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Germany: E-Invoicing as part of the coalition contract

08 December 2009 Be the first to comment

Bo Harald

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Quote from Bruno Koch's newsletter

"The newly elected German Government plans to accelerate use of electronic invoices in Germany by removing barriers hindering their adoption.

E-Invoicing is to be enabled in a more unbureaucratic manner. The author of this newsletter will keep you informed about future decisions and development."

My comment: As we could read in the Deutsche Bank report the annual savings potential is 54bn - in Germany alone. North of 250bn in EU. Small wonder this is now getting full attention.

But we need bold action - price tags for sending paper invoices and deadlines for accepting paper or unstructured PDF - ONLY then it will become a reality in time to be a part remedy for coming shortage of people in working age..

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