How do I fix BR-DE-1?

Give the payment means as a code (BT-81), for transfers usually 58 (SEPA credit transfer) or 30 (credit transfer). For a transfer add your IBAN (BT-84), ideally the BIC too (BT-86). If the invoice is already paid, still give the payment means and put the amount paid in BT-113.

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BR-DE-1 Payment instructions are missing

An XRechnung has to say how it is to be paid. Without the payment instructions (BG-16) the validator rejects it.

The rule's official text

Eine Rechnung (INVOICE) muss Angaben zu "PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS" (BG-16) enthalten.

The invoice must contain payment instructions (BG-16), i.e. how it is to be paid, for example a SEPA credit transfer with an IBAN.

An error: the validator rejects the invoice, and recipients may refuse it.

What usually causes it

The software prints the bank details only in the PDF's footer, not in the XML.
The invoice is already paid (by card, for example) and the software leaves the payment means out.

How to fix it

Give the payment means as a code (BT-81), for transfers usually 58 (SEPA credit transfer) or 30 (credit transfer).
For a transfer add your IBAN (BT-84), ideally the BIC too (BT-86).
If the invoice is already paid, still give the payment means and put the amount paid in BT-113.

Where it sits in the XML

UBL: cac:PaymentMeans/cbc:PaymentMeansCode, cac:PayeeFinancialAccount/cbc:ID
CII: ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementPaymentMeans

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docket writes every invoice as a ZUGFeRD PDF and an XRechnung at once, following exactly these rules. More on e-invoicing in docket.