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When a customer pays several invoices with one transfer, ZEIT.IO now breaks the invoice numbers in the reference field apart automatically and links every document — across customers too. Only if every number resolves and the total matches to the cent.

The credit note overview now shows the Skonto amount and strikes through the gross figure when a discount was taken. The CSV export gains "With Skonto" and "Sum paid" columns, and the audit log names the UUID of the bank transaction behind the change.

Credit notes use the bank details of the contract, not those of your account. Add a new account or mark it as default and ZEIT.IO now shows every active contract with its assigned account, asking whether the new one should be adopted.

At larger customers, offers, invoices and dunning notices rarely go to the same person. Configure these recipients once on the project. New in the invoice module: pick the invoice and dunning contact per invoice – groundwork for automated dunning.

The new last_day_of_month trigger creates the invoice on the last day of the month and bills that same month, running at 8 p.m. German time. Only records approved by then are included – later ones stay unbilled, so drafts are the safer target state.

Billing from Denmark? ZEIT.IO now asks for one detail only: your eight-digit CVR number. The German tax fields and the small business checkbox disappear, the DK prefix for your VAT ID is added automatically, and a VIES miss no longer blocks the save.

Language and date format can now be set per customer, department and contact person. Auto-invoicing and manual invoices apply them automatically, and the introduction and payment terms switch along. Also maintainable via CSV import and REST API.

E-invoices that aren't digitally signed can be easily manipulated without the recipient being able to verify this. Such e-invoices are easy prey for fraudsters who like to swap the bank details on the invoice.

ZUGFeRD 2.3.3 is available and legally effective as of May 15. Update of the code lists used in EN16931 and update of the CEN validation rules. Rounding inaccuracies in the EXTENDED profile are now permitted.

Partial payments can now also be recorded for outgoing and incoming invoices. The invoice then has the status "partially paid," and ZEIT.IO displays the shortfall. This also works with credit notes.