eInvoicing

XRechnung

XRechnung is an electronic invoice that handles commercial sales invoice, credit note, partial invoice,and corrected invoice. Partial and corrected invoice types are still invoices, but identified as partial or corrected if the original document ID is not null.

This covers invoice details such as invoice ID, document ID, invoice date, seller information, buyer information, tax representative info, VAT, allowances and charges both at the header and line level.

The output is in XML format and is built against its semantic data model. Currently it does not have any third party connectivity.

XRechnung not only meets the specific requirements of the public administration in Germany, as well as the specifications of the European standard EN16931.

ZUGFeRD

The Forum Electronic Invoice Germany (FeRD), the national e-invoicing platform in Germany, is now providing the ZUGFeRD specification. The goal is to promote electronic invoicing in Germany and to simplify the exchange including structured data in the public sector (B2G), private sector (B2B), and customer (B2C).

ZUGFeRD is a single hybrid format that consists of two components: a document complying with PDF/A-3 for the visual representation of the invoice data and an embedded XML file containing the invoice data. PDF/A-3 and XML files should match semantically with regards to the content of the invoice. Its data format is based on the Cross-Industry-Invoice (CII) of UN / CEFACT, the ISO standard 19005-3: 2012 (PDF / A-3), and the Message User Guidelines (MUG).

For supported versions, see Infor Localization Services Product Overview.

At this point, LSP makes the messages available and ready for submission, but it does not embed the XML output message into PDF/3A and does not transport the output message anywhere.

CII

You can use CII to create message syntax, which are exchanged globally between trading partners. It was developed in UN/CEFACT with input from many business organizations, such as GS1,EUROFER, CIDX, EDIFICE, AIAG/ODETTE/JAMA, GHX, UK e-Government, UK HM Customs & Excise, and EDS.

PEPPOL

All European public administrations must support accepting invoices in electronic format from their suppliers, in compliance with the European standards approved by CEN: UN/CEFACT XML and UBL.

The LSP Web Services Gateway provides connectivity to Access Point Providers (APP) through the PEPPOL Access Point invoice.