What’s PEPPOL e-invoicing and do I need it?

PEPPOL (Pan-European Public Procurement OnLine) is the EU standard for structured e-invoices. In the Netherlands it’s mandatory if you sell to government suppliers (central government has required it since 2017, municipalities since 2019) and increasingly expected for B2B. It’s not yet mandatory for private B2B, but the EU’s VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) reform will roll it out across 2028–2030. We integrate PEPPOL via Magento extensions (Storm, AvaTax, or custom via the official PEPPOL Access Point providers like Tradeshift, Storecove or BasWare). Output is a structured UBL 2.1 XML invoice routed via the PEPPOL network — not a PDF. If you sell to ministries or larger municipalities you need this; if you’re pure DTC you can wait.