BG-3 — Preceding invoice reference

group of fields3 rules

Every EN 16931, Peppol and XRechnung rule that constrains BG-3. If one of them fails, the others are usually worth a look — a wrong value in one field tends to break several checks at once.

BR-55	fatal	Each Preceding Invoice reference (BG-3) shall contain a Preceding Invoice reference (BT-25).
BR-DE-26	warning	Wenn im Element "Invoice type code" (BT-3) der Code 384 (Corrected invoice) übergeben wird, soll PRECEDING INVOICE REFERENCE BG-3 mind. einmal vorhanden sein.
DE-R-026	warning	If "Invoice type code" (BT-3) contains the code 384 (Corrected invoice), "PRECEDING INVOICE REFERENCE" (BG-3) should be provided at least once.

All rules

Check an invoice against every BG-3 rule

…or paste the XML instead

Nothing is stored, and the whole invoice is checked, not just this rule. A PDF only works if it is Factur-X / ZUGFeRD — a PDF with the invoice XML inside it.