# CORRECTIVE_RECIPIENT_NOT_ACCEPTED
A corrective invoice goes to the recipient of the invoice it corrects. Send recipient only to correct that recipient's data: with rectification_type PARTIAL, rectification_code R4 and no lines.
**Category:** [Invoices](/errors/category/invoicing)
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|---|---|
| HTTP status | `422` Unprocessable Content |
| Retry | After fixing the cause |
## When it happens
The request to create a corrective invoice carries a `recipient` (a `customer_id` or inline data) outside a recipient-data correction. A corrective goes to the recipient of the invoice it corrects, with that invoice's data; `recipient` is accepted only to correct that recipient's name, tax ID or address, with `rectification_type` `PARTIAL`, `rectification_code` `R4` and no `lines`. Nothing is created.
## How to fix it
Send the corrective without `recipient`. To correct the recipient's data on the invoice, send `PARTIAL`, `R4`, no `lines` and the corrected `recipient`.
## Retry
Not as is: the same request fails the same way. Fix the cause described above, then send the request again, under a new `Idempotency-Key` if the body changed.
## Returned by
The operations where this code is most likely. The list is not exhaustive.
- [`POST /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices/{invoice_id}/corrective`](/invoices/createCompanyCorrectiveInvoice)
## Rules that cite this code
- [COR-017 · A corrective keeps the recipient, except to correct the recipient's data](/rules/corrective#cor-017)
## Example response
When this error occurs, the API answers `422` Unprocessable Content with a JSON body of this shape:
```json
{
"type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/CORRECTIVE_RECIPIENT_NOT_ACCEPTED",
"title": "CORRECTIVE_RECIPIENT_NOT_ACCEPTED",
"detail": "A corrective invoice goes to the recipient of the invoice it corrects. Send recipient only to correct that recipient's data: with rectification_type PARTIAL, rectification_code R4 and no lines.",
"instance": "/v1/",
"errors": [],
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "CORRECTIVE_RECIPIENT_NOT_ACCEPTED",
"message": "A corrective invoice goes to the recipient of the invoice it corrects. Send recipient only to correct that recipient's data: with rectification_type PARTIAL, rectification_code R4 and no lines.",
"details": {}
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2026-05-21T10:00:00Z",
"request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
}
}
```
The `type` URI is stable and always resolves to this page.
## Message
{"A corrective invoice goes to the recipient of the invoice it corrects. Send recipient only to correct that recipient's data: with rectification_type PARTIAL, rectification_code R4 and no lines."}
{"Una rectificativa va al destinatario de la factura que corrige. Solo se indica recipient para corregir sus datos: con rectification_type PARTIAL, rectification_code R4 y sin líneas."}
{"Una rectificativa va al destinatari de la factura que corregeix. Només s’indica recipient per corregir-ne les dades: amb rectification_type PARTIAL, rectification_code R4 i sense línies."}
Send the request with `Accept-Language: ` to receive the message in your preferred language.
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