E-invoice rule EN 16931
BR-CO-04: Line 1 has no VAT category code (BT-151)
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Example message from our sample invoice:
Line 1 has no VAT category code (BT-151). Add cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/cbc:ID, for example S, together with cac:TaxScheme/cbc:ID set to VAT.
What the rule says
[BR-CO-04]-Each Invoice line (BG-25) shall be categorized with an Invoiced item VAT category code (BT-151).
Source of the quotation: EN 16931 schematron (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, licence EUPL 1.2)
Business terms in the wording: BG-25, BT-151
Why the validator reports it
The rule is part of the EN 16931 core. Our checker runs it on every UBL 2.1 invoice and credit note, in the EN 16931, Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 and XRechnung profiles.
Profile: EN 16931, Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, XRechnung 3.x
How we rate it: error
UBL elements: cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/cbc:ID, cac:TaxScheme/cbc:ID
Where we point in the file: /Invoice/cac:InvoiceLine[1]
How to fix it
- Open the XML file and find the element
cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/cbc:ID. - Add or correct the value the way the wording of the rule above asks for.
- Save the file and check it again. The checker runs in your browser, the file is never uploaded.
A correct UBL 2.1 snippet
<cac:Item
xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2"
xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">
<cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory>
<cbc:ID>S</cbc:ID>
</cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory>
</cac:Item>The snippet is only the part of the document the rule is about, and the values in it are made up. Put it in the right place inside your invoice; the namespaces are written here only so that the snippet reads on its own.
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Related rules
Same business term (BT-151)
- BR-AE-01 The document uses VAT category AE (VAT reverse charge), so the VAT…
- BR-AE-02 With VAT category AE (VAT reverse charge) the invoice has to carry the…
- BR-AE-05 Line 1 has VAT category AE (VAT reverse charge), so the VAT rate has to…
- BR-AE-08 The taxable amount for VAT category AE (VAT reverse charge) should be…
Same group (BR-CO)
- BR-CO-03 The value added tax point date (BT-7, cbc:TaxPointDate) and its code…
- BR-CO-09 A VAT identifier has to start with a country code from ISO 3166-1 alpha-2…
- BR-CO-10 Correct the total or the line amounts
- BR-CO-11 The allowance total does not add up: cbc:AllowanceTotalAmount (BT-107) is…
All rules in the group BR-CO (20)
What our tool does about this error
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