E-invoice rule EN 16931 schematron
BR-CO-03: The value added tax point date and its code
The value added tax point date (BT-7, cbc:TaxPointDate) and its code (BT-8, cac:InvoicePeriod/cbc:DescriptionCode) are mutually exclusive. Keep only one of them.
Original wording of the rule
[BR-CO-03]-Value added tax point date (BT-7) and Value added tax point date code (BT-8) are mutually exclusive.
Source of the quotation: EN 16931 schematron (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, licence EUPL 1.2)
How to fix it
- Open the XML file and find the element
cac:InvoicePeriod/cbc:DescriptionCode. - Add or correct the element the way the wording of the rule above asks for.
- Save the file and check it again with our checker. It runs in your browser, the file is never uploaded.
A correct UBL 2.1 snippet
<cac:InvoicePeriod
xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2"
xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">
<cbc:DescriptionCode>3</cbc:DescriptionCode>
</cac:InvoicePeriod>The snippet is only the part of the document the rule is about. Put it in the right place inside your invoice; the namespaces are written here only so that the snippet reads on its own.
When it is reported
Profile: EN 16931, Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, XRechnung 3.x
How we rate it: error
UBL elements: cbc:TaxPointDate, cac:InvoicePeriod/cbc:DescriptionCode
Related rules
- BR-CO-04 Line 1 has no VAT category code (BT-151)
- BR-CO-09 A VAT identifier has to start with a country code from ISO 3166
- BR-CO-10 Correct the total or the line amounts
- BR-CO-11 The allowance total does not add up: cbc:AllowanceTotalAmount (BT-107)
- BR-CO-12 The charge total does not add up: cbc:ChargeTotalAmount (BT-108)
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