A French business choosing accounting software in 2026 is choosing it in the middle of a reform. Since 1 September 2026 every VAT-registered business must be able to receive electronic invoices; large and mid-sized companies must already issue them, and small businesses and micro-entreprises follow in 2027. The invoice becomes a structured file — Factur-X, the French hybrid of a readable PDF/A-3 with the EN 16931 data inside — that travels through an approved platform (plateforme agréée), not by e-mail. What a business needs from its software is therefore two things at once: the ordinary work of invoices, TVA, bills, receipts and the expert-comptable, and a Factur-X that a platform accepts. KRONENWERK does the first entirely and the second up to the platform's door, and this page is precise about where that door is.
Factur-X, produced and validated
Every invoice a French company issues in KRONENWERK is a Factur-X file: a PDF the customer reads, with the CII XML embedded, validated against the EN 16931 business rules and the French particulars before it receives a number. SIREN and SIRET where they belong, the TVA intracommunautaire number, the mentions a French invoice must carry, the rate and amount per rate, the payment terms and the late-payment mentions — checked before issue, refused with the rule named if missing. The Factur-X page explains the profiles and what a receiving platform reads from the file.
What KRONENWERK is not: an approved platform. It does not transmit the invoice to your customer's platform, it does not perform e-reporting of transaction and payment data to the administration, and it does not seek accreditation on your behalf. You choose a platform — the DGFiP publishes the list — and hand it the Factur-X that KRONENWERK produced; the pages on approved platforms and the reform set out what the platform does from there. When transmission is built, this page will say so.
TVA on the document, not decided by the software
Standard, intermediate, reduced and super-reduced rates; exempt supplies with their legal basis; the franchise en base de TVA with its required mention; reverse charge; intra-EU supplies with the customer's VAT ID whose form is checked and which the free VIES checker verifies: each is a category and a rate on the invoice line, and the totals per rate are grouped the way EN 16931 requires. The rates are yours to state. KRONENWERK carries no rate table and does not decide which rate a supply attracts; it computes with what you enter and checks that the document is complete. It does not prepare the CA3 or CA12 and files nothing with the DGFiP.
The expert-comptable
Most French small businesses work with an expert-comptable who closes the year and often keeps the books. The expert can be invited into the company: with the practice plan they see every client they are engaged for on one screen and open yours with the rights you gave. The engagement is yours to grant and yours to end. What KRONENWERK does not ship is a plan comptable général: no PCG chart is included today (a chart ships for Germany only), so the chart is entered or imported, and there is no FEC export yet — if your expert needs the FEC from the software rather than from their own tools, settle that before you move.
Where the time goes back
- Notes de frais and factures fournisseurs. Photograph or forward; they wait in an inbox with the figures read as printed. With an AI assistant, "enregistre cette facture sur l'affaire V2026-0142" is the whole task.
- Affaires. A job with its devis, bon de commande, bons de livraison, factures fournisseurs, photos and facture in one folder — one number, inside the accounting. See transactions.
- Relances. Receivables aged by lateness, reminders on a schedule the company owns (from the Business plan), a card payment page once enabled.
- Two languages, several currencies. Interface and documents in French; invoices in euro, in Swiss francs or in dollars to a customer abroad, with the books in euro.
What KRONENWERK does not do in France
- Not an approved platform, no transmission to one, no e-reporting, no accreditation sought on your behalf.
- No plan comptable général shipped, no FEC export.
- No TVA return, no filing with the DGFiP, no tax advice.
- No signed-off bank connection; statements are imported for reconciliation.
- No payroll, no DSN.
Switching from your current tool
Export customers, suppliers, invoices, bills and a balance as of a date from the product you are leaving; upload; map the columns; compare the totals; approve. Old invoice numbers are kept. The switching guide has the steps and the reversal rule. The first day of a quarter is the usual switch date.
How KRONENWERK handles this
SUPPORTED WITH LIMITATIONS Factur-X produced and validated before issue; French invoice mentions and identifiers checked; TVA categories on the line; incoming documents, bills, expenses, attachments, transactions, receivables, payables and reports; the expert's access through the practice plan; an AI assistant through the Enterprise plan. Not done: platform transmission, e-reporting, PCG, FEC, TVA filing, bank feed, payroll. The country page France repeats the limits; prices in euro are on the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
Is KRONENWERK a plateforme agréée?
No. It produces the Factur-X; the platform you choose transmits it and handles e-reporting. The DGFiP list of approved platforms is the place to choose from.
Can I issue a valid invoice today?
Yes. A Factur-X issued in KRONENWERK is a valid electronic invoice; how it reaches your customer depends on your obligation date and your platform.
Does it support the franchise en base?
Yes: no TVA is charged and the required mention is on the document.
Can my expert-comptable get the FEC?
Not from KRONENWERK today; there is no FEC export. The expert can work inside the company through the practice plan and take the ledger, the reports and the documents from it.
Is the interface in French?
Yes, the interface, every document and these knowledge pages. Members of the same company can use different languages.
Does it handle a Swiss or Belgian customer?
Yes. An invoice to a Swiss customer is a Factur-X in francs with the books kept in euro; the customer's Swiss VAT number is stored on the customer record. For a Belgian customer, whose country now expects invoices over Peppol, see the Peppol pages for what sending requires.