BR-DE-TMP-32: Delivery or service date is missing

What does this mean?

An XRechnung invoice should state the date of delivery or service: either as actual delivery date (BT-72), as invoicing period (BG-14) or as invoice line period (BG-26) in every invoice line. None of these is present. The message is for information.

Typical causes

Neither a delivery date nor an invoicing period was provided.
Only some lines have a period, others do not.
The service date only appears in a note or in free text.

How to fix the error

Add one of the three: the actual delivery date (BT-72), an invoicing period with start and end (BT-73, BT-74), or a period in every line (BT-134, BT-135).
CII: ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeDelivery/ram:ActualDeliverySupplyChainEvent/ram:OccurrenceDateTime or ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:BillingSpecifiedPeriod; UBL: cac:Delivery/cbc:ActualDeliveryDate or cac:InvoicePeriod.
Generate and validate the invoice again.

In E-Rechnungsfreund

In the invoice form, section "Datum & Zeiträume" (dates and periods), fill in "Lieferdatum (BT-72)" or "Abrechnungszeitraum Start (BT-73)" and "Abrechnungszeitraum Ende (BT-74)".
Alternatively, in the "Experte" view, section "Rechnungspositionen (BG-25)" (invoice lines), enter "Zeitraum Start (BT-134)" and "Zeitraum Ende (BT-135)" for every line.

Example

Wrong

<ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeDelivery/>

Correct

<ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeDelivery>
  <ram:ActualDeliverySupplyChainEvent>
    <ram:OccurrenceDateTime>
      <udt:DateTimeString format="102">20260115</udt:DateTimeString>
    </ram:OccurrenceDateTime>
  </ram:ActualDeliverySupplyChainEvent>
</ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeDelivery>

Frequently asked questions

Why does the service date matter?

Under Section 14 (4) sentence 1 No. 6 of the German VAT Act (UStG), the time of the supply or service is a mandatory invoice detail. The rule checks whether it is stated in one of the elements intended for it.