EN16931 / XRechnung / Peppol BIS 3 Validator

BR-53: If the VAT accounting currency code (BT-6) is present, then the Invoice…

fatal CII UBL

What this error means and how to fix it

An EN 16931 core rule: a mandatory business term is missing, or a basic condition between business terms is not met. Add or correct the element named in the rule text at the location the validation result shows. This is an error: the invoice is rejected until it is fixed.

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This error needs information only you have, so it is not repaired automatically. The free check shows every finding in the file with its location; if other errors in the same file are in the automatic set (totals, VAT breakdown, rounding, element order), the result page offers the corrected file for 9 €.

Rule text

[BR-53]-If the VAT accounting currency code (BT-6) is present, then the Invoice total VAT amount in accounting currency (BT-111) shall be provided.
Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
EN16931-UBLfatal/ubl:Invoice | /cn:CreditNoteevery $taxcurrency in cbc:TaxCurrencyCode satisfies exists(//cac:TaxTotal/cbc:TaxAmount[@currencyID=$taxcurrency])
EN16931-CIIfatal//ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummationnot(/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:TaxCurrencyCode) or (/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:TaxCurrencyCode and (ram:TaxTotalAmount/@currencyID = /rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:TaxCurrencyCode) and not(/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:TaxCurrencyCode = /rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:InvoiceCurrencyCode))

Business terms referenced

BT-6, BT-111

Related rules

PEPPOL-EN16931-R054, BR-DEC-15, PEPPOL-EN16931-R051

Source: EN 16931-1 Schematron, UN/CEFACT CII syntax binding (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, EUPL-1.2).

Source: EN 16931-1 Schematron, UBL syntax binding (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, EUPL-1.2).

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