BR-07 Buyer name missing

The buyer's name is missing.

What the rule says

An Invoice shall contain the Buyer name (BT-44).

The rule's official wording (CEN / KoSIT). The German XRechnung rules are published in German.

Why it happens

The customer's name (BT-44) is empty.

How to fix it

Add the customer's full legal name to the customer record, then create the invoice again.

Applies to

Every EN 16931 e-invoice: XRechnung, ZUGFeRD / Factur-X, Peppol and others.

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More about BR-07

The buyer name is who the invoice is addressed to. It has to be on every invoice by law (§ 14 (4) No. 1 UStG), and for a business customer it should be the full registered name, because that's what their accounts department checks the invoice against.

For a private customer, use the person's full name. For a public body, use the name of the authority or office as it appears in the order; the routing itself is done with the buyer reference (BT-10), not the name.

The fields involved

BT-44 Buyer name: CII ram:BuyerTradeParty/ram:Name; UBL cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyLegalEntity/cbc:RegistrationName

Typical situations

The customer was saved with only a contact person and no company name.
A quick one-off invoice was made without creating a customer record.
The customer was imported from another program and the name column didn't come across.

Example

The buyer's name in CII:

<ram:BuyerTradeParty>
  <ram:Name>Beispiel Handel AG</ram:Name>
  ...
</ram:BuyerTradeParty>