BR-33fatal

How to fix BR-33

Each Document level allowance (BG-20) shall have a Document level allowance reason (BT-97) or a Document level allowance reason code (BT-98).

What this rule checks

Every document-level allowance must explain why the discount is given, either as free text or using a standard UNTDID 5189 reason code.

Referenced business terms

This rule references the following EN 16931 business terms. Click through for the full definition, the UBL XPath and the cardinality.

How to fix it

Add a cbc:AllowanceChargeReason and/or cbc:AllowanceChargeReasonCode element to each document-level cac:AllowanceCharge (where cbc:ChargeIndicator is false).

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