{"id":9668,"date":"2021-04-26T16:22:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T15:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voxelgroup.net\/blog\/?p=9668"},"modified":"2021-04-26T16:22:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T15:22:35","slug":"b2g-e-invoicing-in-germany-update-and-specifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voxelgroup.net\/blog\/en\/b2g-e-invoicing-in-germany-update-and-specifications\/","title":{"rendered":"B2G e-invoicing in Germany: update and specifications"},"content":{"rendered":"Tiempo de lectura:<\/span> 2<\/span> minutos<\/span><\/span>

The L\u00e4nder are responsible for transposing the European e-invoicing directive.<\/h2>\n

B2G e-invoicing is making progress in Germany. Since 18 April 2020, German public administrations at the federal level have been prepared to receive and process e-invoices in accordance with the European Directive 2014\/55\/EU<\/a>. However, B2G e-invoicing was only consolidated in the country last November. Since 27 November 2020, all public administration suppliers have been obliged to issue electronic invoices to federal public bodies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The practice, in the hands of the L\u00e4nder<\/h4>\n

The e-invoicing German law, E-Rechnungs-Gesetz<\/em>, delegates the transposition of the European directive to the L\u00e4nder. In practice, this means that each Land can develop its own specifications for implementing the European directive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thus, Germany has a common e-invoicing framework, but the federal states can develop their own models. The L\u00e4nder can use the XRechnung<\/em> e-invoicing standard or create their own standard.<\/strong> They can also use the government’s e-invoicing platform, Zentrale Rechnungseingangsplattform OZG-RE<\/em>, develop their own platform or use other systems.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If they develop their own platform, it must offer the connection via PEPPOL.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Some of the federal states that have developed their own platform are:<\/p>\n