E-Invoicing Country

Finland

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Mandate Overview

The mandate

Finland's Act on Electronic Invoicing (241/2019) entered into force on April 1, 2020, granting every business and public-sector buyer the legal right to demand structured e-invoices from their suppliers. B2G e-invoicing through Hansel and the Valtiokonttori (State Treasury) has been mandatory since 2010 and fully digital since the 2020 Act. While Finland has no clearance-style mandate, the buyer-on-request mechanism has driven near-universal B2B adoption, with Peppol BIS, Finvoice 3.0, and TEAPPSXML the dominant formats.

Timeline

Key milestones

2010
Apr 1, 2010
  • Mandatory B2G e-invoicing for all central government suppliers

2020
Apr 1, 2020
  • Act on Electronic Invoicing — buyers can require structured e-invoices from suppliers

2030
Jul 1, 2030
  • ViDA intra-Community B2B e-invoicing and digital reporting begin

Flowie Coverage

How Flowie supports Finland

Flowie operates as a Peppol-accredited Service Provider for Finnish B2G and B2B exchanges, with native generation and routing of Finvoice 3.0, TEAPPSXML, and Peppol BIS 3.0 invoices through the certified network of Finnish operators.

FAQ

Common questions

Is e-invoicing mandatory in Finland?

B2G has been mandatory since 2010 via Hansel and the State Treasury. B2B is not clearance-mandated, but every Finnish business has the legal right since April 2020 to require structured e-invoices from its suppliers under the Act on Electronic Invoicing.

What formats does Finland support?

Finvoice 3.0 (the Finnish national standard maintained by Finance Finland), TEAPPSXML (the OpusCapita-originated format widely used in industry), and Peppol BIS 3.0 are all interoperable across the Finnish operator network.

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