Make a quote in France
Set out what the work costs before you start it, in EUR and in the form a client in France expects to receive it.
- Euro (EUR)
- VAT 20%
- 5 document languages
Preview
Your company
DEVIS
- Number
- DV-2026-0001
- Issue date
- —
From
Your company
Bill to
Client name
| Description | Qty | Tax % | Unit price | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item description 1 | 1 | 20% | 0,00 € | 0,00 € |
- Subtotal
- 0,00 €
- Tax
- 0,00 €
- Total
- 0,00 €
Provisional figures — the saved PDF is the authority.
Fill in a few fields, then open the real PDF.
What you get
- Line-by-line pricing with optional units — hours, days, square metres — so the client sees how the figure was reached.
- A validity date, so a price quoted in January is not held against you in June.
- The same numbering and layout as your invoices, so the two obviously belong together.
- Becomes an invoice later without retyping it: duplicate the document and change its type.
What a quote should set out
- 01
How long the price holds. A quote with no validity date can be held against you months later.
- 02
Enough line detail that the client can see how the figure was reached, not just the total.
- 03
Whether the prices shown include tax or not — say it explicitly rather than leaving it inferred.
- 04
What is deliberately excluded, which is where most disputes actually start.
- 05
How to accept it, and what happens next once they do.
VAT in France
France charges TVA at a standard 20%, with an intermediate rate and two reduced ones that depend on what is being sold. Each line carries its own rate and the totals show the breakdown. A business under the franchise en base threshold invoices without VAT, and has to print the article of the tax code that exempts it.
- 20%
Standard
- 10%
Reduced
- 5.5%
Reduced
- 2.1%
Reduced
Rates last reviewed August 2026. They move with each finance act — check the current schedule with the tax authority before you rely on one.
The mentions obligatoires on a French invoice
- 01
Your SIREN or SIRET, and your intra-community VAT number if you are registered for it.
- 02
A sequential number, unbroken and chronological. The numbering is the first thing an inspection looks at.
- 03
The issue date, the date the goods were delivered or the work completed, and the date payment falls due.
- 04
Late-payment penalties and the fixed €40 recovery indemnity. Both are required wording, not a threat you choose whether to make.
- 05
For a business in franchise en base: « TVA non applicable, article 293 B du CGI », printed on the invoice.
Figures and dates in France
- Amounts
- 1 234,56 €
- Dates
- 31/01/2026
- Numbering
- DV-2026-0001
- Tax ID
- SIREN
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Questions about quotes
Does this produce Factur-X or a PEPPOL file?
No. It produces a PDF. France's electronic-invoicing reform phases in structured formats and a platform to route them through, on a calendar that has already moved more than once — check the deadline that applies to a business your size before you rely on a PDF for B2B.
What if I am not registered for VAT?
Invoice without it and print the exemption wording. Leave each line's tax rate empty and put « TVA non applicable, article 293 B du CGI » in the notes, which print under the totals.
Do I have to keep a copy?
Yes, for several years — how many depends on the document. Nothing here is an archive: documents are deleted after the retention period, so download the PDF and file it somewhere of your own.
Is a quote binding?
Generally it binds you to the price for as long as it says it is valid, and binds the client to nothing until they accept it. That is exactly why the validity date matters.
Can I turn a quote into an invoice?
Yes — the two use the same layout and the same numbering style, so a client recognises them as belonging together. Change the document type and the numbering follows your invoice sequence.
Should a quote show tax?
If your client can reclaim it, show it separately so they can see the real cost. If they cannot — a private individual, usually — a single tax-inclusive figure is kinder and less confusing.