What does BR-CO-04 mean?

E-invoice rule EN 16931 schematron

BR-CO-04: Line 1 has no VAT category code (BT-151)

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.

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Original wording of the rule

[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)

How to fix it

Open the XML file and find the element cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/cbc:ID.
Add or correct the element the way the wording of the rule above asks for.
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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. 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: cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/cbc:ID, cac:TaxScheme/cbc:ID

Where we point in the file: /Invoice/cac:InvoiceLine[1]

Related rules

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
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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