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E-Invoicing Germany

ESR.DDto Fields​

NameDescriptionFormatExample for DDto
Email
(B2B)		Email address of the receiverRegex"j.doe@efsta.eu"
Leitweg ID (B2G)The Leitweg ID is an identifier of an electronic invoice for the unique addressing of public contracting authorities in GermanyRegex"0204:991-33333TEST-33"

Business-to-Business E-Invoicing (B2B)​

B2B E-Invoices must be created in the XRechnung format, just like B2G E-Invoices in Germany.

After receiving the valid B2B Invoice data via the EFR API, the EFR will forward it to our E-Invoicing service which creates the XRechnung and sends it to the buyer’s email address. The XRechnung can also be downloaded by the taxpayer directly from the efsta E-Invoicing view in the efsta Portal.

Example Request
{
  "Tra": {
    "ESR": 
        {"D": "2024-06-01T08:30:15", "TL": "001", "TT": "1", "TN": "1", "T": "8.38", "Opr": "101", "OprN": "Mario Rossi", "OprTIN": "xxx", "TP": "Table 1",
        "DD": "DE", "DDto": "john.doe@example.com",
        "Ctm": { "TaxId": "DE123456789", "Nam": "Buyer Company", "Adr": "Teststreet 3", "Zip": "60306", "City": "Frankfurt", "Ctry": "DE" },
        "PosA": [
            { "_": "Pos", "PN": "1", "IN": "1001", "Dsc": "Example Item", "TaxG": "A", "Amt": "3.98", "Qty": "2", "QtyU": "Pc.", "Pri": "1.99", "Cat": "10", "CatN": "Example Category 10"},
            { "_": "Pos", "PN": "2", "IN": "1020", "Dsc": "Example Item", "TaxG": "B", "Amt": "1.50", "Cat": "11", "CatN": "Example Category 11" },
            { "_": "Lin", "Dsc": "Subtotal", "LAmt": "5.48" },
            { "_": "Pos", "PN": "3", "IN": "1030", "Dsc": "Example Item", "TaxG": "A", "Amt": "2.90", "Cat": "12", "CatN": "Example Category 12" }
        ],
        "PayA": [
            { "_": "Pay", "Dsc": "Example Payment", "PayG": "cash", "Amt": "10.00" },
            { "_": "Pay", "Dsc": "Example Change", "PayG": "change", "Amt": "-1.62" }
        ]
        }
    }
}

Business-to-Government E-Invoicing (B2G)​

B2G E-Invoices are transmitted through the Peppol-Network using our own efsta Peppol Access Point.

Example Request
{
  "Tra": {
    "ESR": 
        {"D": "2024-06-01T08:30:15", "TL": "001", "TT": "1", "TN": "1", "T": "8.38", "Opr": "101", "OprN": "Mario Rossi", "OprTIN": "xxx", "TP": "Table 1",
        "DD": "DE", "DDto": "0204:991-33333TEST-33",
        "Ctm": { "TaxId": "DE123456789", "Nam": "Buyer Company", "Adr": "Teststreet 3", "Zip": "60306", "City": "Frankfurt", "Ctry": "DE" },
        "PosA": [
            { "_": "Pos", "PN": "1", "IN": "1001", "Dsc": "Example Item", "TaxG": "A", "Amt": "3.98", "Qty": "2", "QtyU": "Pc.", "Pri": "1.99", "Cat": "10", "CatN": "Example Category 10"},
            { "_": "Pos", "PN": "2", "IN": "1020", "Dsc": "Example Item", "TaxG": "B", "Amt": "1.50", "Cat": "11", "CatN": "Example Category 11" },
            { "_": "Lin", "Dsc": "Subtotal", "LAmt": "5.48" },
            { "_": "Pos", "PN": "3", "IN": "1030", "Dsc": "Example Item", "TaxG": "A", "Amt": "2.90", "Cat": "12", "CatN": "Example Category 12" }
        ],
        "PayA": [
            { "_": "Pay", "Dsc": "Example Payment", "PayG": "cash", "Amt": "10.00" },
            { "_": "Pay", "Dsc": "Example Change", "PayG": "change", "Amt": "-1.62" }
        ]
        }
    }
}

Enduser Instructions​

Here you can find a guide specifically for endusers to properly set up their E-Invoicing system, available in english and german.