Free Invoice Generator (France)
Create a French facture with 20% TVA calculated automatically in euros, and download it as a PDF.
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Your business name
INVOICE
INV-001
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Client name
| Description | Qty | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Item description | 1 | — | €0.00 |
- Subtotal
- €0.00
- TVA (20%)
- €0.00
- Total
- €0.00
TVA and your French facture
A French facture has to carry a set of mandatory mentions — your business name, your SIRET, your numéro de TVA intracommunautaire, a unique sequential invoice number, the issue date, and a clear description of what you sold. Put the SIRET and TVA number on their own lines under your business name in the address block, keep the tax label as TVA at 20%, and the generator calculates the amount on the discounted subtotal.
The standard rate is 20%, but some work is taxed lower — 10% on things like renovation of older homes and certain restaurant service, 5.5% on most food, books and energy-efficiency work. If your activity uses a reduced rate, change the TVA rate to 10 or 5.5 and the total updates live. The tool carries a single tax line, so if one invoice mixes two rates you'll need to note the split by hand or issue separate factures.
Micro-entrepreneurs under the franchise en base de TVA don't charge TVA at all — the thresholds have recently been €37,500 for services and €85,000 for selling goods, though they've been under review, so check the current figures. If that's you, clear the tax rate so no TVA line appears and add 'TVA non applicable, art. 293 B du CGI' to the notes field, the mention French rules expect on an exempt facture. Everything stays in euros and the PDF downloads straight from your browser.
Pricing a packshot shoot by the reference, not the day
A commercial photographer in Lyon shoots the summer catalogue for a cosmetics brand — 48 product references in studio, plus a short lifestyle series with a model. Nothing is billed by the day: packshots are priced per référence and retouching per delivered visual, the way e-commerce shoots are normally quoted, so the client can add or drop a product and know precisely what it costs. The ambiance series can't be counted that way, so it goes on as a forfait, and the studio and lighting hire is passed on for the two days booked. The 62 retouched visuals are the 48 packshots plus 14 selected from the ambiance shoot.
| Description | Qty | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prise de vue packshot en studio — par référence produit | 48 | €24.00 | €1,152.00 |
| Retouche et détourage — par visuel livré | 62 | €9.00 | €558.00 |
| Série d'ambiance avec modèle et stylisme — forfait | 1 | €1,450.00 | €1,450.00 |
| Location du studio et du matériel d'éclairage — à la journée | 2 | €340.00 | €680.00 |
| Subtotal | €3,840.00 | ||
| TVA 20% | €768.00 | ||
| Total due | €4,608.00 | ||
Every line here is a prestation de services at 20%, but a photographer's cession de droits d'auteur is taxed at 10% — and since the form carries a single rate, that licence belongs on its own facture.
The mentions obligatoires you cannot leave off
SIRET and TVA intracommunautaire
Both belong on their own lines under your business name in the address block, and for an intra-EU B2B client you add their TVA number under their name as well.
One unbroken number series
French rules want a chronological sequence with no gaps and no reuse — 2026-07-017, then 2026-07-018 — so never delete a facture you've issued; cancel it with an avoir instead.
Late-payment penalties and the €40
Every B2B facture must state the pénalités de retard rate and the 40 € indemnité forfaitaire pour frais de recouvrement, and the notes field is where they go alongside your payment terms.
Franchise en base mention
Micro-entrepreneurs who charge no TVA should clear the tax rate and write 'TVA non applicable, art. 293 B du CGI' in the notes, otherwise the facture just looks like it forgot the tax.
From September 2026, a PDF is not always enough
Every French VAT-registered business must be able to receive structured e-invoices through a plateforme de dématérialisation partenaire from 1 September 2026, with issuing phased in from that date for large firms and September 2027 for smaller ones. This generator produces a PDF you download and send yourself — it doesn't build a Factur-X file or connect to a PDP, so check what your B2B client's platform expects.
How to create an invoice online
- 1
Fill in the details
Add your business info, your client, line items, tax, and an optional logo or discount.
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Watch the live preview
The invoice updates as you type, so you always see exactly what your client will receive.
- 3
Download the PDF
One click generates a clean, professional PDF invoice — free and without a watermark.
A simple invoice maker for freelancers and small businesses
Everything you need to bill a client properly — and nothing you don't. Create an invoice, check the live preview, download the PDF, get paid.
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No sign-up, no watermark
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Private by design
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Logo, tax & discounts
Add your logo, any tax label and rate (VAT, GST, sales tax), and percentage or fixed discounts.
Saves as you type
Your draft is stored locally in your browser, so an accidental tab close loses nothing.
20 currencies
Invoice in USD, EUR, GBP, INR, JPY and more, with correct rounding for each currency.
Frequently asked questions
Where do I put my SIRET and TVA number?
Add them on their own lines under your business name in the address block — for example 'SIRET 123 456 789 00012' and 'TVA FR12 345678901'. Both are mandatory mentions on a French facture once you're registered for TVA.
I'm a micro-entrepreneur in franchise en base — how do I invoice with no TVA?
Clear the tax rate so no TVA line shows, and add 'TVA non applicable, art. 293 B du CGI' to the notes field. Your prices are then billed hors taxe with no TVA added — the franchise en base thresholds have recently been €37,500 for services and €85,000 for goods, though they've been under review, so confirm the current figures.
Is TVA applied before or after a discount?
After. The generator applies your discount to the subtotal first, then calculates TVA — 20%, or a reduced 10% or 5.5% — on the discounted amount.
Does this make the électronique invoice required by the 2026 reform?
No. It downloads a standard PDF facture, not a cleared electronic invoice. France's e-invoicing reform phases in from September 2026 for receiving and September 2027 for issuing by small firms, and those structured invoices must pass through an approved platform (PDP) in a format like Factur-X — check the current timeline, as this PDF isn't that.