BR-DE-5: Your contact person is missing. How to fix it

What the rule checks

The rule checks that the field "Seller contact point" (BT-41) is present and not empty inside the block with your contact details (BG-6). A field holding only spaces counts as empty. It is checked only when the contact block itself exists; if the block is missing entirely, the report names BR-DE-2 instead.

Why files fail it

• Some programs take the contact person from the profile of the user creating the invoice, and no name is held there.
• You are a sole trader and left the field empty because your name is already in the business name. The contact person is still a mandatory field of its own.
• Only a telephone number and an email address were recorded, on the assumption that a name was not needed.

How to fix it

1. 1Enter a contact person. The field is "Seller contact point" (BT-41) in the standard.
2. 2It can be a person or a team, such as accounts. What matters is that your customer knows who to ask about this invoice.
3. 3Check where your software takes the name from, the company data or the user profile, and fill it in there.
4. 4In our form it is the "Contact person" field in the "Your details" section. The invoice cannot be generated without it.