BR-O-11fatal

How to fix BR-O-11

An Invoice that contains a VAT breakdown group (BG-23) with a VAT category code (BT-118) "Not subject to VAT" shall not contain other VAT breakdown groups (BG-23).

What this rule checks

Category O is exclusive: if the invoice has an O subtotal, no other VAT categories (S, Z, E, AE, etc.) may appear in the breakdown.

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 all cac:TaxSubtotal entries that have a cac:TaxCategory/cbc:ID other than 'O', or reclassify the affected items.

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