Counterfoil rule note

BR-AE-06

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Country
EU
Syntax
UBL
Severity
fatal
Last verified
2026-10-17

Official statement

In a Document level allowance (BG-20) where the Document level allowance VAT category code (BT-95) is "Reverse charge" the Document level allowance VAT rate (BT-96) shall be 0 (zero).

Source: https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-AE-06/

Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, May 2026 release, EN 16931 model bound to UBL

Severity note: fatal, from the Flag column of the Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 UBL rules index retrieved 2026-10-17.

Plain-language reading

On a document-level allowance whose VAT category is "Reverse charge", the allowance VAT rate (BT-96) must be 0. The published test compares the percent to 0 where the allowance category code is AE.

What to change

Set the allowance VAT rate (BT-96) to 0 on each allowance coded AE.

Illustration

Illustration of the condition in the official statement. Not an example published by the source.

Fails the stated condition. An allowance VAT category code is AE and the allowance VAT rate is 19.

Passes the stated condition. An allowance VAT category code is AE and the allowance VAT rate is 0.

Published context and test

Copied from the source. Not reimplemented on this page.

cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=false()]/cac:TaxCategory[normalize-space(cbc:ID)='AE'][cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']
(xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = 0)

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