Save time and money
eInvoicing reduces manual data entry and streamlines process automation. It can save you time and let you focus on running your business.
eInvoicing will also help reduce your administration costs. Paper and PDF invoices generally cost between $27 and $30 to process. eInvoicing can reduce this to less than $10 an invoice.
With eInvoicing, you:
- as a buyer, don't need to scan and manually enter invoices into your software
- as a supplier, don't need to create paper or PDF invoices and then print, post or email them
- can automate invoice processing more easily using eInvoicing's standardised, structured, better-quality data
- reduce delays caused by invoice errors and invoices being misplaced, incorrectly addressed or going missing
- reduce the time spent following up late invoices.
While you still need to apply your existing checks and assurance processes before paying eInvoices, you may see cost savings due to automation of manual administrative tasks and faster processing.
There are no- and low-cost implementation options for small businesses.
To help you work out how much eInvoicing may benefit your large or medium business see the Peppol eInvoicing value assessment tool.
Be more secure
According to the National Anti-Scam CentreExternal Link, payment redirection and false billing scams were some of the most common scams reported. More than $166 million was lost to these scams in 2025, up from $152 million in 2024.
eInvoicing can help make your business more secure:
- eInvoices are exchanged securely through the Peppol network by approved access points, using the buyer's and supplier's ABNs.
- The risks of intercepted, fake or compromised invoices, email scams and ransomware attacks are lower compared with posted or emailed invoices.
- eInvoices can only be viewed by the supplier, buyer and their digital service providers. eInvoices don't go through the ATO and we can't see them.
And, you can apply all of your existing invoice processing compliance, assurance and verification safeguards to eInvoices before making payments.
Reduce payment times
eInvoicing can improve your cashflow, with faster processing enabling faster payments.
The Australian Government is committed to paying eInvoices more quickly. For more information, see The Department of Finance's Guide to selling External Link– Getting paidExternal Link.
State governments and local councils are also encouraging their suppliers to send them eInvoices. And, large business in-scope for the Payment Times Reporting Scheme must now:
- note their eInvoicing policies and practices
- flag eInvoices in their payment times reportExternal Links.
Help the environment
eInvoicing can help your business reduce the use of paper and other resources when managing invoices. eInvoicing reduces energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, making it an environmentally friendly alternative to printing and posting paper invoices. Less computing power is needed to process the structured data used by eInvoicing, especially when volumes increase.
For companies who have environmental, social and governance targets, eInvoicing can help you achieve them.
Connect once, trade with many
Businesses only need to connect once to trade with anyone on the Peppol network.
- Businesses can use eInvoicing regardless of their size or the software they use.
- All that's needed is that both the supplier's and buyer's software are connected to the Peppol network.
- Large businesses can add Peppol to their trading networks to help their smaller trading partners to exchange invoice data directly from their software and help them reduce administrative costs.
Peppol is based on proven infrastructure and is growing globally – it is used in New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, and across Europe. The network can support a wide range of business documents, not just invoices, and by updating the standard we use in 2024–25 we've laid the foundation for international interoperability.