BR-DE-3 XRechnung: seller city missing

XRechnung requires the seller's city.

What the rule says

Das Element "Seller city" (BT-37) muss übermittelt werden.

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

Why it happens

The seller's address has no city (BT-37).

How to fix it

Add your city to your company address.

Applies to

XRechnung only (German rules by KoSIT).

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More about BR-DE-3

The European standard only requires the country in the seller's address. XRechnung goes further and requires the city too, because public bodies check the seller's address against their supplier records and need it for the legally required invoice details.

Write the city name on its own, such as "Berlin". Don't put the post code in this field; it has its own field, which XRechnung also requires (BR-DE-4). A district or PO box goes in the extra address lines, not here.

The fields involved

BT-37 Seller city: CII ram:SellerTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress/ram:CityName; UBL cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress/cbc:CityName

Typical situations

Post code and city were typed together into the street line.
The address was imported in a single field and only the street came across.

Example

The seller's city in CII:

<ram:PostalTradeAddress>
  <ram:PostcodeCode>10115</ram:PostcodeCode>
  <ram:LineOne>Musterstraße 1</ram:LineOne>
  <ram:CityName>Berlin</ram:CityName>
  <ram:CountryID>DE</ram:CountryID>
</ram:PostalTradeAddress>