BR-06: The seller's legal name (BT-27) must be present

Explained by Matheel from ZATCA's rule text and the condition SDK 3.4.8 executes · Updated October 24, 2026

Warning: accepted with a warningAll invoicesFields: BT-27

Checks that cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyLegalEntity/cbc:RegistrationName exists and is not empty.

How to fix it

Add the seller name: <cac:AccountingSupplierParty><cac:Party><cac:PartyLegalEntity><cbc:RegistrationName>Seller name</cbc:RegistrationName></cac:PartyLegalEntity></cac:Party></cac:AccountingSupplierParty>.

ZATCA's official text

[BR-06]-An Invoice shall contain the Seller name (BT-27).
Source: ZATCA SDK 3.4.8 · EN 16931 (CEN) rules

Fails when (the condition ZATCA's SDK runs)

not(exists(cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyLegalEntity/cbc:RegistrationName) and (cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyLegalEntity/cbc:RegistrationName) !='')

Related rules

• BR-03 · Every invoice needs an issue date (BT-2)
• BR-04 · Every invoice needs an invoice type code (BT-3)
• BR-05 · Every invoice needs a currency code (BT-5)
• BR-08 · The seller's postal address (BG-5) must be present
• BR-09 · The seller address must include a country code (BT-40)
• BR-13 · The invoice total without VAT (BT-109) must be present