E-invoice / Rules / BR-O-08

E-invoice rule EN 16931 schematron

BR-O-08: The taxable amount for VAT category O

The taxable amount for VAT category O (not subject to VAT) should be 0.00 (the line amounts plus charges minus allowances carrying this category); the file says …

Original wording of the rule

[BR-O-08]-In a VAT breakdown (BG-23) where the VAT category code (BT-118) is " Not subject to VAT" the VAT category taxable amount (BT-116) shall equal the sum of Invoice line net amounts (BT-131) minus the sum of Document level allowance amounts (BT-92) plus the sum of Document level charge amounts (BT-99) where the VAT category codes (BT-151, BT-95, BT-102) are "Not subject to VAT".

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:TaxSubtotal/cbc:TaxableAmount.
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:TaxSubtotal
    xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2"
    xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">
  <cbc:TaxableAmount currencyID="EUR">100.00</cbc:TaxableAmount>
</cac:TaxSubtotal>

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

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

Related rules

• BR-O-06 The allowance on document level has VAT category O
• BR-O-07 The charge on document level has VAT category O (not subject to VAT)
• BR-O-09 With VAT category O (not subject to VAT) the VAT amount in the breakdown
• BR-O-10 With VAT category O (not subject to VAT) the VAT breakdown has to carry
• BR-O-11 The document has a VAT breakdown with category O (not subject to VAT)

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