BR-61 The payment means type code (BT-81) is "58", which means a credit transfer, so the payment account identifier (BT-84) must be present
The payment means type code (BT-81) is "58", which means a credit transfer, so the payment account identifier (BT-84) must be present. You have told the buyer to transfer money without saying where to.
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- Business term
BT-84- Severity
fatal
What the library returns
The exact object in result.errors when this rule fires.
Generated by running @attestwire/en16931, not transcribed:
{
"rule": "BR-61",
"field": "BT-84",
"severity": "fatal",
"message": "The payment means type code (BT-81) is \"58\", which means a credit transfer, so the payment account identifier (BT-84) must be present. You have told the buyer to transfer money without saying where to.",
"fix": "Set payment.iban to the receiving account (IBAN inside SEPA). Add payment.bic only if the account is outside SEPA or your bank requires it.",
"example": "\"payment\": { \"meansCode\": \"58\", \"iban\": \"DE02120300000000202051\" }",
"xpath": "/ubl:Invoice/cac:PaymentMeans/cac:PayeeFinancialAccount/cbc:ID",
"docsUrl": "https://attestwire.com/rules/BR-61"
}
xpath locates the element in the generated UBL document,
which is where a KoSIT or Peppol validator will report the same problem.
A passing value
"payment": { "meansCode": "58", "iban": "DE02120300000000202051" }The fix
Set payment.iban to the receiving account (IBAN inside SEPA). Add payment.bic only if the account is outside SEPA or your bank requires it.