E-invoice rule XRechnung
BR-DE-16: The document uses VAT categories S, E, so it has to carry the seller VAT identifier…
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The document uses VAT categories S, E, so it has to carry the seller VAT identifier (BT-31), the seller tax registration identifier (BT-32) or the seller tax representative group (BG-11).
What the rule says
[BR-DE-16] Wenn in einer Rechnung die Steuercodes S, Z, E, AE, K, G, L oder M verwendet werden, muss mindestens eines der Elemente "Seller VAT identifier" (BT-31), "Seller tax registration identifier" (BT-32) oder "SELLER TAX REPRESENTATIVE PARTY" (BG-11) übermittelt werden.
Source of the quotation: XRechnung 3.x (itplr-kosit/xrechnung-schematron, Apache 2.0 licence)
Business terms in the wording: BT-31, BT-32, BG-11
Why the validator reports it
The rule belongs to the German XRechnung. Our checker runs it only when the value of cbc:CustomizationID (BT-24) starts with urn:cen.eu:en16931:2017#compliant#urn:xeinkauf.de:kosit:xrechnung_.
Profile: XRechnung 3.x
How we rate it: error
Where we point in the file: /Invoice/cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party
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Related rules
Same business term (BT-31, BT-32)
- BR-AE-02 With VAT category AE (VAT reverse charge) the invoice has to carry the…
- BR-AE-03 With VAT category AE (VAT reverse charge) the invoice has to carry the…
- BR-AE-04 With VAT category AE (VAT reverse charge) the invoice has to carry the…
- BR-AF-02 With VAT category L (IGIC, Canary Islands) the invoice has to carry the…
Same group (BR-DE, BR-TMP)
- BR-DE-14 XRechnung requires the VAT rate (BT-119) in every VAT breakdown…
- BR-DE-15 XRechnung requires a buyer reference (BT-10, cbc:BuyerReference)
- BR-DE-17 XRechnung expects an invoice type code (BT-3) from a narrower list…
- BR-DE-18 An early payment discount in the payment terms (BT-20) should be written as…
All rules in the group BR-DE, BR-TMP (34)
What our tool does about this error
The checker finds BR-DE-16 in your file and shows where it sits in the XML. If you build the invoice in our generator, the finished XML runs through the same checker before the download and will not download while an error remains.
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