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Zoho Invoice in France
Zoho Invoice is free online invoicing with quotes, time tracking, payment collection and reminders. Shyphan is a Zoho Premium Partner implementing, migrating and supporting Zoho Invoice for businesses across France, with a fixed quote in EUR and consultants on French business hours.
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Zoho Invoice in France: the short answer
- What it is
- Zoho Invoice is free online invoicing with quotes, time tracking, payment collection and reminders.
- Best suited to
- Zoho Invoice suits French freelancers, consultants and small firms not yet ready for full accounting.
- Typical timeline
- A focused Zoho Invoice build for a small French team typically goes live in three to six weeks including data migration and training.
- What it costs
- Zoho licences it per user or per organisation depending on the edition, billed in EUR by Zoho directly.
- Local specifics
- TVA at the right rate on every invoice, Factur-X e-invoicing through an approved platform ready for the September 2026 reform, Zoho People connected to your French payroll provider for the DSN, French documents where the Loi Toubon requires them, GDPR-aware data handling in Zoho’s EU data centre, and delivery on Paris time (CET/CEST).
- Delivered by
- Shyphan AI Solutions, a Zoho Premium Partner listed on Zoho's official partner directory. Support on French working hours (CET/CEST). Call +44 7343 086577.
- Last reviewed
- October 24, 2026
What Zoho Invoice gives you out of the box
- Branded quotes and invoices with online accept-and-pay links
- Automatic payment reminders and thank-you notes on a schedule you set
- Project time tracking that converts approved hours into invoice lines
- Card and Direct Debit collection through Stripe, PayPal and GoCardless
- Multi-currency invoicing with per-customer default currency
Is Zoho Invoice the right fit for your business?
Zoho Invoice suits French freelancers, consultants and small firms not yet ready for full accounting. If that describes you, the platform will earn its licence quickly; if it does not, we will say so on the discovery call rather than after the invoice.
The capabilities that matter most in French deployments are branded quotes and invoices with online accept-and-pay links and automatic payment reminders and thank-you notes on a schedule you set. Everything else is configuration around those two.
France runs on several million businesses, the overwhelming majority of them small and mid-sized, and almost all of them paying for more software than they use. We size the edition against what you will genuinely use, which frequently means recommending a cheaper plan than the one you arrived expecting to buy.
Our certified Zoho team
Eleven current Zoho certifications held by named consultants, covering Zoho CRM Administration, Zoho Creator Developer at Associate and Professional level, and Zoho People. Tap any certificate to view it in full, and verify our partner status on Zoho’s official directory.
Zoho Invoice for businesses across France
We implement Zoho Invoice for clients in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Lille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Nice, Strasbourg, Grenoble, Montpellier and Rennes and every region between. Delivery is remote on CET and CEST with on-site workshops where the scale justifies it.
French deployments almost always need three things handled properly: French tax treatment, integration with the finance system already in place, and training that survives the first busy month. Those are the parts we spend the most time on.
Whichever app you start with, the delivery is the same: data migration and team training.
Getting Zoho Invoice right in France
Most French finance teams come to us with the same four problems. This is how we handle them in Zoho Invoice.
The right TVA rate on every line
20% on most sales, 10% on restaurant meals and passenger transport, 5.5% on most food and books and 2.1% on press and some medicines: each product carries its rate, and the CA3 or CA12 figures come straight from the ledger.
E-invoices through an approved platform
Invoices go out as Factur-X, UBL or CII through an approved platform (Plateforme Agréée), carrying the mandatory mentions: SIREN, intra-community VAT number, payment terms, the late-payment penalty rate and the EUR 40 recovery fee.
PCG accounts and a FEC on demand
The chart of accounts follows the Plan Comptable Général, and the FEC can be produced at any time, so a tax audit request is an export rather than a project.
EU trade handled properly
Intra-EU B2B sales apply the reverse charge (autoliquidation), B2C distance sales go through the OSS, and the data for EMEBI and DES declarations is ready each month, with the books kept in EUR.
