ConnectWise e-invoicing

Factur-X and ZUGFeRD invoices, straight from ConnectWise Manage

Europe's e-invoicing mandates need an EN 16931 XML file living inside the invoice you actually send. ConnectWise Manage doesn't add it, and your accounting system won't put it inside a branded PDF. Better Invoice already renders that PDF from your ConnectWise billing data, so it's the right place to embed the structured XML — one file that's both a branded invoice for your client and machine-readable for their accounts system.

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For MSPs invoicing clients in France, Germany, Belgium, and across the EU.

The mandate wall is already here

Structured e-invoicing is moving from optional to required across the EU. If you bill clients in these countries, a normal PDF invoice stops being enough on these dates:

France — September 2026. Every business must be able to receive e-invoices, and large and mid-sized companies must issue them. Smaller companies follow in September 2027. Factur-X is the national hybrid format.
Germany — 2027 to 2028. Receiving structured invoices is mandatory now. Issuing becomes mandatory in January 2027 for companies over €800k turnover, and January 2028 for everyone else. ZUGFeRD and XRechnung are the accepted formats.
Belgium — January 2026. Structured B2B e-invoicing is mandatory, built on the same EN 16931 standard.
The wider EU — through 2030. Poland, and the EU-wide ViDA reforms, push structured invoicing and digital reporting further every year.

What a compliant invoice looks like

Factur-X (France) and ZUGFeRD (Germany) are the same idea under two names, now harmonized. Each one is a hybrid file: a normal PDF a person can read, with a structured EN 16931 XML file embedded inside it that software can process automatically. No separate upload, no second document to reconcile.

Technically it's a PDF/A-3 document carrying a single factur-x.xml attachment in UN/CEFACT CII syntax, with the right XMP metadata so the receiving system knows which profile it's reading. XRechnung is the pure-XML German variant for the same standard, common with public-sector clients.

The catch: the PDF you see and the XML inside it have to match exactly. If the numbers drift apart, the invoice gets rejected. That's why the tool that draws the PDF should be the tool that writes the XML.

Why this belongs in Better Invoice

Better Invoice already turns your ConnectWise Manage billing data into a branded PDF. Adding the embedded XML is the same data, written a second way, into the same file. Nothing else in your stack is sitting in that spot.

One file, both jobs

Your client gets the same branded invoice they've always had. Their accounts system gets the structured EN 16931 data it now requires, embedded in the very same PDF.

Built on your CW data

The XML is generated from the same ConnectWise invoice you already send through Better Invoice, so the PDF and the structured data can't fall out of sync.

The format you need

Factur-X for French clients, ZUGFeRD for German, XRechnung where a pure-XML file is required. Same workflow, the profile chosen per client.

Need this for a deadline?

We're rolling out Factur-X and ZUGFeRD output for ConnectWise Manage invoices in early access. Tell us the country, the format, and your go-live date, and we'll turn it on for your account. The sooner we know, the sooner it ships.

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