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BR-CO-04: Each Invoice line (BG-25) shall be categorized with an Invoiced item VAT…

fatal CII UBL

What this error means and how to fix it

An EN 16931 calculation or consistency rule: an amount or condition does not match the other values in the invoice — most often the totals chain (line net amounts → total without VAT → VAT → total with VAT → amount due). 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-CO-04]-Each Invoice line (BG-25) shall be categorized with an Invoiced item VAT category code (BT-151).
Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
EN16931-UBLfatalcac:InvoiceLine | cac:CreditNoteLine(cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory[cac:TaxScheme/(normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT')]/cbc:ID)
EN16931-CIIfatal//ram:IncludedSupplyChainTradeLineItem(ram:SpecifiedLineTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax[upper-case(ram:TypeCode) = 'VAT']/ram:CategoryCode)

Business terms referenced

BG-25, BT-151

Related rules

BR-16, BR-AE-01, BR-AE-02, BR-E-01, BR-E-02, BR-G-01, BR-G-02, BR-IC-01, BR-IC-02, BR-IG-01, BR-IG-02, BR-IP-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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