InvoiceGlass

The seller's telephone number is missing · BR-DE-6

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

In an XRechnung the seller must give a contact telephone number (BT-42). This field is empty or missing, 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 the contact's telephone number.
  2. If you issued the invoice yourself: enter your telephone number in the seller contact field, not only in the letterhead or a free-text note.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · The telephone number BT-42 in the seller contact group must have a value.

Message to the sender

Subject: Invoice {invoiceNumber} – telephone number missing

Hello,

Thank you for your invoice {invoiceNumber} dated {issueDate}. When checking it we noticed that your contact's telephone number is missing (rule BR-DE-6). An XRechnung is not valid without it. Could you please send the invoice again with this information added?

Kind regards

Example

An empty telephone field in the seller contact group triggers BR-DE-6. A separate rule checks the form of the telephone number.

UBL

cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:Contact/cbc:Telephone

Fails the rule
<cbc:Telephone/>

Corrected
<cbc:Telephone>+49 1234-5678</cbc:Telephone>

CII

ram:SellerTradeParty/ram:DefinedTradeContact/ram:TelephoneUniversalCommunication/ram:CompleteNumber

Fails the rule
<ram:CompleteNumber/>

Corrected
<ram:CompleteNumber>+49 1234-5678</ram:CompleteNumber>

Related rules

Business terms

Rule versions

KoSIT · XRechnung Schematron 2.6.0

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