BR-E-05fatal

How to fix BR-E-05

In an Invoice line (BG-25) where the Invoiced item VAT category code (BT-151) is "Exempt from VAT", the Invoiced item VAT rate (BT-152) shall be 0 (zero).

What this rule checks

VAT-exempt invoice lines must have a VAT rate of 0% since no VAT applies.

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

Set cbc:Percent to 0 inside cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory for the affected invoice line.

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