Elements

Use the PaymentMeans element to model this information:

Element	Cardinality	Description
Payment Instructions Group (`Invoice/PaymentMeans`)	0..n	Group of elements that models information about how the payment was made.
Payment Means Type Code (`Invoice/PaymentMeans/PaymentMeansCode`)	1..1	The code that represents the payment method. See UNCL4461 . This can be named in an attribute, for example: `<cbc:PaymentMeansCode name="Credit transfer">30</cbc:PaymentMeansCode>`
Payment Instruction ID (`Invoice/PaymentMeans/PaymentID`)	0..1	The identifier of the payment.
Direct Debit
Direct Debit Group (`Invoice/PaymentMeans/PaymentMandate/`)	0..1	Groups information about a direct debit.
Mandate Reference Identifier (`Invoice/PaymentMeans/PaymentMandate/ID`)	0..1	Unique identifier assigned by the Payee for referencing the direct debit mandate.
Payer Financial Account Group (`Invoice/PaymentMeans/PaymentMandate/PayerFinancialAccount`)	0..1	Groups information about the Payer's financial account.
Debited account identifier (`Invoice/PaymentMeans/PaymentMandate/PayerFinancialAccount/ID`)	1..1	The account to be debited by the direct debit.

Country-Specific configurations

Germany: German Payers

Example

<Invoice>
    <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
    <cac:PaymentMeans>
        <cbc:PaymentMeansCode>59</cbc:PaymentMeansCode>
        <cac:PaymentMandate>
            <!-- Mandate reference identifier -->    
              <cbc:ID>XY746351</cbc:ID>
              <cac:PayerFinancialAccount>
                    <cbc:ID>DE75512108001245126199</cbc:ID>
              </cac:PayerFinancialAccount>
        </cac:PaymentMandate>
    </cac:PaymentMeans>
    <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
</Invoice>