Identity

Identity stores the details required to identify an entity for tax purposes in a specific country.

Schema ID

https://gobl.org/draft-0/tax/identity

Properties

Title	Property	Type	Req.	Description
Country Code	country	l10n.TaxCountryCode	true	Tax country code for Where the tax identity was issued.
Code	code	cbc.Code		Normalized code shown on the original identity document.
Scheme	scheme	cbc.Code		Scheme is an optional field that may be used to override the tax regime’s default tax scheme. Many electronic formats such as UBL or CII define an equivalent field. Examples: VAT, GST, ST, etc.
Type	type	cbc.Key		Type is set according to the requirements of each regime, some have a single tax document type code, others require a choice to be made. Deprecated: Tax Identities should only be used for VAT or similar codes for companies. Use the identities array for other types of identification.
Zone	zone	l10n.Code		Zone identifies a sub-locality within a country. Deprecated: Removed 2024-03-14 in favour of using tax tags and extensions with local data when required. Maintained here to support data migration.