BR-17

Where the payee (BG-10) differs from the seller, the payee name (BT-59) must be provided. Who receives the money may not be left open.

Severity: Error
Applies to: CII, UBL
Rule set: v2026-01-31

Official rule text

The Payee name (BT-59) shall be provided in the Invoice, if the Payee (BG-10) is different from the Seller (BG-4).

Why does BR-17 happen?

The group is created because a different bank account has to be sent — factoring, or a group subsidiary collecting centrally. The name is treated as incidental, since the IBAN steers the payment anyway.

How do you fix BR-17?

Set BT-59 in cac:PayeeParty/cac:PartyName/cbc:Name in UBL, ram:PayeeTradeParty/ram:Name in CII — or omit the group entirely where seller and payee are the same party.

In the XML

A UBL fragment. The CII path is named above — same change, different element names.

Fails

<cac:PayeeParty>
  <cac:PartyIdentification>
    <cbc:ID>FACTOR-01</cbc:ID>
  </cac:PartyIdentification>
</cac:PayeeParty>

Fixed

<cac:PayeeParty>
  <cac:PartyIdentification>
    <cbc:ID>FACTOR-01</cbc:ID>
  </cac:PartyIdentification>
  <cac:PartyName>
    <cbc:Name>Muster Factoring GmbH</cbc:Name>
  </cac:PartyName>
</cac:PayeeParty>

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