EXEMPTION_REQUIRES_RECIPIENT_ID_TYPE

When it happens

A line uses an exemption that requires the recipient to be identified with a specific kind of alternative_id. Today that is EXENTA_ART_25 (intra-EU supply of goods), which requires an EU VAT number (NIF_IVA). It is checked on the recipient as it will be declared, whether it comes from recipient or from the saved customer.

How to fix it

Give the recipient an alternative_id of the required type, on the invoice or on the customer.

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
• PATCH /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices/{invoice_id}
• POST /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices/{invoice_id}/issue

Rules that cite this code

• CNT-005 A full invoice identifies the recipient by NIF
• TAX-004 Intra-EU supplies of goods are exempt only with the buyer's EU VAT number

Example response

When this error occurs, the API answers 400 Bad Request with a JSON body of this shape:

{
  "type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/EXEMPTION_REQUIRES_RECIPIENT_ID_TYPE",
  "title": "EXEMPTION_REQUIRES_RECIPIENT_ID_TYPE",
  "detail": "Exemption ‹reason› requires the recipient to carry an alternative identifier of type ‹id type›",
  "instance": "/v1/<resource>",
  "errors": [],
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "EXEMPTION_REQUIRES_RECIPIENT_ID_TYPE",
    "message": "Exemption ‹reason› requires the recipient to carry an alternative identifier of type ‹id type›",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-05-21T10:00:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}

The type URI is stable and always resolves to this page.

Message

Send the request with Accept-Language: <es|en|ca> to receive the message in your preferred language.

Placeholders are filled in at runtime:

• ‹reason› — the line's exemption_reason.
• ‹id type› — the code of the required identifier type, for example 02 (NIF_IVA).

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