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BR-37: Each Document level charge (BG-21) shall have a Document level charge VAT…

fatal CII UBL

What this error means and how to fix it

An EN 16931 core rule: a mandatory business term is missing, or a basic condition between business terms is not met. Add or correct the element named in the rule text at the location the validation result shows. This is an error: the invoice is rejected until it is fixed.

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This error needs information only you have, so it is not repaired automatically. The free check shows every finding in the file with its location; if other errors in the same file are in the automatic set (totals, VAT breakdown, rounding, element order), the result page offers the corrected file for 9 €.

Rule text

[BR-37]-Each Document level charge (BG-21) shall have a Document level charge VAT category code (BT-102).
Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
EN16931-UBLfatal/ubl:Invoice/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator = true()] | /cn:CreditNote/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator = true()]exists(cac:TaxCategory[cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']/cbc:ID)
EN16931-CIIfatal//ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge/ram:ChargeIndicator[udt:Indicator='true'](../ram:CategoryTradeTax[upper-case(ram:TypeCode) = 'VAT']/ram:CategoryCode)

Business terms referenced

BG-21, BT-102

Related rules

BR-36, BR-38, BR-CO-22, BR-AE-01, BR-AE-04, BR-E-01, BR-E-04, BR-G-01, BR-G-04, BR-IC-01, BR-IC-04, BR-IG-01

Source: EN 16931-1 Schematron, UN/CEFACT CII syntax binding (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, EUPL-1.2).

Source: EN 16931-1 Schematron, UBL syntax binding (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, EUPL-1.2).

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