E-Invoicing Country

United States

Voluntary

Voluntary, no mandate yet

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Mandate Overview

The mandate

The United States has no federal e-invoicing mandate. The Digital Business Networks Alliance (DBNAlliance) operates the U.S. Open Exchange Network, a voluntary Peppol-aligned exchange framework launched as the North American counterpart to the European Peppol network, with participants connecting on a "connect once, connect to all" basis. State-level retail and payroll-tax reporting requirements exist independently, but no federal CTC mandate is currently in legislation.

Timeline

Key milestones

2018
Sep 1, 2018
  • Business Payments Coalition (BPC) launches the U.S. e-invoicing market pilot

2022
Sep 1, 2022
  • BPC hands off to DBNAlliance, the operating body for the U.S. exchange network

2026
Apr 1, 2026
  • DBNAlliance hosts United States E-Invoicing Conference, New York

Flowie Coverage

How Flowie supports United States

Flowie tracks U.S. exchange-network developments and supports voluntary Peppol BIS 3.0 generation for cross-border transactions with European partners. Native DBNAlliance routing for U.S.-domestic exchange is on the roadmap as the network scales.

FAQ

Common questions

Is e-invoicing mandatory in the United States?

No. There is no federal e-invoicing mandate. The DBNAlliance exchange framework is voluntary, and most U.S. B2B invoicing remains paper, PDF, or EDI-based.

What is DBNAlliance?

The Digital Business Networks Alliance is the operating body for the U.S. Open Exchange Network, the American counterpart to the European Peppol network. It is a voluntary, member-driven, Peppol-aligned framework.

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