InvoiceGlass

VAT rate missing or invalid (IGIC) · BR-AF-05

  • Severity · Error
  • Applies to · UBL / CII
  • Editorial review pending

A rate is required on a line in category L. In the bundled CEN 1.3.16 package, the UBL check accepts zero or above. The CII check requires a positive rate.

As of

Who can correct it?

The sender can correct the invoice.

How to fix it

  1. Ask the sender for a corrected invoice in which the VAT category and the VAT rate match.
  2. If you issued the invoice yourself: enter the applicable IGIC rate.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · On a line in category L (IGIC), the bundled UBL test accepts a rate of zero or above. The bundled CII test requires a positive rate. This rule ID is part of the CEN 1.3.16 package bundled by KoSIT.

Message to the sender

Subject: Invoice {invoiceNumber} – VAT rate missing

Hello,

Thank you for your invoice {invoiceNumber} dated {issueDate}. The invoice contains an invoice line in the IGIC category where the VAT rate is missing or invalid (rule BR-AF-05). Could you please state the applicable IGIC rate and send us a corrected invoice?

Kind regards

Example

The export leaves the rate blank on a line in category L. A positive IGIC rate applies in this example. The correction supplies that verified rate.

Related rules

Business terms

BG-25

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

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