InvoiceGlass

The seller's contact details are missing · BR-DE-2

  • Severity · Error
  • Applies to · UBL / CII
  • Editorial review pending

An XRechnung must name a seller contact (BG-6): a person or department with a telephone number and email address that the recipient can turn to with questions. This block is missing entirely from the invoice, so the invoice is not valid.

As of

Who can correct it?

The sender can correct the invoice.

How to fix it

  1. Ask the sender for a corrected invoice that includes a contact name, telephone number and email address.
  2. If you issued the invoice yourself: fill in the seller contact fields in your software. For a sole trader your own name with phone and email is enough.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · The seller details must include the contact group (BG-6).

Message to the sender

Subject: Invoice {invoiceNumber} – seller contact missing

Hello,

Thank you for your invoice {invoiceNumber} dated {issueDate}. When checking it we noticed that the seller's contact details, i.e. a contact name, telephone number and email address, are missing (rule BR-DE-2). An XRechnung requires these details. Could you please send the invoice again with this information added?

Kind regards

Example

If the seller contact group cac:Contact (UBL) or ram:DefinedTradeContact (CII) is absent, BR-DE-2 is reported. Separate rules check the contact name, telephone and email.

Business terms

BG-6

Rule versions

KoSIT · XRechnung Schematron 2.6.0

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