InvoiceGlass

The delivery or service date is missing · BR-DE-TMP-32

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

An invoice should show when the goods were delivered or the service performed: either through the actual delivery date (BT-72), an invoicing period for the whole invoice (BG-14) or a period in every single invoice line (BG-26). This invoice has none of these. It is still valid, but under German VAT law the date of supply is normally a required detail, so you should ask for it.

As of

Who can correct it?

The sender can correct the invoice.

How to fix it

  1. Check whether the date of supply appears only in free text; for processing it should be in the dedicated field.
  2. Ask the sender for a corrected invoice with the delivery date or service period.
  3. If you issued the invoice yourself: enter the delivery date or the service period (from – to) in the appropriate field.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · The delivery or service timing check accepts a delivery date (BT-72), a document billing period (BG-14), or a period on each line (BG-26).

Message to the sender

Subject: Invoice {invoiceNumber} – date of supply missing

Hello,

Thank you for your invoice {invoiceNumber} dated {issueDate}. Our check flagged that the invoice gives neither a delivery date nor a service period (rule BR-DE-TMP-32). As our bookkeeping needs the date of supply, could you please send the invoice again with this information?

Kind regards

Example

An invoice for services provided in October contains neither a delivery date nor a period. If October applies to the whole invoice, the sender adds it as the billing period in BG-14.

Related rules

Business terms

BG-14, BG-26

Rule versions

KoSIT · XRechnung Schematron 2.6.0

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