# UBL-SR-19

> Payee name shall occur maximum once, if the Payee is different from the Seller

Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

Canonical: https://einvoicecheck.eu/rules/ubl-sr-19

## Official rule text

Payee name shall occur maximum once, if the Payee is different from the Seller

## Why did my invoice fail UBL-SR-19?

The Payee name (BT-59), in cac:PayeeParty/cac:PartyName/cbc:Name, identifies a payee that differs from the seller and may be given at most once. EN 16931 supports a single payee, so only one payee name is allowed when the Payee group (BG-10) is present.

## Common causes

- More than one cac:PartyName is written under cac:PayeeParty.
- A factoring company name and a trading name are both emitted as payee names.
- The seller name is copied into PayeeParty in addition to the actual payee's name.

## How do I fix it?

```
Use a single payee name: <cac:PayeeParty><cac:PartyName><cbc:Name>Factoring Ltd</cbc:Name></cac:PartyName></cac:PayeeParty> and remove extra PartyName elements. Omit PayeeParty entirely if the payee equals the seller.
```