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E-invoice rule EN 16931 schematron

BR-G-10: With VAT category G (export outside the EU)

With VAT category G (export outside the EU) the VAT breakdown has to carry an exemption reason: cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode (BT-121, for example VATEX-EU-AE) or cbc:TaxExemptionReason (BT-120, free text).

Original wording of the rule

[BR-G-10]-A VAT breakdown (BG-23) with the VAT Category code (BT-118) "Export outside the EU" shall have a VAT exemption reason code (BT-121), meaning "Export outside the EU" or the VAT exemption reason text (BT-120) "Export outside the EU" (or the equivalent standard text in another language).

Source of the quotation: EN 16931 schematron (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, licence EUPL 1.2)

How to fix it

1. Open the XML file and find the element cac:TaxCategory/cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode.
2. Add or correct the element the way the wording of the rule above asks for.
3. 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:TaxCategory
    xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2"
    xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">
  <cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode>VATEX-EU-132-1A</cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode>
</cac:TaxCategory>

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:TaxExemptionReasonCode, cbc:TaxExemptionReason

Where we point in the file: /Invoice/cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal[1]/cac:TaxCategory

Related rules

• BR-G-08 The taxable amount for VAT category G (export outside the EU)
• BR-G-09 With VAT category G (export outside the EU) the VAT amount in the breakdown

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