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BR-CO-06
The reason code and text of a charge do not match (BT-104, BT-105)
What the message means
The reason code and text of a charge do not match (BT-104, BT-105).
What the issuer needs to change
Make code and text consistent.
Fields concerned
BT-104document level charge reasonBT-105document level charge reason code
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- Rule set
- EN 16931 (CEN, rule set 1.3.16)
- Syntax
- CII, UBL
- Level
- Error
Original rule text
Document level charge reason code (BT-105) and Document level charge reason (BT-104) shall indicate the same type of charge.
Technical details for IT
UBL
Context: /ubl:Invoice/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator = true()] | /cn:CreditNote/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator = true()] Test: not(true())
CII
Context: //ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge/ram:ChargeIndicator[udt:Indicator='true'] Test: not(true())
Related rules
- BR-CO-03Both the VAT point date (BT-7) and the VAT point date code (BT-8) are given; only one is allowed
- BR-CO-04In at least one invoice line, this is missing: invoiced item VAT category code (BT-151)
- BR-CO-05The reason code and text of an allowance do not match (BT-97, BT-98)
- BR-CO-07The reason code and text of a line allowance do not match (BT-139, BT-140)
- BR-CO-08The reason code and text of a line charge do not match (BT-144, BT-145)
- BR-CO-09A VAT identifier does not start with the country prefix (BT-31, BT-48 or BT-63)