EN 16931 fields at a glance

Every EN 16931 e-invoice (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD/Factur-X, Peppol BIS) is made of business terms (BT) and business groups (BG). Here is a short explanation of each field.

Business groups (BG)

• BG-3 — Preceding invoice reference (group)
• BG-4 — Seller (group)
• BG-5 — Seller postal address (group)
• BG-6 — Seller contact (group)
• BG-8 — Buyer postal address (group)
• BG-9 — Buyer contact (group)
• BG-10 — Payee (group)
• BG-11 — Seller tax representative party (group)
• BG-12 — Tax representative postal address (group)
• BG-13 — Delivery information (group)
• BG-14 — Invoicing period (group)
• BG-15 — Deliver-to address (group)
• BG-16 — Payment instructions (group)
• BG-17 — Credit transfer (group)
• BG-18 — Payment card information (group)
• BG-19 — Direct debit (group)
• BG-20 — Document level allowances (group)
• BG-21 — Document level charges (group)
• BG-23 — VAT breakdown (group)
• BG-24 — Additional supporting documents (group)
• BG-25 — Invoice line (group)
• BG-26 — Invoice line period (group)
• BG-27 — Invoice line allowances (group)
• BG-28 — Invoice line charges (group)
• BG-32 — Item attributes (group)

Business terms (BT)

• BT-1 — Invoice number
• BT-2 — Invoice issue date
• BT-3 — Invoice type code (UNTDID 1001)
• BT-5 — Invoice currency code
• BT-6 — VAT accounting currency code
• BT-7 — Value added tax point date
• BT-8 — VAT point date code
• BT-9 — Payment due date
• BT-10 — Buyer reference (e.g. the Leitweg-ID)
• BT-12 — Contract reference
• BT-13 — Purchase order reference
• BT-17 — Tender or lot reference
• BT-20 — Payment terms
• BT-22 — Invoice note
• BT-24 — Specification identifier (CustomizationID)
• BT-25 — Preceding invoice reference
• BT-27 — Seller name
• BT-29 — Seller identifier
• BT-30 — Seller legal registration identifier
• BT-31 — Seller VAT identifier
• BT-32 — Seller tax registration identifier
• BT-34 — Seller electronic address
• BT-35 — Seller address line 1
• BT-37 — Seller city
• BT-38 — Seller post code
• BT-40 — Seller country code
• BT-41 — Seller contact point
• BT-42 — Seller contact telephone number
• BT-43 — Seller contact email address
• BT-44 — Buyer name
• BT-47 — Buyer legal registration identifier
• BT-48 — Buyer VAT identifier
• BT-49 — Buyer electronic address
• BT-50 — Buyer address line 1
• BT-52 — Buyer city
• BT-53 — Buyer post code
• BT-55 — Buyer country code
• BT-56 — Buyer contact point
• BT-59 — Payee name
• BT-62 — Seller tax representative name
• BT-63 — Seller tax representative VAT identifier
• BT-69 — Tax representative country code
• BT-70 — Deliver-to party name
• BT-71 — Deliver-to location identifier
• BT-72 — Actual delivery date
• BT-73 — Invoicing period start date
• BT-74 — Invoicing period end date
• BT-75 — Deliver-to address line 1
• BT-76 — Deliver-to address line 2
• BT-77 — Deliver-to city
• BT-78 — Deliver-to post code
• BT-79 — Deliver-to country subdivision
• BT-80 — Deliver-to country code
• BT-81 — Payment means type code (UNTDID 4461)
• BT-82 — Payment means text
• BT-84 — Payment account identifier (IBAN)
• BT-85 — Payment account name
• BT-86 — Payment service provider identifier (BIC)
• BT-87 — Payment card primary account number
• BT-88 — Payment card holder name
• BT-90 — Bank assigned creditor identifier
• BT-91 — Debited account identifier
• BT-92 — Document level allowance amount
• BT-93 — Document level allowance base amount
• BT-95 — Document level allowance VAT category code
• BT-96 — Document level allowance VAT rate
• BT-97 — Document level allowance reason
• BT-98 — Document level allowance reason code
• BT-99 — Document level charge amount
• BT-100 — Document level charge base amount
• BT-102 — Document level charge VAT category code
• BT-103 — Document level charge VAT rate
• BT-104 — Document level charge reason
• BT-105 — Document level charge reason code
• BT-106 — Sum of invoice line net amounts
• BT-107 — Sum of allowances on document level
• BT-108 — Sum of charges on document level
• BT-109 — Invoice total amount without VAT
• BT-110 — Invoice total VAT amount
• BT-111 — Invoice total VAT amount in accounting currency
• BT-112 — Invoice total amount with VAT
• BT-113 — Paid amount
• BT-114 — Rounding amount
• BT-115 — Amount due for payment
• BT-116 — VAT category taxable amount
• BT-117 — VAT category tax amount
• BT-118 — VAT category code (UNCL 5305)
• BT-119 — VAT category rate
• BT-120 — VAT exemption reason text
• BT-121 — VAT exemption reason code
• BT-122 — Supporting document reference
• BT-125 — Attached document
• BT-126 — Invoice line identifier
• BT-127 — Invoice line note
• BT-129 — Invoiced quantity
• BT-130 — Invoiced quantity unit of measure code
• BT-131 — Invoice line net amount
• BT-134 — Invoice line period start date
• BT-135 — Invoice line period end date
• BT-136 — Invoice line allowance amount
• BT-137 — Invoice line allowance base amount
• BT-139 — Invoice line allowance reason
• BT-140 — Invoice line allowance reason code
• BT-141 — Invoice line charge amount
• BT-142 — Invoice line charge base amount
• BT-144 — Invoice line charge reason
• BT-145 — Invoice line charge reason code
• BT-146 — Item net price
• BT-148 — Item gross price
• BT-151 — Invoiced item VAT category code (UNCL 5305)
• BT-152 — Invoiced item VAT rate
• BT-153 — Item name
• BT-157 — Item standard identifier
• BT-158 — Item classification identifier
• BT-160 — Item attribute name
• BT-161 — Item attribute value
• BT-165 — Deliver-to address line 3