BR-AF-07: In a Document level charge (BG-21) where the Document level charge VAT category code…
Peppol BIS Billing 3.0.20 · UBL
Original rule text
[BR-AF-07]-In a Document level charge (BG-21) where the Document level charge VAT category code (BT-102) is "IGIC" the Document level charge VAT rate (BT-103) shall be 0 (zero) or greater than zero.
(cbc:Percent) >= 0BR-AF-07 is a fatal rule in the business layer of Peppol BIS Billing 3.0.20 · UBL. An invoice that breaks it is rejected. It refers to BG-21, BT-102, BT-103.
What this rule requires
The rule requires that a document-level charge (BG-21) whose VAT category code (BT-102) is IGIC has a VAT rate (BT-103) of zero or greater. The message says "0 (zero) or greater than zero", and the UBL test matches it: it selects cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=true()]/cac:TaxCategory where cbc:ID is L and the tax scheme is VAT, and requires cbc:Percent >= 0. The CII test does not match the message: it selects ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge[ram:ChargeIndicator/udt:Indicator=true()]/ram:CategoryTradeTax where ram:CategoryCode is L and ram:TypeCode is VAT, and requires ram:RateApplicablePercent > 0, so a rate of 0 passes in UBL and fails in CII.
How to fix
In UBL, set cbc:Percent in the matching cac:TaxCategory to 0 or any positive number. In CII, set ram:RateApplicablePercent in the matching ram:CategoryTradeTax to a number greater than 0, because 0 fails the CII test. If the charge really has a zero rate, expect a CII validator to reject it even though UBL accepts it.
Guidance on this rule. The original text above is authoritative.
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