InvoiceGlass

Your billing address has no postcode · BR-DE-9

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

In an XRechnung the buyer's address must include a postcode (BT-53). In this invoice no postcode is entered in your 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 your complete address including the postcode.
  2. Give them your correct billing address so the correction is right first time.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · When the buyer address is present, its postcode field (BT-53) must contain a value.

Message to the sender

Subject: Invoice {invoiceNumber} – postcode missing from our address

Hello,

Thank you for your invoice {invoiceNumber} dated {issueDate}. When checking it we noticed that the postcode is missing from our billing address (rule BR-DE-9). An XRechnung is not valid without it. Could you please send the invoice again with our complete address?

Kind regards

Example

The buyer address is present but its postcode field is blank. The sender fills BT-53 with the value from the actual address, in this example 10115.

Business terms

Rule versions

KoSIT · XRechnung Schematron 2.6.0

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