E-invoice / Rules / BR-DE-TMP-32

E-invoice rule XRechnung 3.x

BR-DE-TMP-32: The document should state when the supply took

The document should state when the supply took place: either BT-72 (cac:Delivery/cbc:ActualDeliveryDate), BG-14 (cac:InvoicePeriod), or a period on every line.

Original wording of the rule

[BR-DE-TMP-32] Eine Rechnung sollte zur Angabe des Liefer-/Leistungsdatums entweder BT-72 "Actual delivery date", BG-14 "Invoicing period" oder in jeder Rechnungsposition BG-26 "Invoice line period" enthalten.

Source of the quotation: XRechnung 3.x (itplr-kosit/xrechnung-schematron, Apache 2.0 licence)

How to fix it

1. Open the XML file and find the element cac:Delivery/cbc:ActualDeliveryDate.
2. Add or correct the element the way the wording of the rule above asks for.
3. 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

<cac:Delivery
    xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2"
    xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">
  <cbc:ActualDeliveryDate>2026-09-10</cbc:ActualDeliveryDate>
</cac:Delivery>

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: error

UBL elements: cac:Delivery/cbc:ActualDeliveryDate, cac:InvoicePeriod

Related rules

• BR-DE-30 With a direct debit (BG-19) the bank assigned creditor identifier
• BR-DE-31 With a direct debit (BG-19) the debited account identifier (BT-91)
• BR-DEC-01 The amount for the document level allowance amount (BT-92, cbc:Amount)
• BR-DEC-02 The amount for the document level allowance base amount
• BR-DEC-05 The amount for the document level charge amount (BT-99, cbc:Amount) has more

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