BR-IC-04
Intra-community supply (K) · severity: error · in EN 16931 (UBL), EN 16931 (CII)
Official rule text
An Invoice that contains a Document level charge (BG-21) where the Document level charge VAT category code (BT-102) is "Intra-community supply" shall contain the Seller VAT Identifier (BT-31) or the Seller tax representative VAT identifier (BT-63) and the Buyer VAT identifier (BT-48).
What it means
Rule for intra-community supply (category K): both VAT IDs, a delivery date or period, and the delivery country are needed.
Fields involved
BG-21Document level chargeBT-102Document level charge VAT category codeBT-31Seller VAT IdentifierBT-63Seller tax representative VAT identifierBT-48Buyer VAT identifier
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