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BR-DE-TMP-32

The invoice gives no actual delivery date (BT-72) and no invoicing period (BG-14 or BG-26 per line)

Validation rule of XRechnung 3.0.2 (KoSIT, Schematron 2.6.0) · Level: Notice

What the message means

The invoice gives no actual delivery date (BT-72) and no invoicing period (BG-14 or BG-26 per line).

What the issuer needs to change

Give the delivery date or the period of service. This is an XRechnung notice; German VAT law also requires the date of supply.

Fields concerned

BG-14 invoicing period
BG-26 invoice line period
BT-72 actual delivery date

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Origin

Rule set: XRechnung 3.0.2 (KoSIT, Schematron 2.6.0)
Syntax: CII, UBL
Level: Notice

Original rule text

Eine Rechnung sollte zur Angabe des Liefer-/Leistungsdatums entweder BT-72 "Actual delivery date", BG-14 "Invoicing period" oder in jeder Rechnungsposition BG-26 "Invoice line period" enthalten.

Source: KoSIT, XRechnung Schematron 2.6.0, Apache License 2.0

Technical details for IT

UBL

Context: /ubl:Invoice | /cn:CreditNote
Test: not(cac:Delivery/cbc:ActualDeliveryDate         or cac:InvoicePeriod         or (every $line in (cac:InvoiceLine | cac:CreditNoteLine) satisfies $line/cac:InvoicePeriod))

CII

Context: /rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction
Test: not(               ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeDelivery/ram:ActualDeliverySupplyChainEvent/ram:OccurrenceDateTime               or ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:BillingSpecifiedPeriod               or (every $line in ram:IncludedSupplyChainTradeLineItem               satisfies $line/ram:SpecifiedLineTradeSettlement/ram:BillingSpecifiedPeriod))

Related rules

BR-DE-28The contact email address (BT-43) is missing or looks invalid
BR-DE-30Missing for the direct debit: bank assigned creditor identifier (BT-90)
BR-DE-31Missing for the direct debit: debited account identifier (BT-91)
BR-DEX-02A line net amount (BT-131) does not equal the sum of its sub-lines
BR-DEX-03A sub-line (BG-DEX-01) does not have exactly one VAT entry (BG-DEX-06)
BR-DEX-04The scheme of an identifier is not on the permitted list (ISO 6523)

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Technical explanation by robin.vision, not tax or legal advice. Rules as of 31 August 2026 (KoSIT validator configuration).