# Buyer identification for government entities

**URL:** https://zatca1.discourse.group/t/buyer-identification-for-government-entities/575
**Category:** General
**Created:** [August 21, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://zatca1.discourse.group/t/buyer-identification-for-government-entities/575 "2023-08-21T09:34:03Z")
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### Author: ![jiri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@jiri](https://zatca1.discourse.group/u/jiri)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://zatca1.discourse.group/t/buyer-identification-for-government-entities/575/1 "2023-08-21T09:34:03Z")

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Our client is a government entity in KSA. What buyer identification shall be used for Tax Invoices?

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### Author: ![Ankit.K.Tiwari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@Ankit.K.Tiwari](https://zatca1.discourse.group/u/Ankit.K.Tiwari)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://zatca1.discourse.group/t/buyer-identification-for-government-entities/575/2 "2023-09-06T08:06:25Z")

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In case of Government customers, if they do not have VAT Registration Number(BT-48) then the field Other Buyer ID (BT-46) becomes mandatory. You should try to get any of the listed IDs from BR-KSA-14. If none of listed IDs is available, you can provide any available ID on category “OTH” (others). The invoice will not be rejected even if both fields are left blank (BT-48 and BT-46). Such invoices will be “accepted with warnings” and you can explain the reason if ZATCA teams request for explanation in future that IDs were not available despite reasonable effort with supporting evidence.

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### Author: ![James](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@James](https://zatca1.discourse.group/u/James)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://zatca1.discourse.group/t/buyer-identification-for-government-entities/575/3 "2025-05-11T09:49:56Z")

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we left it blank but we are getting error (400) - bad request

![error](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/zatca1/original/1X/4939ab425afe22f7018cf89267c05a8437f2cb61.png)

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### Author: ![Ankit.K.Tiwari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@Ankit.K.Tiwari](https://zatca1.discourse.group/u/Ankit.K.Tiwari)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://zatca1.discourse.group/t/buyer-identification-for-government-entities/575/4 "2025-05-11T10:04:01Z")

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@James remove the UBL tag for cbc:CompanyID and try again