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BR-CO-22
A charge has no reason (BT-104 or BT-105)
What the message means
A charge has no reason (BT-104 or BT-105).
What the issuer needs to change
Give the reason as text or code.
Fields concerned
BG-21document level chargesBT-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
Each Document level charge (BG-21) shall contain a Document level charge reason (BT-104) or a Document level charge reason code (BT-105), or both.
Technical details for IT
UBL
Context: /ubl:Invoice/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator = true()] | /cn:CreditNote/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator = true()] Test: not(exists(cbc:AllowanceChargeReason) or exists(cbc:AllowanceChargeReasonCode))
CII
Context: //ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge/ram:ChargeIndicator[udt:Indicator='true'] Test: not((../ram:Reason) or (../ram:ReasonCode))
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- BR-CO-19An invoicing period (BG-14) is present but has no date
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- BR-CO-23A line allowance has no reason (BT-139 or BT-140)
- BR-CO-24A line charge has no reason (BT-144 or BT-145)
- BR-CO-26The invoice gives no identifier for the seller: no VAT identifier (BT-31), no commercial register number …