`BR-DE-1`

XRechnung (KoSIT) · validation rule

XRechnung (KoSIT)Error

XRechnung requires payment instructions (BG-16). The sender must add cac:PaymentMeans / ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementPaymentMeans with at least a payment means type code (BT-81), e.g. 58 plus the IBAN.

Field: payment (BG-16)
Rule set: XRechnung (KoSIT)
Rule-set version: XRechnung 3.0.2 Schematron 2.6.0 · in force since 2026-10-17 · Rule-set changelog
Who has to fix it: The sender

This is a property of the file you received, so it cannot be corrected on your side without changing the document — ask the supplier to reissue it.

Worked example · UBL

EN 16931 makes payment instructions optional; XRechnung does not. Add BG-16 with a means code (58 = SEPA transfer) and the IBAN.

Fails this rule

<!-- no cac:PaymentMeans anywhere in the invoice -->

Passes

<cac:PaymentMeans>
  <cbc:PaymentMeansCode>58</cbc:PaymentMeansCode>
  <cac:PayeeFinancialAccount>
    <cbc:ID>DE79000000001234567890</cbc:ID>
  </cac:PayeeFinancialAccount>
</cac:PaymentMeans>

Worked example · CII

Fails this rule

<!-- no ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementPaymentMeans in ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement -->

Passes

<ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementPaymentMeans>
  <ram:TypeCode>58</ram:TypeCode>
  <ram:PayeePartyCreditorFinancialAccount>
    <ram:IBANID>DE79000000001234567890</ram:IBANID>
  </ram:PayeePartyCreditorFinancialAccount>
</ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementPaymentMeans>

Check your own invoice

Drop the file that failed. We parse it, run the official rule sets against it and list every finding with a fix — 20 invoices per day, no key, nothing stored.

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