einvoice / EN 16931 / XRechnung rule reference
BR-G-09
The VAT category tax amount (BT-117) in an Export outside the EU (G) VAT breakdown shall equal 0.
Der Umsatzsteuerbetrag der Umsatzsteuerkategorie (BT-117) in einer UMSATZSTEUERAUFSCHLÜSSELUNG (BG-23), bei der der Code der Umsatzsteuerkategorie (BT-118) „Ausfuhr außerhalb der EU“ lautet, muss 0 (null) betragen.
Deutsche Fassung: Übersetzung der gleichen BT/BG-Semantik (translation — not the official assert).
- Requires
- The VAT category tax amount (BT-117) in a VAT breakdown (BG-23) where the VAT category code (BT-118) is "Export outside the EU" shall be 0 (zero).
- Business terms
BG-23BT-117BT-118- Syntax
- Binds the UBL-2.1 Invoice / CreditNote syntax and the UN/CEFACT-CII syntax
- Location (UBL-2.1 path)
/ubl:Invoice/cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cac:TaxCategory[normalize-space(cbc:ID) = 'G'][cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']- Fix
- Adjust the VAT breakdown at `/ubl:Invoice/cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cac:TaxCategory[normalize-space(cbc:ID) = 'G'][cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']` so that The VAT category tax amount (BT-117) in a VAT breakdown (BG-23) where the VAT category code (BT-118) is "Export outside the EU" shall be 0 (zero).
- Fix (Deutsch)
- Passen Sie die Umsatzsteueraufschlüsselung bei `/ubl:Invoice/cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cac:TaxCategory[normalize-space(cbc:ID) = 'G'][cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']` an, sodass gilt: Der Umsatzsteuerbetrag der Umsatzsteuerkategorie (BT-117) in einer UMSATZSTEUERAUFSCHLÜSSELUNG (BG-23), bei der der Code der Umsatzsteuerkategorie (BT-118) „Ausfuhr außerhalb der EU“ lautet, muss 0 (null) betragen.
- Severity
- fatal
- Provenance source
en16931-ubl- Provenance assert
The VAT category tax amount (BT-117) in a VAT breakdown (BG-23) where the VAT category code (BT-118) is "Export outside the EU" shall be 0 (zero).
The Location above is a UBL-2.1 path, and no UN/CEFACT-CII path for this rule is published here; Fix and Fix (Deutsch), verbatim from remediation_catalog.json and not reworded here; the UN/CEFACT-CII binding of this rule is differentially proven against the official CEN EN 16931 1.3.16 Schematron.
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