BR-Z-02: Seller VAT or tax registration identifier missing for invoice line with category Z
Official message
[BR-Z-02] An Invoice that contains an Invoice line where the Invoiced item VAT category code (BT-151) is "Zero rated" shall contain the Seller VAT Identifier (BT-31), the Seller tax registration identifier (BT-32) and/or the Seller tax representative VAT identifier (BT-63).
[BR-Z-02] An Invoice that contains an Invoice line where the Invoiced item VAT category code (BT-151) is "Zero rated" shall contain the Seller VAT Identifier (BT-31), the Seller tax registration identifier (BT-32) and/or the Seller tax representative VAT identifier (BT-63).
[BR-Z-02] An Invoice that contains an Invoice line where the Invoiced item VAT category code (BT-151) is "Zero rated" shall contain the Seller VAT Identifier (BT-31), the Seller tax registration identifier (BT-32) and/or the Seller tax representative VAT identifier (BT-63).
- Severity
- Error The invoice is invalid and may be rejected by the recipient.
- Applies to
- EN 16931 (CII), EN 16931 (UBL), Factur-X / ZUGFeRD EN 16931
- Affected fields
- BT-151, BT-31, BT-32, BT-63
What does this mean?
If the invoice contains an invoice line (BG-25) with VAT category (BT-151) Z (Zero rated), it must contain the Seller VAT identifier (BT-31), the Seller tax registration identifier (BT-32) or the Seller tax representative VAT identifier (BT-63). None of them is present.
CII: for the seller only ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration/ram:ID with schemeID VA (BT-31) or FC (BT-32) counts, for the tax representative only schemeID VA. UBL: for the seller any cac:PartyTaxScheme/cbc:CompanyID is sufficient, for the tax representative only tax scheme VAT counts.
Typical causes
Neither a VAT identifier nor a tax registration identifier was given for the seller.
CII: the identifier was given without schemeID or with a scheme other than VA or FC.
The VAT identifier only appears in free text, e.g. an invoice note.
How to fix the error
State the seller VAT identifier (BT-31) or the seller tax registration identifier (BT-32); if the seller has a tax representative, the representative's VAT identifier (BT-63) is sufficient as well.
CII: ram:SellerTradeParty/ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration/ram:ID with schemeID="VA" (BT-31) or schemeID="FC" (BT-32), tax representative: ram:SellerTaxRepresentativeTradeParty/ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration/ram:ID with schemeID="VA". UBL: cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyTaxScheme/cbc:CompanyID, tax representative: cac:TaxRepresentativeParty/cac:PartyTaxScheme/cbc:CompanyID with cac:TaxScheme/cbc:ID = VAT.
In E-Rechnungsfreund
In the invoice form, section "Verkäufer (BG-4)" (seller), fill in the field "USt-IdNr. (BT-31/48/63)" (VAT identifier) or ("Experte" view) "Lokale Steuernummer (BT-32)" (tax registration identifier); they are output with schemeID VA or FC. Alternatively fill in the field "USt-IdNr. (BT-31/48/63)" in section "Steuervertreter (BG-11)" (tax representative, "Experte" view).
Example
Wrong
<ram:SellerTradeParty>
<ram:Name>Sample Ltd</ram:Name>
...
</ram:SellerTradeParty>Correct
<ram:SellerTradeParty>
<ram:Name>Sample Ltd</ram:Name>
...
<ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration>
<ram:ID schemeID="VA">DE123456789</ram:ID>
</ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration>
</ram:SellerTradeParty>For developers: test expression per syntax
EN 16931 (CII) (CII)
Context: //rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:IncludedSupplyChainTradeLineItem/ram:SpecifiedLineTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax[ram:CategoryCode = 'Z'][upper-case(ram:TypeCode) = 'VAT']
/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeAgreement/ram:SellerTradeParty/ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration/ram:ID[@schemeID = ('VA', 'FC')] or /rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeAgreement/ram:SellerTaxRepresentativeTradeParty/ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration/ram:ID[@schemeID = 'VA']EN 16931 (UBL) (UBL)
Context: /ubl:Invoice | /cn:CreditNote
(exists(//cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory[normalize-space(cbc:ID) = 'Z'][cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']) and (exists(//cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyTaxScheme/cbc:CompanyID) or exists(//cac:TaxRepresentativeParty/cac:PartyTaxScheme[cac:TaxScheme/(normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID)) = 'VAT')]/cbc:CompanyID))) or not(exists(//cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory[normalize-space(cbc:ID) = 'Z'][cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']))Factur-X / ZUGFeRD EN 16931 (CII)
Technical ID in the source: FX-SCH-A-000251
Context: //rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:IncludedSupplyChainTradeLineItem/ram:SpecifiedLineTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax[ram:CategoryCode = 'Z']
/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeAgreement/ram:SellerTradeParty/ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration/ram:ID[@schemeID = ('VA', 'FC')] or /rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeAgreement/ram:SellerTaxRepresentativeTradeParty/ram:SpecifiedTaxRegistration/ram:ID[@schemeID = 'VA']Related validation rules
- BR-Z-01: Not exactly one VAT breakdown for category Z
- BR-Z-03: Seller VAT or tax registration identifier missing for document level allowance with category Z
- BR-Z-04: Seller VAT or tax registration identifier missing for document level charge with category Z
- BR-Z-05: VAT rate of invoice line with category Z is not 0
- BR-Z-06: VAT rate of document level allowance with category Z is not 0
- BR-Z-07: VAT rate of document level charge with category Z is not 0
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Explanation of the validation rule, not legal or tax advice.