What it means
A postal address (ram:PostalTradeAddress) can have one name for the region, state or province. The profile calls it the country subdivision name (ram:CountrySubDivisionName). It is optional, so leaving it out is fine, but it may not appear more than once.
Why it matters
The address has room for one such name. Two names do not fit the structure of the Extended profile, so the recipient's system can reject the file as malformed.
How to fix it
Look at the region, state or county field of the tax representative's address and put the name in one place only. Do not repeat it in a second field that your software exports under the same heading. In the XML, keep a single ram:CountrySubDivisionName in the address, or leave it out.
Once the file is corrected, check it again for free: Validate a ZUGFeRD invoice
Or fix the invoice in a form and download the corrected file, for 1 credit: Fix a rejected e-invoice Beta
The rule as published
Element 'ram:CountrySubDivisionName' may occur at maximum 1 times. Where this rule applies
| Rule set | Version |
|---|---|
| Factur-X 1.09 EXTENDED | 1.0.9-2 |
| ZUGFeRD 2.5 EXTENDED | 2.5.2 |
Check your file
Drop your e-invoice to see whether FX-SCH-A-000683 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- FX-SCH-A-000684 Use an allowed country code for the tax representative
- FX-SCH-A-000685 Use an allowed registration scheme for the tax representative
- FX-SCH-A-000686 The legal organisation's address needs one country code
- FX-SCH-A-000687 The legal organisation's address may have only one region name
- FX-SCH-A-000688 Use an allowed country code for the legal organisation
- FX-SCH-A-000689 Each tax registration needs one identifier