BR-42fatal

How to fix BR-42

Each Invoice line allowance (BG-27) shall have an Invoice line allowance reason (BT-139) or an Invoice line allowance reason code (BT-140).

What this rule checks

Every line-level allowance must have a reason so the buyer understands why the discount was applied.

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 line-level cac:AllowanceCharge (where cbc:ChargeIndicator is false).

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