EN 16931 rules › BR-AE-01
BR-AE-01 — An Invoice that contains an Invoice line (BG-25), a Document level allowance (BG-20) or a Document level charge (BG-21)…
| Rule id | BR-AE-01 |
|---|---|
| Rule set | EN 16931 itself, not a national or network addition |
| Severity | fatal in CII and UBL — a validator enforcing this rule set rejects the invoice |
| Applies to | the CII and UBL syntaxes |
| Checked by | the validator on this site and invoicekit.go v0.2.11, the library behind it |
The rule as published
An Invoice that contains an Invoice line (BG-25), a Document level allowance (BG-20) or a Document level charge (BG-21) where the VAT category code (BT-151, BT-95 or BT-102) is "Reverse charge" shall contain in the VAT breakdown (BG-23) exactly one VAT category code (BT-118) equal with "VAT reverse charge".
fatal in CII — a validator enforcing this rule set rejects the invoice.
An Invoice that contains an Invoice line (BG-25), a Document level allowance (BG-20) or a Document level charge (BG-21) where the VAT category code (BT-151, BT-95 or BT-102) is "Reverse charge" shall contain in the VAT Breakdown (BG-23) exactly one VAT category code (BT-118) equal with "VAT reverse charge".
fatal in UBL — a validator enforcing this rule set rejects the invoice.
What runs for it
Straight from the artefacts the engine embeds: the node the assertion selects and the test it applies there. A failing invoice is reported with the message above.
| Syntax | Severity | Artefact phase | Applied to | Fails when |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CII | fatal | EN16931-model-phase | /rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice | (count(//ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax[ram:CategoryCode='AE'])=0 and count(//ram:SpecifiedLineTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax[ram:CategoryCode='AE'])=0 and count(//ram:CategoryTradeTax[ram:CategoryCode='AE'])=0) or ( count(//ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax[ram:CategoryCode='AE'])=1 and (exists(//ram:SpecifiedLineTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax[ram:CategoryCode='AE']) or exists(//ram:CategoryTradeTax[ram:CategoryCode='AE']))) |
| UBL | fatal | EN16931model_phase | /ubl:Invoice | /cn:CreditNote | ((exists(//cac:TaxCategory[cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']/cbc:ID[normalize-space(.) = 'AE']) or exists(//cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory[cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']/cbc:ID[normalize-space(.) = 'AE'])) and (count(cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cac:TaxCategory[cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']/cbc:ID[normalize-space(.) = 'AE']) = 1)) or (not(//cac:TaxCategory[cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']/cbc:ID[normalize-space(.) = 'AE']) and not(//cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory[cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']/cbc:ID[normalize-space(.) = 'AE'])) |
Data elements it names
- BG-25 Invoice line (cited by 36 rules)
- BG-20 Document level allowance (cited by 34 rules)
- BG-21 Document level charge (cited by 33 rules)
- BT-151 Invoiced item VAT category code (cited by 40 rules)
- BT-95 Document level allowance VAT category code (cited by 40 rules)
- BT-102 Document level charge VAT category code (cited by 40 rules)
- BG-23 VAT breakdown (cited by 47 rules)
- BT-118 VAT category code (cited by 44 rules)
See also
- Every EN 16931 rule id — the same list as a filterable table, with the assertions as CSV and JSON.
- What XRechnung and Peppol BIS add — rule sets that run these ids plus their own.
- The data elements — every BT and BG with the rules that name it.