BR-O-05fatal

How to fix BR-O-05

An Invoice line (BG-25) where the VAT category code (BT-151) is "Not subject to VAT" shall not contain an Invoiced item VAT rate (BT-152).

What this rule checks

Lines outside the scope of VAT must not specify a VAT rate at all -- not even 0%. The cbc:Percent element must be omitted.

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

Remove the cbc:Percent element entirely from cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory on the affected invoice line.

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