What it means
The address (ram:PostalTradeAddress) of the legal organisation of the buyer's tax representative can have one name for the region, state or province (ram:CountrySubDivisionName). It is optional, but it may not appear more than once.
Why it matters
The address has room for one such name. A second name does not fit the structure of the Extended profile, so the recipient's system can reject the file.
How to fix it
Check the region, state or county field of the company's registered address in your invoicing software and make sure the name appears once. If you build the XML yourself, keep a single ram:CountrySubDivisionName in the address inside ram:SpecifiedLegalOrganization, 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-000687 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- FX-SCH-A-000688 Use an allowed country code for the legal organisation
- FX-SCH-A-000689 Each tax registration needs one identifier
- FX-SCH-A-000690 The tax representative's tax number needs a scheme attribute
- FX-SCH-A-000691 The tax representative's electronic address needs one identifier
- FX-SCH-A-000692 The tax representative's electronic address needs a scheme attribute
- FX-SCH-A-000693 Use an allowed electronic address scheme for the tax representative