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# Receive e-invoices

## Overview

After an entity completes [e-invoicing onboarding](./onboarding), it starts to automatically receive e-invoices and credit notes from vendors directly into Monite [accounts payable](../accounts-payable/index).

Incoming e-invoices are processed into [payables](../accounts-payable/payables/index) with the `payable_origin` field set to `"einvoicing"`, indicating they were received via an e-invoicing network. The original e-invoice file is stored and accessible through the `einvoice_file_url` field in the payable object.

For [credit notes](../accounts-payable/credit-notes/index), the document's origin is specified in the `origin` field.

## Receive payables e-invoices via email \[#receive-email]

In Germany, payables e-invoices can be sent via email in the [ZUGFeRD format](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZUGFeRD) as an alternative to the PEPPOL network. This allows entities to receive structured e-invoices without being registered on PEPPOL.

### How email receiving works

To receive payables e-invoices via email into Monite:

1. Create an e-invoicing connection via the [`POST /einvoicing_connections`](/api/einvoicing-connections/post-einvoicing-connections) endpoint. No need to set up credentials.
2. Receive the e-invoicing via email (XML or PDF) in the [ZUGFeRD format](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZUGFeRD) in the entity's dedicated [mailbox](../advanced/mailboxes).
3. Monite automatically detects if the email contains payables e-invoices by analyzing the attached files.
4. A payable object is created in Monite.

> **Note**
>
> This approach only works for [accounts payable](../accounts-payable/payables/collect) in Germany.

## See also

* [Send e-invoices](./receive)
* [Collect payables](../accounts-payable/payables/collect)