EN16931 / XRechnung / Peppol BIS 3 Validator

PEPPOL-EN16931-P0107: Tax Category AE MUST be used when exemption reason code is VATEX-EU-AE

fatal UBL

What this error means and how to fix it

A Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 rule (OpenPeppol): an extra requirement for invoices sent over the Peppol network, for example electronic addresses (BT-34, BT-49), the business process (BT-23) or code values. This is an error: the invoice is rejected until it is fixed.

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Rule text

[PEPPOL-EN16931-P0107]-Tax Category AE MUST be used when exemption reason code is VATEX-EU-AE
Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
Peppol-UBLfatalcac:TaxCategory[upper-case(cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode)='VATEX-EU-AE']normalize-space(cbc:ID)='AE'

Source: Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 Schematron, UBL (OpenPeppol, docs.peppol.eu validation artefacts 3.0.21).

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