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Critical

BR-6

Seller Postal Address Country Missing (BT-40)

What This Error Means

The seller must include a country code (BT-40) in their postal address. The code must be a valid ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 value (e.g. 'DE' for Germany). This field determines the tax jurisdiction and is required for all cross-border VAT checks.

How to Fix It

Add cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode with value 'DE' (or the appropriate ISO code) inside cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress.

XML Example
<cac:PostalAddress>
  <cbc:StreetName>Musterstraße 1</cbc:StreetName>
  <cbc:CityName>Berlin</cbc:CityName>
  <cbc:PostalZone>10115</cbc:PostalZone>
  <cac:Country>
    <cbc:IdentificationCode>DE</cbc:IdentificationCode>
  </cac:Country>
</cac:PostalAddress>

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BR-DE-1Seller VAT ID Missing (BT-31)BR-DE-2Buyer Reference Missing (BT-10)BR-DE-3Seller Contact Telephone Missing (BT-42)BR-DE-4Seller Contact Email Missing (BT-43)