Which format does Germany use for e-invoicing?

XRechnung and ZUGFeRD, both EN 16931. Documents go to Peppol network and public-sector portals.

Does Oltrano control the invoice number in Germany?

Yes. Numbering is gap-free and sequential, resets on your schedule and never reuses a number.

Is Germany a clearance country?

No. Germany uses a post-audit regime: you issue the invoice, then report it.

What is the Peppol EAS code for Germany?

9930. It identifies the electronic address scheme used for parties in Germany.

E-invoicing in GermanyXRechnung and ZUGFeRD, both EN 16931

B2G invoicing is electronic, and B2B is moving the same way.

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The facts

What issuing in Germany actually involves

Format	XRechnung and ZUGFeRD, both EN 16931
Goes to	Peppol network and public-sector portals
Regime	Post-audit — you issue, then report
Invoice number	Stays ours: gap-free, sequential, yours to control
Seller tax ID	USt-IdNr.
Buyer tax ID	USt-IdNr.
Peppol EAS code	9930
Integration	Direct, no third-party provider needed

The part that costs a day

The catch nobody writes down

ZUGFeRD is a PDF with the XML embedded, XRechnung is the XML alone. Sending the wrong one to a buyer who expects the other gets it bounced by software, with no human to ask.

Your numbering stays yours

We issue gap-free, sequential numbers that reset on your schedule and are never reused — including for voided documents, which keep theirs. The authority takes the document as numbered.

Tax is computed from the base

Never extracted from the gross. The two formulas differ by a cent and the wrong one gets the file rejected. The leftover cent is declared as payment rounding (BT-114), where the standard puts it.

Straight talk

What we do not do in Germany.

We do not hold your signing certificate, we do not file your periodic returns, and we are not your accountant.

No third-party provider is required: we build and validate the document ourselves, and you can still connect one if your accountant prefers it.