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FX-SCH-A-000691: The tax representative's electronic address needs one identifier

In short

Error: fails the selected checks.

FX-SCH-A-000691 means an electronic address entry for your buyer's tax representative contains no ram:URIID element or more than one. Correct that entry so that it contains one identifier element.

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What it means

Each ram:URIUniversalCommunication inside ram:BuyerTaxRepresentativeTradeParty must contain one ram:URIID child element. This rule checks the number of elements, not whether the address value is filled in or usable.

Why it matters

The Extended profile gives each electronic address entry one place for its identifier. Duplicate elements break that structure even if they contain the same address.

How to fix it

Check ram:BuyerTaxRepresentativeTradeParty/ram:URIUniversalCommunication in the header trade agreement. Add a missing ram:URIID with the intended electronic address, or keep the correct identifier element and remove duplicates. Recheck your corrected file.

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:URIID' must occur exactly 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
Rule text from phive-rules 4.6.4.

Check your file

Drop your e-invoice to see whether FX-SCH-A-000691 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026