Our Zoho Invoice services in France
Everything from first configuration to long-term support, delivered by certified consultants and quoted as a fixed price in EUR.
Zoho Invoice implementation
Discovery, configuration and go-live shaped around your process, not a demo tenant. Fixed scope, fixed price.
Data migration into Zoho Invoice
Legacy records profiled, cleansed, de-duplicated and loaded with a sandbox dry run and written reconciliation.
Integration with your stack
Connections to Stripe, PayPal, GoCardless, Zoho CRM, Zoho Projects and Zoho Books, built with proper error handling and monitoring rather than a fragile script.
Automation and customisation
Workflows, approvals, templates and custom fields so Zoho Invoice removes manual steps instead of adding them.
Training and ongoing support
Role-specific training, written runbooks and a France-hours care plan covering changes, new users and escalation.
What French compliance means for Zoho Invoice
In France, TVA and corporate tax are filed with the DGFiP, payroll is reported every month through the DSN, and the e-invoicing reform changes how invoices are sent and received from 1 September 2026. These are the rules a French setup has to get right.
| Obligation | What the rule is | What has to be configured |
|---|---|---|
| TVA (VAT) | The standard rate is 20%, with 10% for restaurants, passenger transport and some renovation work, 5.5% for most food, books and energy-efficiency works, and 2.1% for the press and some medicines. Returns go on the CA3, monthly or quarterly for small amounts, under the régime réel normal, or on the annual CA12 with instalments under the régime réel simplifié. Intra-EU B2B trade uses the reverse charge (autoliquidation) with EMEBI and DES declarations, B2C distance sales go through the OSS, and import VAT is self-assessed on the CA3. | The right rate by item and customer, SIREN and intra-community VAT numbers on every invoice with the mandatory mentions (payment terms, late-payment penalty rate and the EUR 40 fixed recovery fee), reverse charge and OSS treatment set correctly, deductible TVA tracked, and CA3 or CA12 figures for each period. |
| E-invoicing reform | From 1 September 2026 every VAT-registered business must be able to receive structured e-invoices, and large and mid-sized companies (GE and ETI) must also issue e-invoices and e-report. SMEs and micro-businesses must issue from 1 September 2027. Invoices travel through approved platforms (Plateformes Agréées) in Factur-X, UBL or CII format, and invoices to the public sector already go through Chorus Pro. | Zoho Books' French edition producing Factur-X invoices and connected to B2Brouter, an approved platform, for sending and receiving, customer SIREN numbers captured on every account, and the full flow tested before your issuing date. |
| Corporate tax (IS) | The standard rate is 25%, or 15% on the first EUR 42,500 of profit for qualifying SMEs (turnover under EUR 10m, fully paid-up capital and at least 75% held by individuals). The annual liasse fiscale is built from accounts kept on the Plan Comptable Général, and the FEC (Fichier des Écritures Comptables) must be produced on request in a tax audit. | A chart of accounts on the PCG, entities kept separate, fixed assets recorded, and journals kept complete and sequential so the FEC can be produced on request. |
| Payroll (DSN, URSSAF, PAS) | Every month the employer files the DSN (déclaration sociale nominative) through net-entreprises.fr, pays social contributions to URSSAF and withholds income tax at source (prélèvement à la source). Payroll runs on a French payroll engine such as Silae, PayFit, Sage Paie or Cegid; Zoho Payroll is not available in France. | Zoho People kept as the HR record and connected to your payroll provider, so hires, pay changes, absences and leavers flow across without rekeying, and payroll journals posting to the ledger. |
| Employment and data rules | The legal working week is 35 hours, with RTT days where working time is set above it, five weeks' paid leave (2.5 working days per month), sector collective agreements (conventions collectives) and mandatory company health cover (mutuelle). GDPR is enforced by the CNIL, including consent before non-essential cookies, and the Loi Toubon requires French in consumer documents, employment documents and contracts. | Leave, RTT and working-time rules set per collective agreement, accounts provisioned in Zoho's EU data centre (zoho.eu), consent captured for every contact, French templates for customers and staff, and access and deletion requests handled on record. |
