Reference

BR-19 Seller tax representative postal address is required when the party is present

The Seller tax representative postal address (BG-12) shall be provided when the Seller (BG-4) has a Seller tax representative party (BG-11).

This is a conditional EN 16931 core rule. The postal address is part of the identification of the tax representative and must be present as soon as a representative is declared. The error appears when an export fills the representative’s name and VAT identifier but not cac:PostalAddress. In CII, BG-12 is ram:SellerTaxRepresentativeTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress.

Solution

When a cac:TaxRepresentativeParty group is present, add its cac:PostalAddress with at least the country code.

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Valid Examples

cac:TaxRepresentativeParty present with a cac:PostalAddress containing a country

Invalid Examples

cac:TaxRepresentativeParty is present but has no cac:PostalAddress

Code Examples

Valid XML

<cac:TaxRepresentativeParty>
  <cac:PartyName>
    <cbc:Name>VAT Rep Services Ltd</cbc:Name>
  </cac:PartyName>
  <cac:PostalAddress>
    <cac:Country>
      <cbc:IdentificationCode>DE</cbc:IdentificationCode>
    </cac:Country>
  </cac:PostalAddress>
</cac:TaxRepresentativeParty>

Invalid XML

<cac:TaxRepresentativeParty>
  <cac:PartyName>
    <cbc:Name>VAT Rep Services Ltd</cbc:Name>
  </cac:PartyName>
</cac:TaxRepresentativeParty>

Affected Fields

BG-12 Seller tax representative postal address

BG-11 Seller tax representative party

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