What is the Chorus Pro platform used for?
The Chorus pro platform is a shared platform which specializes in the management of electronic invoicing for public customers. Developed by the AIFE (State Financial Information Agency), its use is mandatory for all companies whose clients are public sector administrations, such as the State, local and national public establishments as well as local authorities.
Chorus Pro was set up to meet the obligations set by the order of June 26, 2014 which provided for the progressive dematerialization of invoices from January 17, 2017. The Chorus Pro platform aims to simplify management invoices, reduce payment deadlines and guarantee security in public affairs.
How the Chorus Pro platform works
Use of the Chorus Pro platform is accessible to everyone. It offers various modalities that meet the needs of businesses and public organizations. Chorus Pro offers a permanent view of invoice processing and their status changes thanks to notifications sent directly to the email address connected to the Chorus Pro account. It also allows you to receive various invoices free of charge by creating an account on the platform.
The various features of Chorus Pro
Chorus Pro offers various important features for managing electronic invoices and contracts with public sector administrations. It can be implemented directly within certain accounting management software or specialized portals through an accountant or a specialized company. For example, Chorus Pro can be connected directly with the LM Business Commercial Management software.
In addition to options for entering invoices directly online and updating invoices in the current filing format. The Chorus Pro platform offers other features such as:
- Connection: This functionality allows you to connect to API and EDI services. The API services mode allows the integration of portal mode services to connect to the platform and automatically transmit invoices to public organizations. The EDI service mode configures the information system with a dematerialized operator and allows the invoice format provided by Chorus Pro to be respected automatically
- Flow monitoring gives structures issuing incoming flows the possibility of following their developments
- Market: It contains the single European market document. The document serves as preliminary proof for contracts aimed at the European corporate market
- Command: In this functionality, we find the commitment tab. This interface is used to submit commitments concerning suppliers. They can receive them and process the orders
- Invoicing: This area of Chorus Pro optimizes the management of different invoice statuses such as receipt, validation and reimbursement
- Organization: This service is designed to manage the structures and users of the Chorus Pro platform. It also brings together the directory of public structures and allows you to verify that the public structure receiving the invoice is active in Chorus Pro
- Tools: The tool functionality controls the electronic signatures of invoices for free