If your company performs public contracts for authorities of the state or other participating public contracting authorities, you can submit electronic invoices to the Central Invoice Receiving Office Baden-Württemberg (ZRE).
You can use the following transmission channels for submitting the electronic invoice:
- Upload/upload
- E-mail
- PEPPOL (since 14 March 2022)
Your electronic invoices are automatically checked for formal correctness and completeness. They are then made available to the invoice recipient using the routing ID.
You receive the routing ID from your client, it must be indicated in the electronic invoice.
In order for you to be able to submit your electronic invoices, they must meet certain requirements.
They must
- be machine-readable and
- be in a structured electronic format (as an XML document, image file is not sufficient, PDF document only if it meets the ZUGFeRD specification).
Since 1 January 2022, you are obliged to issue electronic invoices if you provide services for the public administration at state level. Exempt from this are invoices that
- do not exceed EUR 1,000 net (and were issued by 31.12.2025) or
- contain invoice data requiring secrecy.
This obligation does not apply to invoices to the public administration at municipal level.
Note: Please note that as an invoicing party, you must store electronic invoices electronically in their original format.