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The reform is coming. And if you run an agency, ESN or consulting firm, you’ve probably already seen the alerts. But between dense regulatory texts and service providers taking advantage to sell fear, it’s hard to know what really concerns you – and what you actually have to do.

The good news is that, for an agency already equipped with Furious, e-billing 2026 is a lot less complicated than the ambient noise might lead you to believe.

What the reform means for agencies in 2026

The reform of electronic invoicing is French in its timetable, but European in its logic. Italy has already switched over, and Belgium will follow in January 2026. In France, the timetable is in two stages:

• September 1, 2026: ETIs and large companies must issue and receive electronic invoices. All other companies – including mid-sized agencies and SMEs – must be able to receive.
• September 1, 2027: mandatory issue for all companies, without exception.

Two distinct obligations are involved.

E-invoicing

The exchange of structured invoices between companies, in a standardized format. A PDF sent by email? That’s not an electronic invoice. It’s a digital document. The nuance is regulatory and non-negotiable.

E-reporting

Simultaneous transmission of this data to the government platform for automated VAT control.

For an agency in France, both are mandatory. And a good tool does it all in a single operation.

Why agencies are particularly concerned

Agencies, ESNs and consulting firms often have complex invoicing profiles: multiple customers, recurring projects, supplier purchases linked to projects, sometimes multi-country entities. All of these use cases make compliance more difficult to manage with general-purpose tools.

What the reform will change in concrete terms for an agency :

• Customer invoices will have to pass through an approved platform (AP), which routes them to both the customer and the government.
• Supplier invoices will arrive via the same channel – which actually simplifies receipt and reconciliation.
• The intra-Community VAT number becomes the mandatory routing identifier for every customer in France.

Without an approved platform in place by September 1, 2026, an agency is liable to penalties: €500 on opening, then €15 per non-compliant invoice. Not dramatic on the scale of an invoice – catastrophic on the scale of a monthly volume.

What Furious does for agencies

Furious anticipated the reform long before panic set in. The dematerialization of invoices – the most technical and complex component – has been operational since 2022, with NF203 certification. Connection to the approved platform was finalized in July 2025, and functional tests were completed this summer.

To transmit the flows, Furious chose B2B Router, the European leader in the sector, whose solution is used – often on a white label basis – by many other approved platforms in France. A stable infrastructure, compatible with the regulations of several European countries: a direct advantage for agencies with international customers or entities.

What’s new in your daily life Furious

Almost nothing. For Furious customers, compliance means no transformation project, no time-consuming training, no process changes.

On issue: your invoicing process remains identical. The only visible change will be additional statuses indicating the transmission status of each invoice. If a customer is not yet compliant on receipt, Furious automatically detects this and switches to sending by email.

On receipt: your supplier invoices arrive directly in Furious, centralized without any action on your part. If they bear a purchase order number, reconciliation is automatic. Otherwise, they fall into a manual validation queue. In both cases, there’s less hunting for accounting documents.

Customer data: Furious uses the PAPPERS database when creating customer files, which automatically recovers intra-Community VAT numbers. For existing incomplete files, an Excel export-import enables mass updating in just a few minutes.

On cost: zero extra cost. Electronic invoicing is included in the Furious subscription, with no additional lines or license fees.

Deployment schedule for Furious agencies

• November 2025: production start-up with the first Belgian customers (Belgian obligation on January 1, 2026)
• Early 2026: beta test with volunteer French customers
• Before summer 2026: gradual opening to all customers for real-life tests
• September 1, 2026: 100% of Furious customers operational

If you have entities in other European countries, the Furious teams are already looking into new geographical coverage – so don’t hesitate to talk to support.

Things to remember

The 2026 electronic invoicing reform is not an option for French agencies. But neither is it a revolution if you are already equipped with a tool that has anticipated the subject.

With Furious, all you need is a minimal initial configuration and a few VAT numbers to update. The tool takes care of the rest.

The time to be sure is now – not August 28, 2026.

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