InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Tax exemption reason code / Invoice or credit note line › item › item VAT category” · UBL-CR-600

  • Severity · Warning
  • Applies to · UBL
  • Editorial review pending

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for tax exemption reason code under “invoice or credit note line › item › item VAT category”.

As of

Who can correct it?

The invoicing software provider can correct the export.

How to fix it

  1. Find the entry in the UBL export at (cac:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode at this location. If you need the information, first check where the selected profile expects it.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · The test reports a finding as soon as (cac:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-600 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged tax exemption reason code under “invoice or credit note line › item › item VAT category”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The rule flags cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode under “invoice or credit note line › item › item VAT category”. The corrected export omits that element from the affected section.

UBL

(cac:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode

Fails the rule
<cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode>01</cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

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