The service helps to ensure that invoices include the information required for various business requirements, including business-to-business (B2B) transactions and self-billed invoices.

Key capabilities include:

Seller and Marketplace details—Information about the seller or marketplace, such as the name and address
Buyer details—The buyer's name and address
Tax authority country or region—The country where the tax liability applies and where it's remitted
Tax identification numbers—Tax numbers, included where required
Custom logos and footers—Support for custom branding and invoice footers, as needed

Sample invoice

The following example shows an invoice for a transaction in which:

A buyer in Italy purchased physical goods from a seller in China.
A marketplace in France facilitated the transaction.
The seller shipped the physical goods from Poland to Italy.

In this scenario, the marketplace is responsible for remitting value added tax (VAT) to the Italian tax authorities because the physical goods are located within the European Union (EU) while the seller operates outside the region.

An example invoice for a cross-border transaction with physical goods.

This table lists some of the fields available on a typical invoice:

Field	Description
Ship From	The address that the goods were shipped from.
Description	A description of the goods.
Quantity	The number of goods.
Price	The price of the goods.
Tax	The tax due in total. The percentage tax rate is included within parentheses.
Total	The total amount due, including tax.
Provided To	The party to whom the invoice was sent.
Provided By	The party that sent the invoice. In this example, the marketplace itself.

Self-billed or back-to-back invoices

When the marketplace assumes tax liability for a transaction, it also becomes responsible for issuing the invoice to the buyer. In these scenarios, the service generates "back-to-back" invoices, including a self-billed invoice that documents the sale between the seller and the marketplace.

In the following example:

A Chinese seller uses the fulfillment center in Poland.
The physical goods are shipped from Poland to Italy.
The French marketplace assumes VAT liability.

The service generates a self-billed invoice that records the transaction between the Chinese seller (registered with a Polish VAT number) and the French marketplace. No VAT applies because the transfer of goods occurs between two EU member states.