Additional seller or buyer identifier holds an invalid value

What does this mean?

Alongside the VAT number, the invoice carries an additional identifier for the seller (BT-29) and for the buyer (BT-46), with a tag that states its type: CRN for the commercial registration, MOM for a municipality licence, MLS for a Ministry of Commerce licence, SAG for a licence from a public authority, 700 for the unified number, OTH for anything else.

This code says the value does not fit the declared type, or that it contains characters which are not allowed. It is classified as a warning: the invoice may be accepted, but its data is wrong and should be fixed.

Why does it happen?

Ordered from the most common to the least — your cause is most likely the first or the second.

• Declaring the type CRN and then supplying a national ID or a unified number.
• Dashes or spaces inside the number; the rule allows alphanumeric characters only.
• Using OTH with an empty value, or with descriptive text instead of an identifier.
• Repeating the identifier more than once, when BR-KSA-08 requires it exactly once.

How to fix it

2 steps, then send the invoice again.

1. 1
   Match the type to the value

   If what you have is a ten-digit commercial registration, the type is CRN and the value is ten digits with no separators. If it is the unified number, the type is 700. Never declare one type and supply the value of another.

2. 2
   One identifier only

   BR-KSA-08 requires the seller identifier to appear once. Pick the strongest identifier you have — usually the commercial registration — and send that one on its own.

This code does not block acceptance, so the invoice you have is compliant. Correct the data so the warnings disappear from future invoices.

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