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BR-CO-18
The invoice has no VAT breakdown (BG-23)
What the message means
The invoice has no VAT breakdown (BG-23).
What the issuer needs to change
Give the net amount and VAT for each rate and VAT category.
Fields concerned
BG-23VAT breakdown
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- Rule set
- EN 16931 (CEN, rule set 1.3.16)
- Syntax
- CII, UBL
- Level
- Error
Original rule text
An Invoice shall at least have one VAT breakdown group (BG-23).
Technical details for IT
UBL
Context: /ubl:Invoice | /cn:CreditNote Test: not(exists(cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal))
CII
Context: //ram:IncludedSupplyChainTradeLineItem Test: not(//rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax)
Related rules
- BR-CO-15The total with VAT (BT-112) is not the net total (BT-109) plus VAT (BT-110)
- BR-CO-16The amount due (BT-115) is not the total with VAT (BT-112) minus paid amount (BT-113) plus rounding (BT-114)
- BR-CO-17A VAT amount (BT-117) does not match the taxable amount (BT-116) and rate (BT-119)
- BR-CO-19An invoicing period (BG-14) is present but has no date
- BR-CO-20An invoice line period (BG-26) is present but has no date
- BR-CO-21An allowance has no reason (BT-97 or BT-98)