Invoice format and locale facts for Netherlands

Why these defaults?

The country code comes from ISO 3166. Unicode CLDR supplies presentation-oriented locale, currency, paper, date, language, calendar, numbering, and direction metadata. Defaults reduce setup time; they do not decide what a valid document must contain.

Recorded official or regional-official language tags: nl, fy.

Selected national claims reviewed

Document vocabulary and checks

Dutch VAT invoice particulars, seven-year ordinary and named ten-year retention periods, and the original-form boundary for digital invoices and scans are reviewed from the Dutch Tax Administration. This generator does not submit a structured government-network invoice. Low-value, cross-border, reverse-charge and other adjusted rules remain transaction-specific checks.

Evidence snapshot: 2 official sources · last reviewed 2026-07-20. This is scoped guidance, not a jurisdiction-wide compliance certification.

Tax labels: btw (VAT). Business identifier labels: btw-identificatienummer / KVK-nummer.

• Required when applicable: A Dutch VAT invoice needs the full legal names and addresses, supplier VAT ID, KVK number if registered, issue date, unique sequential invoice number, supply or advance-payment date, goods or service details, net amounts, VAT rate, and VAT amount.Evidence NL_BELASTINGDIENST_INVOICE_REQUIREMENTS · reviewed 2026-07-18 · review by 2027-01-18 · automation advisory only
• Required when applicable: Sent and received invoices are generally kept for seven years; invoices concerning immovable property and invoices for supplies under named one-stop-shop schemes are kept for ten years.Evidence NL_BELASTINGDIENST_INVOICE_RETENTION · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only
• Guidance: The Dutch Tax Administration requires invoices to be retained in the form sent or received: digital invoices stay digital. Scanned copies are accepted only when they completely and accurately reproduce the original and preserve authenticity features. This generator does not submit structured invoices to a government network.Evidence NL_BELASTINGDIENST_INVOICE_RETENTION · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only

Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.