BT-26

Preceding invoice issue date

Raw

Issue date of the referenced preceding invoice (BT-25). Useful when the invoice number alone is not unambiguous.

Where does it live in the XML?

UBL (XRechnung)
cac:BillingReference/cac:InvoiceDocumentReference/cbc:IssueDate
CII (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, Factur-X)
rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:InvoiceReferencedDocument/ram:FormattedIssueDateTime/qdt:DateTimeString

Part of BG-3 Preceding invoice reference

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Semantics: EN 16931-1. Simplified explanation in our own words — the norm is authoritative.