InvoiceGlass

The seller's address has no city · BR-DE-3

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

In an XRechnung the seller's address must include the city (BT-37). The invoice names the seller, but no city is entered in the address, 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 with a complete address including the city.
  2. If you issued the invoice yourself: check in your software's master data that the city is in its own address field and not just in one line together with the postcode.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · When the seller address is present, its city field (BT-37) must contain a value.

Message to the sender

Subject: Invoice {invoiceNumber} – city missing from your address

Hello,

Thank you for your invoice {invoiceNumber} dated {issueDate}. When checking it we noticed that the city is missing from your address (rule BR-DE-3). An XRechnung is not valid without it. Could you please send the invoice again with your complete address?

Kind regards

Example

The seller address is present but its city field is blank. The sender fills BT-37 with the value from the actual address, in this example Leipzig.

Business terms

Rule versions

KoSIT · XRechnung Schematron 2.6.0

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