BT-81

Payment means type code

Raw

How the invoice is to be paid, coded per UNTDID 4461 — common values are 58 (SEPA credit transfer), 30 (credit transfer) and 59 (SEPA direct debit). Mandatory once payment instructions (BG-16) are present.

Practical note

XRechnung generally requires payment instructions (BG-16) — BR-DE-1 fires when PaymentMeans is missing entirely.

Where does it live in the XML?

UBL (XRechnung)
cac:PaymentMeans/cbc:PaymentMeansCode
CII (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, Factur-X)
rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementPaymentMeans/ram:TypeCode

Part of BG-16 Payment instructions

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