SIMPLIFIED_INVOICE_FORBIDS_IDENTIFIED_RECIPIENT

When it happens

The invoice is SIMPLIFIED and its recipient carries a nif or an alternative_id, whether sent in recipient or taken from the customer in customer_id. BeeL. issues an invoice with an identified recipient as a standard invoice, whatever the amount. It is checked when the invoice is created, when an edit changes its type or its recipient, and when it is issued — one by one, in bulk or on schedule — and when a recurring invoice template is written.

How to fix it

Send type STANDARD with the same recipient, or remove the tax identifier from the simplified invoice. A draft created before this check that already carries one is issued only after that change.

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
• POST /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices/batches
• POST /v1/companies/{company_id}/recurring-invoices
• PATCH /v1/companies/{company_id}/recurring-invoices/{recurring_invoice_id}

Rules that cite this code

• SIM-006 An identified customer gets a standard invoice (F1)

Example response

When this error occurs, the API answers 422 Unprocessable Content with a JSON body of this shape:

{
  "type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/SIMPLIFIED_INVOICE_FORBIDS_IDENTIFIED_RECIPIENT",
  "title": "SIMPLIFIED_INVOICE_FORBIDS_IDENTIFIED_RECIPIENT",
  "detail": "BeeL. does not issue simplified invoices with an identified recipient (NIF or alternative identifier). Issue an ordinary invoice instead.",
  "instance": "/v1/<resource>",
  "errors": [],
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "SIMPLIFIED_INVOICE_FORBIDS_IDENTIFIED_RECIPIENT",
    "message": "BeeL. does not issue simplified invoices with an identified recipient (NIF or alternative identifier). Issue an ordinary invoice instead.",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-05-21T10:00:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}

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

Message

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