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BR-O-03 – Not subject to VAT: VAT identifiers must not be present (allowance)

What the rule says

An Invoice that contains a Document level allowance (BG-20) where the Document level allowance VAT category code (BT-95) is "Not subject to VAT" shall not contain the Seller VAT identifier (BT-31), the Seller tax representative VAT identifier (BT-63) or the Buyer VAT identifier (BT-48).

How to fix it

Fill in or correct the fields named in the rule (the BT/BG codes tell you which). The test below shows exactly what is checked in the XML. Quickest: validate the invoice to get the exact location and, for amounts, the correct value.

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Where it is checked in the XML

Context: /ubl:Invoice | /cn:CreditNote

Test (XPath):

(exists((/ubl:Invoice|/cn:CreditNote)/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=false()]/cac:TaxCategory[normalize-space(cbc:ID) = 'O'][cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']) and (not(//cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyTaxScheme[cac:TaxScheme/(normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID)) = 'VAT')]/cbc:CompanyID) and not(//cac:TaxRepresentativeParty/cac:PartyTaxScheme[cac:TaxScheme/(normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID)) = 'VAT')]/cbc:CompanyID) and not(//cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyTaxScheme[cac:TaxScheme/(normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID)) = 'VAT')]/cbc:CompanyID))) or not(exists((/ubl:Invoice|/cn:CreditNote)/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=false()]/cac:TaxCategory[normalize-space(cbc:ID) = 'O'][cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']))

Related rules

• BR-O-01 Not subject to VAT: VAT breakdown for this category missing
• BR-O-02 Not subject to VAT: VAT identifiers must not be present
• BR-O-04 Not subject to VAT: VAT identifiers must not be present (charge)
• BR-O-05 Not subject to VAT: the line must not have a VAT rate
• BR-O-06 Not subject to VAT: the allowance must not have a VAT rate
• BR-O-07 Not subject to VAT: the charge must not have a VAT rate
• BR-O-08 Not subject to VAT: wrong taxable amount in the VAT breakdown
• BR-O-09 Not subject to VAT: wrong VAT amount in the VAT breakdown
• BR-O-10 Not subject to VAT: exemption reason missing or not allowed
• BR-O-11 Not subject to VAT: no other VAT breakdown allowed
• BR-O-12 Not subject to VAT: all lines must be 'Not subject to VAT'
• BR-O-13 Not subject to VAT: cannot be combined with allowances of other categories