Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule

BR-AF-06

Layer en16931·Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does BR-AF-06 mean? In a Document level allowance (BG-20) where the Document level allowance VAT category code (BT-95) is "IGIC" the Document level allowance VAT rate (BT-96) shall be 0 (zero) or greater than zero.

Why did my invoice fail BR-AF-06?

In a document level allowance (BG-20) whose VAT category code (BT-95) is "IGIC" (code L), the allowance VAT rate (BT-96) must be zero or greater than zero. A missing or negative rate on an IGIC allowance is invalid. In UBL the rate is cac:AllowanceCharge/cac:TaxCategory/cbc:Percent.

Official rule text

In a Document level allowance (BG-20) where the Document level allowance VAT category code (BT-95) is "IGIC" the Document level allowance VAT rate (BT-96) shall be 0 (zero) or greater than zero.

Common causes

cbc:Percent missing on the allowance's TaxCategory
Negative percentage entered instead of using the allowance amount for the reduction
Rate copied from an uninitialised field

How do I fix it?

<cac:AllowanceCharge>
  <cbc:ChargeIndicator>false</cbc:ChargeIndicator>
  <cbc:AllowanceChargeReason>Discount</cbc:AllowanceChargeReason>
  <cbc:Amount currencyID="EUR">10.00</cbc:Amount>
  <cac:TaxCategory>
    <cbc:ID>L</cbc:ID>
    <cbc:Percent>7</cbc:Percent>
    <cac:TaxScheme><cbc:ID>VAT</cbc:ID></cac:TaxScheme>
  </cac:TaxCategory>
</cac:AllowanceCharge>

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