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BR-19

EN 16931-1 layer: en16931

Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does BR-19 mean? The Seller tax representative postal address (BG-12) shall be provided in the Invoice, if the Seller (BG-4) has a Seller tax representative party (BG-11).

Why did my invoice fail BR-19?

If the Seller (BG-4) has a Seller tax representative party (BG-11), the Seller tax representative postal address (BG-12) must be provided. The representative is a VAT-liable party, so its full postal address is required for tax and legal purposes. This rule ensures the representative's address group is present whenever the representative is declared.

Official rule text

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

Common causes

• A cac:TaxRepresentativeParty was included without a cac:PostalAddress child.
• The postal address was attached to the Seller party instead of the tax representative party.
• The address group was left empty because address data for the representative was not available in the source system.

How do I fix it?

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

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