Country code when invoicing outside Switzerland

[galchevita]

Hello, First of all I'd like to thank you for the great work you did!

I'd like to propose an improvement to be done in connection to the latest version of the implementation guide: Swiss Implementation Guidelines for the QRbill (Version 2.2) , also linked to #62 . In the document it is written: "For invoicing to countries outside Switzerland, including Lichtenstein, the country code should be printed on the payment section. " (p.18/19 Comments column for Account / Payable to heading) and my understanding is that the decision to display the country code has to take into account the country of the debtor for both creditor and debtor's address, i.e. even if the creditor is with country code CH, it has to be displayed in cases when the debtor is outside Switzerland (and LI too).

I'd like to know your thoughts about this topic.

[manuelbl]

Thanks for input.

I've never read the specification like that. But it does indeed make sense.

I'll take care of it.

[robinmamie]

[...] my understanding is that the decision to display the country code has to take into account the country of the debtor for both creditor and debtor's address, i.e. even if the creditor is with country code CH, it has to be displayed in cases when the debtor is outside Switzerland (and LI too).

I agree that the text can be interpreted that way, but the examples I've linked in #62 do not show this behaviour (figure 18-19, p. 51-52).

[manuelbl]

As the specification is a bit ambiguous, I'm trying to understand the options and motivations. The table below shows all four combinations, and the discussion is about case 3.

Case	Creditor address	Debtor address	Country code for creditor	Country code for debtor
1	Switzerland	Switzerland	No	No
2	Abroad	Switzerland	Yes	No
3	Switzerland	Abroad	Yes	Yes
4	Abroad	Abroad	Yes	Yes

@galchevita What would be the motivation to show the creditors country code even though it's "CH"? I have an idea but would like to hear your opinion.

[galchevita]

Hello, my motivation is that even the QR Bill is a Swiss payment standard, for a customers outside Switzerland it is more intelligible to have the country written on the paper instead of guessing it. Indeed it is my personal opinion and I really appreciate your willingness to handle this topic.

[manuelbl]

Version 3.0.4 implements this, including CH country code for creditor if payer is abroad.

[galchevita]

Thank you very much!