BR-IC-12fatal

How to fix BR-IC-12

In an Invoice with a VAT breakdown (BG-23) where the VAT category code (BT-118) is "Intra-community supply" the Deliver to country code (BT-80) shall not be blank.

What this rule checks

Intra-community invoices must specify the destination country to determine which member state has taxing rights.

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 cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryLocation/cac:Address/cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode (BT-80) with the destination country ISO code.

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