BR-CO-21fatal
How to fix BR-CO-21
Each Document level allowance (BG-20) shall contain a Document level allowance reason (BT-97) or a Document level allowance reason code (BT-98), or both.
What this rule checks
A document-level allowance has neither a reason text nor a reason code. At least one must be present so the allowance can be understood and categorized.
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 <cbc:AllowanceChargeReason> (BT-97) and/or <cbc:AllowanceChargeReasonCode> (BT-98) to the document-level <cac:AllowanceCharge> where ChargeIndicator is false.
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