Identifiers DE

How Supplier and Customer are identified

Customer Identifiers

Per customer, in the Json API content, the idenfier(s) can be defined:

IdentifierAccepted identifierUseContent in API Json
VAT-numberyesMost commonfield "VATNumber"
Steuer numberno--
GLN-numberyesIf specified by the customerIdentifier section, IdentifierType "LEITWEGID"
LEITWEG IDyesWhen government organisationIdentifier section, IdentifierType "GLN"

API Examples with customer identifier

Customer section in Json API:

 "Customer": {
   "Name": "Gemeinde XYZ",
   //"VATNumber": "",  // no VAT number available
	 "PartyID" : "452154"  //technical ID of customer in Billit, allows to find customer in easier way in Billit
   "PartyType": "Customer",
   "Identifiers": [
        {
        "IdentifierType": "LEITWEGID",
        "Identifier": "13074099-k000-99"
        }
    ], 
	"Addresses": [
        {
        "AddressType": "InvoiceAddress",
        "Name": "Customer Name",
        "Street": "Landstraße ",
        "StreetNumber": "99",
        "City": "Frankfurt am Main",
        "CountryCode": "DE"
        }

Supplier Identifier

When you are a commercial company, adding the VAT-number in MyBillit / My Company is enough as identifier.