EN16931 / XRechnung / Peppol BIS 3 Validator

BR-S-10: A VAT breakdown (BG-23) with VAT Category code (BT-118) "Standard rate"…

fatal CII UBL

What this error means and how to fix it

A rule for standard-rated VAT (category S): the lines, allowances, charges and the VAT breakdown with category S must agree with each other, the rate must be above 0, and a seller VAT or tax registration identifier must be present. This is an error: the invoice is rejected until it is fixed.

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Rule text

[BR-S-10]-A VAT breakdown (BG-23) with VAT Category code (BT-118) "Standard rate" shall not have a VAT exemption reason code (BT-121) or VAT exemption reason text (BT-120).
[BR-S-10]-A VAT Breakdown (BG-23) with VAT Category code (BT-118) "Standard rate" shall not have a VAT exemption reason code (BT-121) or VAT exemption reason text (BT-120).
Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
EN16931-UBLfatal/*/cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cac:TaxCategory[normalize-space(cbc:ID) = 'S'][cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']not(cbc:TaxExemptionReason) and not(cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode)
EN16931-CIIfatal//ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax/ram:CategoryCode[.='S']not(../ram:ExemptionReason) and not (../ram:ExemptionReasonCode)

Business terms referenced

BG-23, BT-118, BT-121, BT-120

Related rules

BR-AE-01, BR-CO-18, BR-E-01, BR-G-01, BR-IC-01, BR-IC-11, BR-IC-12, BR-IG-01, BR-IP-01, BR-O-01, BR-O-11, BR-O-12

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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