On April 24th, 2025, Fiscal Solutions organized a free webinar on the topic of "End of Self-Certification in France-What retailers need to know?". The webinar was held by Fiscal Solutions Legal Consultant Nikola Novković. Let’s find out more about the key major changes! Read more

France is ending self-certification. This is not a minor update - it’s a compliance breakthrough. France is ending self-certification. This is not a minor update - it’s a compliance breakthrough.Join Nikola Novkovic on April 24 at 3 PM for a webinar that will give you the full roadmap to staying compliant in France’s updated fiscal system.What we’ll cover: ➡️ The exact fiscaliza... Read more

France is ending self-certification. This is not a minor update - it’s a compliance breakthrough. France is ending self-certification. This is not a minor update - it’s a compliance breakthrough.Join Nikola Novkovic on April 24 at 3 PM for a webinar that will give you the full roadmap to staying compliant in France’s updated fiscal system.What we’ll cover: ➡️ The exact fiscaliza... Read more

France is ending self-certification. This is not a minor update - it’s a compliance breakthrough. France is ending self-certification. This is not a minor update - it’s a compliance breakthrough.Join Nikola Novkovic on April 24 at 3 PM for a webinar that will give you the full roadmap to staying compliant in France’s updated fiscal system.What we’ll cover: ➡️ The exact fiscaliza... Read more

On April 11, 2025, the French National Assembly rejected a proposed amendment to delay the e-invoicing mandate by one year. As a result, the original timeline remains: all businesses must be able to receive electronic invoices by September 1, 2026, with large and intermediate firms also required to send them, while smaller businesses must comply by September 1, 2027. Interoperability testing among... Read more

S4F backoffice patch is intended for users who have already installed S4F backoffice and are intended to update existing installations to latest version. To do so apply only patches that are marked with version number that is newer than your currently installed instance of backoffice. Read more

A new EU Trust List format, TLv6, will officially replace TLv5 in May 2025 as part of the updated eIDAS Regulation (EU 2024/1183). It introduces key technical changes like a new URI field, updated signature format, and optional phone number support. Organizations must update their systems to avoid signature validation failures and service disruptions, as TLv5 will no longer be valid once TLv6 take... Read more

France may once again delay the rollout of mandatory B2B e-invoicing, with a new draft law proposing to push deadlines back by a year. Read more

The 2025 Finance Act in France has significantly adjusted VAT rates, notably raising electricity and natural gas subscriptions from 5.5% to 20% effective August 1, 2025, while reducing VAT on renewable energy heat supplies to 5.5% starting March 1, 2025. Residential property renovation work, including fossil fuel boiler installations, will see an increase in VAT to 20% unless contracts are finalized before March 1, 2025; conversely, solar equipment installations in homes benefit from a reduced 5.5% rate effective October 1, 2025. Read more

The EU adopted the VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) package on March 11, 2025, introducing major changes to the VAT system starting January 1, 2027. Key reforms include mandatory digital VAT reporting by 2030, new VAT collection rules for online platforms, and expanded One-Stop Shop (OSS) registration to simplify cross-border compliance. Additional measures, such as mandatory e-invoicing, phasing out... Read more

S4F backoffice patch is intended for users who have already installed S4F backoffice and are intended to update existing installations to latest version. To do so apply only patches that are marked with version number that is newer than your currently installed instance of backoffice. Read more

As of February 15, 2025, self-certification for cash register software in France is no longer allowed, requiring publishers to obtain certification from authorized bodies like LNE or Infocert. Businesses using uncertified software risk fines of €7,500 per system, reinforcing measures to prevent VAT fraud. As of January 1, 2018, all retailers liable to VAT are required to utilize secure cash regist... Read more

The French Tax Administration has introduced new guidelines allowing taxpayers to correct invoices with incorrectly charged VAT within a two-year window, aligning with the tax authorities' three-year reassessment period. Suppliers can now recover wrongly invoiced VAT until December 31 of the second year following the taxable event, and they no longer need to prove good faith in their error to qual... Read more

The European Commission is tightening regulations on e-commerce imports to address the surge of unsafe and counterfeit goods, particularly from China, by reforming customs rules and increasing product safety checks. Key measures include removing the duty exemption for low-value parcels, introducing a potential customs fee, establishing priority control areas, and launching an EU-wide product safet... Read more

S4F backoffice patch is intended for users who have already installed S4F backoffice and are intended to update existing installations to latest version. To do so apply only patches that are marked with version number that is newer than your currently installed instance of backoffice. Read more

S4F backoffice installer is intended for users who are installing the software for the first time. Please make sure to obtain latest version of installer and to apply all subsequent patches that are released subsequently. This package contains instruction, release notes, changelog and software packages required for deployment of this software component. This version of the Backoffice installer supports the following countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Read more