E-invoice rule XRechnung 3.x
BR-DE-17: XRechnung expects an invoice type code (BT-3)
XRechnung expects an invoice type code (BT-3) from a narrower list: 326, 380, 381, 384, 389, 875, 876, 877.
Original wording of the rule
[BR-DE-17] Mit dem Element "Invoice type code" (BT-3) sollen ausschließlich folgende Codes aus der Codeliste UNTDID 1001 übermittelt werden: 326 (Partial invoice), 380 (Commercial invoice), 384 (Corrected invoice), 389 (Self-billed invoice) und 381 (Credit note),875 (Partial construction invoice), 876 (Partial final construction invoice), 877 (Final construction invoice).
Source of the quotation: XRechnung 3.x (itplr-kosit/xrechnung-schematron, Apache 2.0 licence)
How to fix it
- Open the XML file and find the element
cbc:InvoiceTypeCode. - Add or correct the element the way the wording of the rule above asks for.
- Save the file and check it again with our checker. It runs in your browser, the file is never uploaded.
A correct UBL 2.1 snippet
<cbc:InvoiceTypeCode
xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">380</cbc:InvoiceTypeCode>The snippet is only the part of the document the rule is about. Put it in the right place inside your invoice; the namespaces are written here only so that the snippet reads on its own.
When it is reported
Profile: XRechnung 3.x
How we rate it: warning
Where we point in the file: /Invoice/cbc:InvoiceTypeCode
Related rules
- BR-DE-1 XRechnung requires payment instructions (BG-16)
- BR-DE-2 XRechnung requires seller contact details (BG-6)
- BR-DE-3 The seller address is missing the city (BT-37, cbc:CityName)
- BR-DE-4 The seller address is missing the post code (BT-38, cbc:PostalZone)
- BR-DE-5 The seller contact details are missing the contact point name
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