BR-CO-18 error

What this rule checks

Explanation

Every invoice must contain at least one VAT breakdown group (BG-23) — the block that reports a taxable amount, tax amount, category, and rate for each VAT category used on the invoice. This is a presence check; it doesn't check whether the breakdown's figures are correct (that's BR-CO-14/17 and the BR-S/Z/E/AE family).

How to fix it

Add at least one VAT breakdown group (UBL: cac:TaxSubtotal under TaxTotal; CII: ram:ApplicableTradeTax under ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement) with its category code, taxable amount, and tax amount populated.

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Rule set version: EN16931 validation-1.3.16 (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931)

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