Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule

BR-AF-02

Layer en16931·Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does BR-AF-02 mean? An Invoice that contains an Invoice line (BG-25) where the Invoiced item VAT category code (BT-151) is "IGIC" shall contain the Seller VAT Identifier (BT-31), the Seller tax registration identifier (BT-32) and/or the Seller tax representative VAT identifier (BT-63).

Why did my invoice fail BR-AF-02?

When any invoice line uses the VAT category code "IGIC" (code L, Canary Islands), the invoice must identify the seller for tax purposes: it must contain the Seller VAT identifier (BT-31), the Seller tax registration identifier (BT-32), and/or the Seller tax representative VAT identifier (BT-63). At least one of these is needed so the tax authority can attribute the IGIC liability to a registered party. In UBL, BT-31/BT-32 are carried in cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyTaxScheme/cbc:CompanyID, and BT-63 in cac:TaxRepresentativeParty.

Official rule text

An Invoice that contains an Invoice line (BG-25) where the Invoiced item VAT category code (BT-151) is "IGIC" shall contain the Seller VAT Identifier (BT-31), the Seller tax registration identifier (BT-32) and/or the Seller tax representative VAT identifier (BT-63).

Common causes

No PartyTaxScheme/CompanyID provided for the seller at all
Seller identification given only as a legal registration ID (PartyLegalEntity) instead of a tax identifier
Tax representative used but its VAT identifier element left empty

How do I fix it?

<cac:AccountingSupplierParty><cac:Party>
  <cac:PartyTaxScheme>
    <cbc:CompanyID>ES12345678Z</cbc:CompanyID>
    <cac:TaxScheme><cbc:ID>VAT</cbc:ID></cac:TaxScheme>
  </cac:PartyTaxScheme>
</cac:Party></cac:AccountingSupplierParty>

Check your invoice against this rule

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