Reference

BR-20 Tax representative country code is required when the party is present

The Seller tax representative postal address (BG-12) shall contain a Tax representative country code (BT-69) when a Seller tax representative party (BG-11) is present.

Problem Description

The Seller tax representative postal address (BG-12) shall contain a Tax representative country code (BT-69) when a Seller tax representative party (BG-11) is present.

ERROR

XRechnung 3.0

Context and Significance

This is a core EN16931 conditional rule; the tax representative country determines the applicable VAT jurisdiction and must be named when the party is declared.

Solution

Add cac:TaxRepresentativeParty/cac:PostalAddress/cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode with an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.

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Valid Examples

Use these points as the practical checks for this section.

BT-69 = DE — tax representative country code present

Invalid Examples

Use these points as the practical checks for this section.

The tax representative cac:PostalAddress has no cac:Country/cbc:IdentificationCode

Code Examples

Valid XML

<cac:TaxRepresentativeParty>
  <cac:PostalAddress>
    <cac:Country>
      <cbc:IdentificationCode>DE</cbc:IdentificationCode>
    </cac:Country>
  </cac:PostalAddress>
</cac:TaxRepresentativeParty>

Invalid XML

<cac:TaxRepresentativeParty>
  <cac:PostalAddress>
    <cbc:CityName>Berlin</cbc:CityName>
  </cac:PostalAddress>
</cac:TaxRepresentativeParty>

Affected Fields

BT-69 Tax representative country code

BG-12 Seller tax representative postal address

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