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BR-O-14

Not subject to VAT (O) · severity: error · in EN 16931 (UBL), EN 16931 (CII)

Official rule text

An Invoice that contains a VAT breakdown group (BG-23) with a VAT category code (BT-118) "Not subject to VAT" shall not contain Document level charges (BG-21) where Document level charge VAT category code (BT-102) is not "Not subject to VAT".

What it means

Rule for 'not subject to VAT' (category O): no VAT IDs and no VAT rate should be given.

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