Buyer

All details of the invoice recipient: name, identifiers, VAT id and electronic address. Like the seller, a mandatory group in every invoice.

Where does it live in the XML?

UBL (XRechnung)

cac:AccountingCustomerParty

CII (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, Factur-X)

ram:BuyerTradeParty

Contained fields

• BT-44 Buyer name
• BT-45 Buyer trading name
• BT-46 Buyer identifier
• BT-47 Buyer legal registration identifier
• BT-48 Buyer VAT identifier
• BT-49 Buyer electronic address
• BG-8 Buyer postal address
• BG-9 Buyer contact

Checked by these rules

• BR-07 Buyer name missing
• BH-FR-03 Buyer SIREN missing (France, from 09/2026)

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Semantics: EN 16931-1. Simplified explanation in our own words — the norm is authoritative.