Reference
Markdown exportBT-104 Document level charge reason
Text reason for the document-level charge.
Quick answer
Discounts and charges
Document-level discounts, surcharges, and the tax data attached to them.
Quick actions
In plain language
Document-level allowances reduce the invoice total; document-level charges increase it. ChargeIndicator selects the BG-20 allowance or BG-21 charge interpretation in UBL/CII.
What you usually enter here
Free text
Typical valid values include: Handling fee, Shipping costs
Either BT-104 or BT-105 must be present for each document-level charge.
Where the field sits
- Invoice
- cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=true()]
- cbc:AllowanceChargeReasonBT-104
- rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice
- rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction
- ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement
- ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge[ram:ChargeIndicator/udt:Indicator=true()]
- ram:ReasonBT-104
What goes wrong often
Relevant rule codes: BR-38, BR-CO-22
Valid Examples
- Handling fee
- Shipping costs
XML mapping and field facts
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Field ID:
BT-104
Data Type:
text
Cardinality:
0..1
Requirement:
Optional
Max Length:
500 characters
XML Implementation
/Invoice/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=true()]/cbc:AllowanceChargeReason/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge[ram:ChargeIndicator/udt:Indicator=true()]/ram:ReasonValidation Rules
BR-38
BR-38
BR-CO-22
BR-CO-22
Next step
Check whether your XRechnung sets BT-104 correctly
Upload the XML file to the free validator. It applies the KoSIT rules for XRechnung 3.0 and names each finding with its rule ID, for this field for example BR-38, BR-CO-22. Creating a new invoice instead? The converter checks the invoice against the same rules and shows the findings before download.
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