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Error

FX-SCH-A-000797: Use at most one ship-from tax registration

In short

Error: fails the selected checks.

FX-SCH-A-000797 means your ship-from party contains more than one ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration element. Keep at most one tax registration for this party. This rule does not tell you to prefer a VAT number over a tax number.

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What it means

Each ram:ShipFromTradeParty under ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeDelivery may contain zero or one direct ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration child. This rule counts the registration elements; it does not choose the registration type.

Why it matters

The Extended profile provides one optional tax registration block for this party. Repeating it does not match the required XML structure.

How to fix it

Check which tax registration is appropriate for the ship-from party. In ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeDelivery/ram:ShipFromTradeParty, retain at most one ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration element. You can omit it if you do not need this information. Export your invoice again and recheck it.

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The rule as published

Element 'ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration' 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
Rule text from phive-rules 4.6.4.

Check your file

Drop your e-invoice to see whether FX-SCH-A-000797 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026