The filing calendar
- Monthly, quarterly or annuallyTVA return: the CA3 monthly (or quarterly for small amounts) under the régime réel normal, or the annual CA12 with instalments under the régime réel simplifié
- MonthlyDSN through net-entreprises.fr, with social contributions to URSSAF and income tax withheld at source
- Once a yearLiasse fiscale and corporate tax (IS) return, built from the annual accounts
- 1 September 2026 and 1 September 2027E-invoicing: every business must receive from 2026, large and mid-sized companies issue from 2026, and SMEs and micro-businesses issue from 2027
Who you file with
- TVA, corporate tax and the FECDGFiP (impots.gouv.fr, espace professionnel)
- Social contributionsURSSAF
- Monthly DSNnet-entreprises.fr
- Data protection and cookiesCNIL
- Invoices to the public sectorChorus Pro
We configure the system to produce what these returns need, and we test it against your own transactions before go-live. We are not tax advisers: your expert-comptable signs the returns, and rates and thresholds change, so treat this as the shape of the work rather than advice. Last reviewed 24 October 2026.
Industries we serve in France
From technology and finance to manufacturing, healthcare, retail and professional services.
Backed by a certified Zoho team
Our consultants are certified across Zoho CRM, Books, One, Creator, Analytics and People, and we stay active in the Zoho community, including Zoholics. You work with senior people who know the platform inside out.
From discovery to go-live and ongoing support, the same team stays with you, available on Paris time (CET/CEST) by call, email and screen-share.
Whether you are moving off spreadsheets or scaling an existing Zoho setup, our certified team does the heavy lifting and trains yours to own it with confidence, so your investment keeps paying off long after go-live.
Trusted by teams worldwide
What French clients typically get
Typical outcomes on our French projects. Every engagement is scoped to the business.
TVA and e-invoicing handled
The right TVA rate on every invoice, Factur-X through an approved platform and CA3 figures that reconcile, so filing is a report rather than a reconstruction.
One system instead of five
Sales, finance, support and HR on one platform with one login, replacing tools that never agreed with each other.
Support on French hours
A named consultant on CET hours, a fixed quote in EUR, and documentation so you are never locked in.
Zoho partners across France
Local Zoho implementation and support in every region, from Paris and Lyon to Marseille, Toulouse and Lille.
Why French teams switch to Zoho
How Zoho, set up by a Zoho Premium Partner, compares with a typical Salesforce or HubSpot stack. Figures are approximate and vary by plan.
| Zoho with Shyphan | Typical Salesforce / HubSpot stack | |
|---|---|---|
| Apps included | 40+ apps in Zoho One under one login | CRM only; marketing, support and finance are separate paid products |
| Typical cost per user / month | From about $37 for the full suite | Often $150-300+ once add-ons are included |
| Accounting & French TVA | Built in with Zoho Books (TVA) | Needs QuickBooks, NetSuite or third-party add-ons |
| Custom apps & automation | Low-code Zoho Creator + Deluge included | Extra platform licensing and developer cost |
| Setup & migration | Fixed-quote; we migrate your data for you | DIY or costly per-hour partner work |
Your Zoho rollout in 5 clear steps
A proven, fixed-quote process from first call to go-live and beyond, with no surprises.
Discovery call
We map your workflow, current tools, team size and goals on a free 30-minute call.
Blueprint & fixed quote
You get a clear plan: Zoho apps, customizations, integrations, timeline and a fixed price in EUR.
Build & migrate
We configure Zoho and migrate your data from Salesforce, HubSpot, QuickBooks or spreadsheets, cleanly.
Train & go-live
Admin and end-user training, testing and a smooth launch with zero downtime.
Support & optimize
Ongoing support, new users, automations and enhancements under an optional care plan.
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