PEPPOL-EN16931-R055
Invoice total VAT amount and Invoice total VAT amount in accounting currency MUST have the same operational sign
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The official rule
EN 16931, EnglishInvoice total VAT amount and Invoice total VAT amount in accounting currency MUST have the same operational sign
Technical detail — where the rule is evaluated and the exact test
| Syntax | Context and assertion |
|---|---|
| UBL | ubl-creditnote:CreditNote | ubl-invoice:Invoice |
not(cbc:TaxCurrencyCode) or (cac:TaxTotal/cbc:TaxAmount[@currencyID=normalize-space(../../cbc:TaxCurrencyCode)] <= 0 and cac:TaxTotal/cbc:TaxAmount[@currencyID=normalize-space(../../cbc:DocumentCurrencyCode)] <= 0) or (cac:TaxTotal/cbc:TaxAmount[@currencyID=normalize-space(../../cbc:TaxCurrencyCode)] >= 0 and cac:TaxTotal/cbc:TaxAmount[@currencyID=normalize-space(../../cbc:DocumentCurrencyCode)] >= 0) | |
| CII | ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement |
not(/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:TaxCurrencyCode and ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation/ram:TaxTotalAmount[@currencyID = $documentCurrencyCode]) or (ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation/ram:TaxTotalAmount[@currencyID = $taxCurrencyCode] < 0 and ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation/ram:TaxTotalAmount[@currencyID = $documentCurrencyCode] < 0) or (ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation/ram:TaxTotalAmount[@currencyID = $taxCurrencyCode] >= 0 and ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation/ram:TaxTotalAmount[@currencyID = $documentCurrencyCode] >= 0) |
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