)\/g, \"\").trim();\n\t\t\t\t\tif (!titleText) return fullMatch;\n\n\t\t\t\t\tvar anchorBase = titleText.replace(\/\\s+\/g, \"_\").replace(\/[^\\w\\-_.]\/g, \"\");\n\t\t\t\t\tvar anchor = anchorBase || (\"heading_\" + Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 8));\n\n\t\t\t\t\tif (anchorsSeen[anchor]) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tanchorsSeen[anchor] += 1;\n\t\t\t\t\t\tanchor = anchor + \"_\" + anchorsSeen[anchor];\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tanchorsSeen[anchor] = 1;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\tif (level > currentLevel) toc += \"<ul>\".repeat(level - currentLevel);\n\t\t\t\t\telse if (level < currentLevel) toc += \"<\/ul>\".repeat(currentLevel - level);\n\t\t\t\t\tcurrentLevel = level;\n\n\t\t\t\t\ttoc += `<li><a href=\"#${anchor}\">${titleText}<\/a><\/li>`;\n\n\t\t\t\t\treturn `${openTag}<a name=\"${anchor}\"><\/a>${innerHTML}<\/h${level}>`;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t);\n\n\t\t\tif (currentLevel) toc += \"<\/ul>\".repeat(currentLevel);\n\n\t\t\tvar tocContainer = container.querySelector(\"#toc\");\n\t\t\tif (tocContainer) tocContainer.innerHTML += toc;\n\t\t};\n\n\t<\/script>\n\t\n\t<\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting in 2023, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intesa.it\/en\/electronic-invoicing\/\"><b>B2B e-billing<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be mandatory in Poland and Belgium. France and Latvia will join those countries in the two years following. Spain has already made the requirement law, and Germany has introduced an \u201celectronic reporting system\u201d, which will be used to generate, validate, and submit invoices. Slowly but surely, every country within the EU and beyond will be gearing up to implement<\/span><b> a paperless, and increasingly automated, processing of documents in commercial transactions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Italy began requiring<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intesa.it\/en\/electronic-invoicing\/\"><b>B2B e-billing<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> back in 2019, becoming a somewhat unexpected trailblazer in the field of digitalisation.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the coming years, businesses and professionals engaged in international commerce will be facing an increasingly complex landscape for<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> managing electronic invoicing for international customers and vendors<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><h3>International e-billing: two options<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sending electronic invoices overseas will likely mean tackling a rather fractured and evolving set of protocols.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first option available for sending and receiving electronic invoices internationally is simply to come to an agreement with the individual trading partner on e-billing (for both the sending and receiving sides). Unless someone has access to an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intesa.it\/en\/electronic-data-interchange-edi\/\"><b>EDI solution<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">following a <\/span><b>B2B onboarding B2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, generally speaking the choice will require \u201cmanual\u201d processing of billing and sales transactions via email, with subsequent logging into the company\u2019s database and &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">until 1 July 2022 &#8211; inclusion in the AGE&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">esterometro<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> [foreign-transaction-metre]<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If, on the other hand, the government of the country with which you are trading has already established an infrastructure for this type of document exchange &#8211; such as the AGE Interchange System &#8211; procedures must be adjusted to align with the regulations of that country.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To dispense with this complex system, and to manage<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> international e-billing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">electronically<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the best choice is to team up with an expert partner, one that keeps up to date on both local and foreign billing systems, who can provide you the necessary support during the B2B onboarding phase.<\/span><\/p><h3>How to invoice international business customers electronically<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So how does one <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manage e-billing on a B2B level with foreign customers<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? Even when one has outsourced electronic invoicing, commercial transactions with a foreign company still tend to be issued in the traditional way, then emailed to the customer, before (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">following the repeal of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">esterometro<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), being uploaded into the Interchange System in XML format.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If one opts instead to rely on a partner specialised in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">international e-billing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the company issuing the invoices need only use their normal invoicing system: \u201ctranslation\u201d into the required format and submission to the international customer will take place automatically.<\/span><\/p><h3>Intesa\u2019s full-service e-billing system<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to its partnership with Pagero, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intesa.it\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intesa <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">now offers an even more comprehensive line of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intesa.it\/en\/electronic-invoicing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> e-billing solutions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: the international business network at Pagero means Intesa customers enjoy the peace of mind that their <\/span><b>international invoicing will always be legally compliant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Thanks to its world-wide presence, Pagero will be positioned to provide even greater support to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intesa.it\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intesa\u2019s <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">clients during the B2B onboarding phase, to ensure the two companies\u2019 systems are properly integrated.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intesa&#8217;s customers can rest assured they are accessing reliable information from within their own systems, regardless of the language or alphabet used by their partner.<\/span><\/p><h3>Final thoughts\u00a0<\/h3><p>Managing\u00a0<b>e-billing with international customers\u00a0<\/b>can become increasingly difficult as the regulations of a particular country change. The trend, both within and outside the EU, has been toward government-mandated\u00a0<b>B2B e-billing<\/b>. Thanks to the\u00a0partnership between Intesa and Pagero, Intesa\u2019s customers will have the confidence that they are exchanging invoicing with their foreign trading partner in a legally compliant manner, and in the most suitable format for the transaction.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In B2B electronic invoicing the regulations in the European Union and other countries change very quickly. 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