Disclaimer
Draftbill gives information and a checklist, not tax or legal advice. What the checklist and the Peppol export cover, and what they do not.
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Information, not advice
Draftbill and its guides give general information about VAT rates and invoice contents, taken from official sources that are linked on each page. They are not tax, legal or accounting advice. If an invoice matters to your tax position, check the authority’s page or ask a qualified adviser.
What the required-fields checklist covers
The checklist lists the fields the law of the chosen country asks for on a standard invoice and shows which are filled in. It does not cover every special case: simplified invoices, margin schemes, construction and other domestic reverse-charge rules, self-billing, credit notes, sector rules, or regional taxes. A complete checklist does not make an invoice legally valid.
What the Peppol export covers
The export builds an EN 16931 invoice in the Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 UBL syntax and checks that the mandatory elements are present and that no element is empty, using an element list taken from the specification. The full set of Peppol validation rules (the schematron) is not run in your browser, and your access point or the receiving party can still reject a file. Validate with your access point before you rely on a file.
Some countries use their own formats for domestic invoices. In Italy invoices go through the Sistema di Interscambio, in Poland through KSeF, in France through approved platforms, and in Germany a public authority may require an XRechnung. A Peppol file from this tool is not a substitute for those routes.
Rates and dates
Rates, thresholds and deadlines change by law. Each country page shows the date it was checked against the official page. A rate that applies only in part of a country, such as the Canadian provincial taxes, is available through the custom rate field and is not validated.