BR-DE-5 XRechnung: seller contact name missing

XRechnung requires a contact name for the seller.

What the rule says

Das Element "Seller contact point" (BT-41) muss übermittelt werden.

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

Why it happens

The seller contact has no name (BT-41).

How to fix it

Add a contact person or department name, such as "Accounts" or "Buchhaltung".

Applies to

XRechnung only (German rules by KoSIT).

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More about BR-DE-5

The seller contact exists, but it has no name. XRechnung requires a contact point: the person or department the buyer can ask about the invoice. In CII it's written as PersonName or DepartmentName; in UBL as the contact's Name.

A department works just as well as a person: "Accounts", "Buchhaltung" or "Rechnungswesen". If you're self-employed, simply use your own name.

The fields involved

BT-41 Seller contact point: CII ram:DefinedTradeContact/ram:PersonName (or ram:DepartmentName); UBL cac:Contact/cbc:Name

Typical situations

Phone and email were entered, but the contact name was left empty.
The software writes the company name somewhere else and leaves the contact name blank.

Example

A contact with a department name (CII):

<ram:DefinedTradeContact>
  <ram:DepartmentName>Buchhaltung</ram:DepartmentName>
  ...
</ram:DefinedTradeContact>