VAT breakdown is missing (BR-CO-18)
- Standard: EN 16931
- Severity: error
- Affected fields: BT-118
Meaning
Every invoice must contain at least one VAT breakdown (BG-23): taxable amount, tax amount and category per rate. The invoice total VAT amount is derived from it.
Original text of the rule
An Invoice shall at least have one VAT breakdown group (BG-23).
Possible causes
- The invoice carries only totals, no breakdown per VAT category.
- For VAT-exempt items the breakdown was left out entirely.
How to fix it
- In your invoicing software, make sure every line has a VAT category and create the invoice again.
- In the XML: add at least one BG-23 group with BT-116, BT-117 and BT-118 (UBL cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal, CII header ram:ApplicableTradeTax).