3532707 - Support for German XML Invoice Formats in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

According to the law (Growth Opportunities Act, Directive 2014/55/EU), all domestic companies must be able to receive and archive electronic invoices from 01.01.2025. 

Inquiry is about the support to upload following German XML invoice formats in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition:

• ZUGFeRD 2.1.1 (PDF/A-3 file with embedded XML) and 
• XRechnung (pure XML)

SAP S/4Hana Cloud Public Edition

By licensing SAP Central Invoice Management and SAP Document and Reporting Compliance, the following solutions are available:

• ZUGFeRD 2.1.1 (PDF/A-3 file with embedded XML): SAP Ariba Central Invoice Management is already supporting the processing of these electronic invoices for Germany, by manual upload or through using the optional email attachment processing bot. Please see Upload Supplier Invoices Centrally | SAP Help Portal and Supplier Invoice File Extraction from Email and Upload to SAP Ariba Central Invoice Management (6JX) | SAP Help Portal. 

• The support for XRechnung (pure XML) in CII or UBL format electronic invoices is published on the road map of SAP Ariba Central Invoice Management to be released in Q4 2024. Please See  SAP Ariba Central Invoice Managment Roadmap Q4 2024- Processing XRechnung electronic invoices for Germany
  
  
• SAP Ariba Central Invoice Management can also receive electronic invoices for Germany through Peppol network with the addition of optional integration with SAP Document and Reporting Compliance cloud edition.

Except these solutions, S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition doesn't offer a native way to process such electronic invoices automatically.
Please verify with your tax auditor if receiving invoices via other available services is acceptable.

Upload Supplier Invoices Centrally | SAP Help Portal
Supplier Invoice File Extraction from Email and Upload to SAP Ariba Central Invoice Management (6JX) | SAP Help Portal
SAP Ariba Central Invoice Managment Roadmap Q4 2024- Processing XRechnung electronic invoices for Germany

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