SIMPLIFICADA_FORBIDS_CROSS

A simplified invoice cannot document an intra-EU supply exempt under art. 25 LIVA or an operation not subject by location rules (RD 1619/2012, art. 4.4): issue a standard invoice identifying the recipient

Category: Invoices


HTTP status	`400` Bad Request
Retry	After fixing the cause

When it happens

A line of a SIMPLIFIED invoice uses an exemption_reason for an intra-EU supply or an operation located outside Spain. Those require an identified recipient.

How to fix it

Issue a STANDARD invoice with the recipient's tax identifier.

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.

Rules that cite this code

SIM-003 Some operations can never go on a simplified invoice

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/SIMPLIFICADA_FORBIDS_CROSS_BORDER",
  "title": "SIMPLIFICADA_FORBIDS_CROSS_BORDER",
  "detail": "A simplified invoice cannot document an intra-EU supply exempt under art. 25 LIVA or an operation not subject by location rules (RD 1619/2012, art. 4.4): issue a standard invoice identifying the recipient",
  "instance": "/v1/<resource>",
  "errors": [],
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "SIMPLIFICADA_FORBIDS_CROSS_BORDER",
    "message": "A simplified invoice cannot document an intra-EU supply exempt under art. 25 LIVA or an operation not subject by location rules (RD 1619/2012, art. 4.4): issue a standard invoice identifying the recipient",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-05-21T10:00:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}

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

Message

Una factura simplificada no puede documentar una entrega intracomunitaria exenta (art. 25 LIVA) ni una operación no sujeta por localización (RD 1619/2012, art. 4.4): emita una factura ordinaria identificando al destinatario

Una factura simplificada no pot documentar un lliurament intracomunitari exempt (art. 25 LIVA) ni una operació no subjecta per localització (RD 1619/2012, art. 4.4): emeteu una factura ordinària identificant el destinatari

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