einvoice / EN 16931 / XRechnung rule reference
BR-O-07
A 'Not subject to VAT' (O) Document level charge shall NOT contain a Document level charge VAT rate (BT-103).
Ein Zuschlag auf Dokumentenebene (BG-21), bei dem der Code der Umsatzsteuerkategorie (BT-102) „nicht umsatzsteuerbar“ lautet, darf den Umsatzsteuersatz des Zuschlags auf Dokumentenebene (BT-103) nicht enthalten.
Deutsche Fassung: Übersetzung der gleichen BT/BG-Semantik (translation — not the official assert).
- Requires
- A Document level charge (BG-21) where the VAT category code (BT-102) is "Not subject to VAT" shall not contain a Document level charge VAT rate (BT-103).
- Business terms
BG-21BT-102BT-103- Syntax
- Binds the UBL-2.1 Invoice / CreditNote syntax and the UN/CEFACT-CII syntax
- Location (UBL-2.1 path)
cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=true()]/cac:TaxCategory[normalize-space(cbc:ID)='O'][cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']- Fix
- Adjust the VAT breakdown at `cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=true()]/cac:TaxCategory[normalize-space(cbc:ID)='O'][cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']` so that A Document level charge (BG-21) where the VAT category code (BT-102) is "Not subject to VAT" shall not contain a Document level charge VAT rate (BT-103).
- Fix (Deutsch)
- Passen Sie die Umsatzsteueraufschlüsselung bei `cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=true()]/cac:TaxCategory[normalize-space(cbc:ID)='O'][cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']` an, sodass gilt: Ein Zuschlag auf Dokumentenebene (BG-21), bei dem der Code der Umsatzsteuerkategorie (BT-102) „nicht umsatzsteuerbar“ lautet, darf den Umsatzsteuersatz des Zuschlags auf Dokumentenebene (BT-103) nicht enthalten.
- Severity
- fatal
- Provenance source
en16931-ubl- Provenance assert
A Document level charge (BG-21) where the VAT category code (BT-102) is "Not subject to VAT" shall not contain a Document level charge VAT rate (BT-103).
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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