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# 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](/draft-0/l10n/tax_country_code) | true | Tax country code for Where the tax identity was issued.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Code         | `code`    | [cbc.Code](/draft-0/cbc/code)                         |      | Normalized code shown on the original identity document.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Scheme       | `scheme`  | [cbc.Code](/draft-0/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.                                                                                                                        |
| Type         | `type`    | [cbc.Key](/draft-0/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](/draft-0/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.                                                                                        |