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BR-06 An invoice must contain the seller name

noun · EN 16931 · fatal · BT-27

For a sample invoice, the library reports: An invoice must contain the seller name (BT-27) — the name under which you are registered, not a brand or trading style, unless you also supply the registered name separately.

Business term

BT-27

Severity

fatal

The fix

Set seller.name. If you invoice under a trading name, put the registered name in seller.legalName so both appear in the document.

A passing value

"seller": { "name": "Acme GmbH" }

What the library returns

The full error returned by @attestwire/en16931. It includes the rule ID, affected field and suggested correction. Developers can use this object in their application:

{
  "rule": "BR-06",
  "field": "BT-27",
  "severity": "fatal",
  "message": "An invoice must contain the seller name (BT-27) — the name under which you are registered, not a brand or trading style, unless you also supply the registered name separately.",
  "fix": "Set seller.name. If you invoice under a trading name, put the registered name in seller.legalName so both appear in the document.",
  "example": "\"seller\": { \"name\": \"Acme GmbH\" }",
  "xpath": "/ubl:Invoice/cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyName/cbc:Name",
  "docsUrl": "https://attestwire.com/rules/BR-06"
}

xpath is always a UBL path. On a CII invoice, look for the matching CII field instead.