Create a free e-invoice in the Factur-X format
Fill in the invoice: the PDF/A-3 and its XML file are built in your browser. Nothing is sent and nothing is stored.
Amount due
€1,908.00
Ready to download
| Total net | €1,590.00 |
| VAT | €318.00 |
| File | PDF/A-3 with factur-x.xml (EN 16931) |
| Pre-check | Ready to download |
From your mandatory issuing date, an invoice between businesses must go through an approved platform: this file is for use before that date, or to understand the format.
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · Tax code, BOFiP and approved-platform list checked on 25 October 2026
This creator produces an invoice in the Factur-X format: a readable PDF that complies with the PDF/A-3 standard and carries an XML file named factur-x.xml, in CII syntax and the EN 16931 profile. Factur-X is one of the three formats every approved platform must accept under the order of 27 July 2026, alongside UBL and plain CII. The creator includes the four new mandatory mentions: customer SIREN, delivery address if different, type of transaction and the VAT-on-invoicing option. It recalculates totals and VAT line by line, handles the VAT basic exemption with the exemption note, and blocks the download while a required field is missing or a SIREN is invalid. The file is generated on your computer: no account, no upload, no storage. Mind the legal limit: from your mandatory issuing date, September 2026 or September 2027 depending on your size, an invoice between businesses must go through an approved platform, however perfect the file.
What the file contains
A Factur-X is one file for two readers. People see an ordinary PDF with your details, the lines and the totals. Machines read the factur-x.xml file embedded in the PDF, which carries the same data in the UN CII syntax and the EN 16931 profile, the European model of the e-invoice. The PDF follows the PDF/A-3 standard, which guarantees identical display in ten years and allows attachments. The FNFE-MPE Factur-X specification describes this package, in version 1.09.2 published on 4 August 2026.
| Item | In the visible PDF | In the XML |
|---|---|---|
| Seller and customer SIREN | Header and customer block | Legal identifier, scheme 0002 |
| Type of transaction | Note under the lines | Invoice note |
| VAT-on-invoicing option | Note under the lines | Note and VAT point date code |
| Delivery address | Dates block | Ship-to party |
| Totals and VAT | Invoice footer | VAT breakdown and totals |
Before and after your issuing date
Article 289 bis of the French tax code does not only require a format: it requires the invoice to be issued and received through an approved platform. Until your date arrives, the file from this creator is an invoice like any other, sent by whatever means you agree with your customer. After 1 September 2027 for an SME or micro-enterprise, it is no longer enough: you upload the invoice to your platform, which accepts this format among those in the base set fixed by the order of 27 July 2026.
Suggested format
Suggested format
Factur-X
| UBL EN 16931 | Accepted by every platform |
| CII EN 16931 | Accepted by every platform |
| Factur-X (PDF/A-3 + CII) | Accepted by every platform |
Checks made before download
The button stays grey while the seller’s name, address and SIREN, the customer’s, the invoice number and date, a description per line and, if you charge VAT, your EU VAT number are missing; the VAT number is suggested from the SIREN. The SIREN is checked against its check digit. Files produced by this creator are tested with an open-source Factur-X validator, as explained on the Method page. For a ready-made model to study, see the annotated Factur-X example; for the mentions, the checklist.
Keeping track of your invoices
The creator keeps nothing: once the page is closed, the invoice only exists in the downloaded file. Store each PDF in a folder per year and do not edit it again, because the original file, XML included, is what counts. Number your invoices in one continuous sequence, with no gaps or duplicates, as the rules require. To correct a mistake, issue a credit note and then a new invoice rather than touching up the file already sent.