XRechnung requires a seller contact

BR-DE-2 comes from the official e-invoicing rule sets. This page explains what the rule checks, why invoices trip over it and the concrete change that makes the document pass.

Applies to: XRechnung

Related fields: BG-6

Why this error appears

German public buyers must be able to reach a human when an invoice raises questions, so XRechnung makes the seller contact group (BG-6) mandatory. The three fields inside it have their own rules (BR-DE-5, BR-DE-6, BR-DE-7), which is why these four codes usually appear together.

How to fix it

Add the seller contact group (BG-6) with name, phone and email.

Example

Rejected

<cac:Party>
  <!-- no cac:Contact -->
</cac:Party>

Accepted

<cac:Party>
  <cac:Contact>
    <cbc:Name>Jan Jansen</cbc:Name>
    <cbc:Telephone>+31 30 1234567</cbc:Telephone>
    <cbc:ElectronicMail>[email protected]</cbc:ElectronicMail>
  </cac:Contact>
</cac:Party>

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