BR-05 Currency missing

The invoice needs a currency, such as EUR.

What the rule says

An Invoice shall have an Invoice currency code (BT-5).

The rule's official wording (CEN / KoSIT). The German XRechnung rules are published in German.

Why it happens

The invoice doesn't say which currency it's in (BT-5).

How to fix it

Set the invoice currency, as a three-letter code such as EUR, USD or CHF.

Applies to

Every EN 16931 e-invoice: XRechnung, ZUGFeRD / Factur-X, Peppol and others.

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More about BR-05

Every amount in an e-invoice is in the invoice currency, so the receiver can't interpret a single number without it. The currency is given once as a three-letter ISO 4217 code: EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, PLN and so on. Symbols such as € or $ and names such as "Euro" aren't accepted.

In UBL, every amount also carries the currency as an attribute (currencyID="EUR"), and the total VAT amount needs it in CII too. Those attributes must match the invoice currency. If the VAT has to be stated in a second currency, that goes in a separate field (BT-6), not instead of this one.

The fields involved

BT-5 Invoice currency code: CII ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:InvoiceCurrencyCode; UBL cbc:DocumentCurrencyCode

Typical situations

The currency is only shown as a symbol on the printed invoice.
A template sets the currency for each amount but not for the invoice as a whole.
The software writes "€" or "Euro" instead of EUR.

Example

Where the currency goes in CII:

<ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement>
  <ram:InvoiceCurrencyCode>EUR</ram:InvoiceCurrencyCode>
  ...
</ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement>