UBL-CR-173: The seller's tax details should not include a registration address

What it means

UBL lets the tax details of a party carry a second address, the one it is registered at for tax. EN 16931 has only one address for the seller, the postal address (BG-5). This rule fails whenever cac:RegistrationAddress is present inside cac:PartyTaxScheme of the seller, even if it is empty.

Why it matters

This rule is a warning, so the invoice is still accepted. The recipient's software reads the postal address and ignores the registration address, so anything only given there is lost. It is worth fixing when the two addresses differ and you want the buyer to see a particular one.

How to fix it

In your invoicing software, check the address of your own company and decide which address should appear on your invoices. If you build the XML yourself, delete cac:RegistrationAddress from cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyTaxScheme. Then check that cac:PostalAddress has the street, city, post code and country code.

The rule as published

A UBL invoice should not include the AccountingSupplierParty Party PartyTaxScheme RegistrationAddress

Where this rule applies