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Although currently there are companies that use the Electronic Invoice in Spain, it is not compulsory except in specific occasions such as with relations with Public Administration, for Subcontractors or for companies providing Specially Important Services (SET) in their B2C relationships.

With the publication of the technical draft of the Create and Grow Law, one can guess the necessary requirements for the implementation of the compulsory electronic invoice between companies and freelance workers of the country.

Last September, Law 18/2022 on Creation and Growth was published in the Official State Bulletin (BOE), which, as a key measure, imposes the use of the Electronic Invoice in the commercial relations of companies and freelancers. This point of the Law has generated great expectation, because it will mean that all companies will have to use a software that responds to this new legal requirement.

On numerous occasions, we have talked about the impulse that the Create and Grow Law will have on the Electronic Invoice. But this isn’t the only law that will affect this document.

With the entry into force of the Crea y Crece Law, the implementation of Electronic Invoicing becomes mandatory for companies and the self-employed. But do you already know what information an invoice must contain to be valid? We've summed it up for you in this infographic:

After the passing the Law of Business Creation and Growth, better known as “Create and Grow” (“Crea y Crece”), the use of the Electronic Invoice has become mandatory for commercial relations between companies and freelancers. This measures intends to create a better traceability and control among transactions with the objective of tackling non-payments and reducing payment periods.