This topic describes how to configure B2G communications, that is Documents sent from your business to the German Government. The Germany B2B: Overview section describes the considerations for B2B communications.

XRechnung is a standard for converting invoice information into an XML data file. The XML data file constitutes an electronic invoice. The standard allows invoices to be received and processed by different software systems.

The XRechnung standard is maintained by the Coordination Office for IT Standards (KoSIT) on behalf of the IT Planning Council.

Mandate Information

The German government published the e-Bill law in April 2017 and the Ordinance on electronic invoicing in federal public procurement in September 2017, mandating the reception and processing of electronic invoices for all federal contracting authorities.

The B2G timeline was:

27 November 2018: Mandatory for top federal state authorities to receive and process electronic invoices.
27 November 2019: Mandatory for all subordinate institutions and sectorial contracting authorities on the federal level.
27 November 2020: Mandatory for the issuance of electronic invoices to all federal public contracting authorities.

Details

Detail	Value
Official Specifications	The following specification are available for Germany: - Country synopsis XRechnung - Specification XRechnung Version 3.0.2 - Syntax Binding XRechnung 3.0.2
Domain	B2G
Country-Specific Configuration	Germany: Configuration Topics
Country-Specific Extensions	Germany: Extensions

Restrictions

Self-billed invoices are not supported. See Germany: Invoice Types Codes.

In This Section

Topic	Description
Germany B2G: Receivers	View the Receivers used for B2G in Germany.
Germany B2G: Example Documents	View example Documents.
Germany B2G: Rules	View the Rules used for B2G in Germany.