8/24/2026
 
 
PRODUCT UPDATE  ·  VERSION 6.3.1
The e-invoicing obligation
is coming. You're covered.
XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, Peppol BIS and Factur-X – created, validated and archived straight from your project billing.
Available from August 31, 2026
Creating an invoice in PlainStaff
Create an invoice – straight from project billing, in your customer's format.
WHY NOW
Receive from 2025, issue from 2027
Businesses already have to be able to receive e-invoices in B2B, and from 2027 they must issue them fully digitally. Invoices to public authorities require XRechnung today.
  E-invoicing in PlainStaff is available from August 31, 2026 – on every plan, with the formats of your own country.
NEW IN PLAINSTAFF
From time entry to a validated e-invoice
Create e-invoices directly from your project billing – no detour, no second tool.
1
Your country's formats – on every plan
XRechnung (XML) for authorities, ZUGFeRD (hybrid PDF) for business customers.
2
Validation before issuing
Checked against the official rules of the selected format – errors are explained in plain language, with the Leitweg-ID stored per customer.
3
A complete invoice archive
PDF/XML download, resending, cancellation with credit note, payment status and dunning.

CUSTOMERS ABROAD
One format per customer
XRechnung is meaningless outside Germany – Belgium runs on Peppol, France on Factur-X. Storing a different format per customer works on every plan; without Gold you pick from the formats of your own country.
If your company is not based in Germany, you get the format required there even without Gold.
 
GOLD PLAN
 
Every foreign format, freely selectable.
Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, Factur-X 1.07 and the neutral EN 16931 profiles (CII & UBL) become available for every customer – so you can bill each one in the format of their country.
So you never send the wrong format
→ Country guidance in the customer master: customary format, required channel, source and review date.
→ Preflight dialog before issuing: it names the profile in use and where it came from.
→ A format-true archive: the credit note for an XRechnung stays an XRechnung.
Straight talk about delivery: PlainStaff creates the document and sends it by email. Where a country additionally prescribes a channel – the Peppol network, SdI, Chorus Pro or the German ZRE and OZG-RE portals – you upload the finished file there or hand it to your e-invoicing provider. The guidance in the customer master tells you upfront where this applies.
Getting started
Three steps to your first e-invoice.
We hope the new features make your daily work noticeably easier!
If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to contact us: [email protected]

Best regards
Your PlainStaff Team