BR-DE-27
Error Guide
š©šŖ BR-DE-27: Seller Contact Telephone Must Contain At Least Three Digits in Germany
ErrorMandatoryAuto-fixable
Contact telephone numbers must follow proper format guidelines. German XRechnung requires telephone numbers to be properly formatted for machine processing, typically with country code and without invalid characters.
Quick Facts
Severity
Error (rejection)
Ruleset
XRechnung (Germany)
Fix Confidence
85%
Mandate
B2B Mandatory
Fix Type
Automatic
Why This Matters in Germany
Germany requires e-invoicing using XRechnung (UBL), XRechnung (CII), ZUGFeRD 2.x. Invoices with this error will be rejected. They cannot be processed for Germany compliance.
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How to Fix BR-DE-27
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Example: Before & After
Before (invalid)
<Invoice> <!-- Issue: XRechnung requires seller contact telephone to contain at le --> </Invoice>
After (fixed)
<Invoice> <!-- Issue resolved per XRechnung (Germany) --> </Invoice>
Germany E-Invoicing Requirements
Phase
Status
Scope
B2G
Live (Nov 2020)
All federal suppliers
B2B receiving
Live (Jan 2025)
All German businesses
B2B sending
Jan 2027
>ā¬800K annual revenue
B2B sending
Jan 2028
All businesses
Common Causes
- ā¢Phone number entered with spaces or dashes in wrong places
- ā¢Missing country code prefix
- ā¢Invalid characters like parentheses or letters
- ā¢Extension number formatted incorrectly
- ā¢Local format used instead of international format
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