Artwork sales invoice
Every closed sale generates the right document, with the key details already pulled from your profile and the artwork sheet.
The information you can't miss
Four groups of details make an artwork sales invoice complete.
Seller and buyer
Seller's name or company name, address and SIRET. Buyer's name and address, with their VAT number if they are a business.
Artwork description
Title, technique, dimensions and year of creation. The description must identify the artwork without ambiguity.
Number and date
A unique number assigned in continuous chronological order, without gaps, and the date of issue.
Amounts and VAT
Price excluding VAT, VAT rate and amount, total including VAT. If VAT-exempt, the notice 'VAT not applicable, art. 293 B of the CGI'.
These details remain to be confirmed with your accountant depending on your situation. MycreArt prepares them, you validate.
The document, ready from the sale
Once the sale is recorded, the invoice or receipt is prepared from what you've already entered.
Details pulled from your profile
SIRET, address and VAT notices are pulled from your profile and the artwork sheet. You just need to check before confirming.
Numbered when actually issued
MycreArt assigns the next sequential number when you issue the invoice. An unissued sale consumes no number.
Sent to the buyer
After payment, the invoice or receipt can be emailed to the buyer, with the certificate attached if you've created one. Automatic sending is switched on in your settings.
Factur-X format for accounting
For an eligible French sale, the PDF is in Factur-X format: a standard PDF containing structured accounting data. When transmission is mandatory, the artist uses their chosen approved platform.
Centralized archive
All your invoices stay in your artist space: as long as your Pro subscription is active, they're searchable and downloadable. Keep your own PDF copies too — the archiving obligation runs for ten years.
Invoice or receipt: the right document
The type of document depends on your situation and the buyer's.
You have a SIRET, the buyer is in France
If you chose MycreArt invoicing and completed the required details, you can issue a numbered Factur-X invoice.
Receipt or external handling
You can create a non-tax payment receipt. Unsupported international rules are handled with your usual tool without blocking payment.
Sale to a business in the EU
Under the VAT exemption, your MycreArt invoice works as is: no VAT, with the notice “TVA non applicable, art. 293 B du CGI”. If you charge VAT, this case falls under the reverse charge and is prepared with your accountant, outside MycreArt.
What artists ask
Seller and buyer identity and address, seller's SIRET, date, unique sequential number, artwork description, price excluding VAT, VAT rate and amount (or exemption notice), total including VAT and payment terms.
In continuous chronological order, without gaps. MycreArt manages the sequence automatically, using a format like FA-YYYY-NNNN (for example FA-2026-0001).
You choose whether to generate the invoice with MycreArt or your usual tool. A non-tax payment receipt remains available. The issued document can be attached to the email under your settings and remains downloadable from the sale page.
Under the VAT exemption, MycreArt issues the invoice for a foreign buyer just like for a French one, with the notice “TVA non applicable, art. 293 B du CGI”. One threshold to watch: beyond €10,000 per year of goods shipped to EU consumers (all channels combined), the buyer's country VAT applies through the OSS scheme — a case to prepare with your accountant. If you charge VAT, international regimes (reverse charge, export) are also prepared with them: the sale is marked for handling outside MycreArt and payment is never blocked — a receipt remains available for the buyer.
No. An issued invoice remains immutable. Correct identity details through “Cancel and replace”, which keeps the original and issues a new number. Correct amounts through a refund and credit note.
Related guides
What surrounds a sales invoice, explained one step at a time.
Electronic invoicing
What electronic invoicing changes and how MycreArt gets you ready for it.
Artist VAT
Base exemption, applicable rate and VAT notices on your sales.
Sell directly
Get paid without MycreArt commission, on your own account.
Manage your sales
Track each sale, its status and its documents in one place.
Connect Stripe
Link your Stripe account to get paid by card, directly on your account.
Certificate of authenticity
Attach a verifiable certificate to the sold artwork, alongside the invoice.
Prepare a complete invoice
Record the sale, check the details, send the document. MycreArt handles the layout and the numbering.