Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule

BR-AF-07

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What does BR-AF-07 mean? In a Document level charge (BG-21) where the Document level charge VAT category code (BT-102) is "IGIC" the Document level charge VAT rate (BT-103) shall be 0 (zero) or greater than zero.

Why did my invoice fail BR-AF-07?

In a document level charge (BG-21) whose VAT category code (BT-102) is "IGIC" (code L), the charge VAT rate (BT-103) must be zero or greater than zero. A missing or negative rate on an IGIC charge is invalid. In UBL the rate is cac:AllowanceCharge (with ChargeIndicator true)/cac:TaxCategory/cbc:Percent.

Official rule text

In a Document level charge (BG-21) where the Document level charge VAT category code (BT-102) is "IGIC" the Document level charge VAT rate (BT-103) shall be 0 (zero) or greater than zero.

Common causes

cbc:Percent missing on the charge's TaxCategory
Negative rate produced by a sign error in mapping
Charge copied from an allowance template without setting the rate

How do I fix it?

<cac:AllowanceCharge>
  <cbc:ChargeIndicator>true</cbc:ChargeIndicator>
  <cbc:AllowanceChargeReason>Freight</cbc:AllowanceChargeReason>
  <cbc:Amount currencyID="EUR">15.00</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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