QR Code Invoice Switzerland: Odoo ERP is ready

Replacing ISR pay-in slips with QR codes

Based on Open Source, Odoo continuously evolves to follow the legislation and to take into account essential new features as soon as they appear.

This is the case for the QR-Invoice, which will be available to start being issued from June 30th 2020, instead of the current orange and red pay-in slips (IS and ISR). PostFinance and Swiss Post will be able to process QR bills from this date.

Even if the old pay-in slips are still valid, it makes sense for companies to introduce the QR bill as early as this summer. This will enable you to benefit from the many advantages of automation, universality and speed of processing on both the customer and supplier sides.

In addition, once the official end date for the use of IS and ISR is known, ERP integrators will be very busy due to the need to quickly upgrade many of their customers so they remain compliant.

There are two aspects to this transition: issuing QR-invoices to your customers and processing QR-invoices received from your suppliers.

Reading QR-invoices with Odoo

On the other hand, you will gradually receive more and more QR invoices to process. Camptocamp, the first Odoo Gold partner since 2006, has taken the lead.

Currently, we are finalizing the development of a community module to easily capture QR invoice information. This module will be donated to the OCA - https://odoo-community.org/ - and will be available free of charge.

Once the data from this two-dimensional "barcode" is read, it is automatically integrated into the Odoo Accounting and Odoo Documents modules, thus saving time and reducing the risk of error.

Even if a QR code can be read by a smartphone, we recommend that you use a QR code reader (e.g. PayEye), which reads and checks Swiss QR Codes very quickly. PayEye works via Bluetooth, WiFi or USB-C and its use will be 100% integrated with Odoo via the community module that we will make available soon.