Validation rules

BR-E-06 — EN 16931 rule

A document-level allowance with VAT category "E" (exempt) must have a VAT rate of 0.

Rule: BR-E-06 — official EN 16931 / XRechnung rule
Severity: error
Detected by: tier 3 — KoSIT validator (authoritative)
Reachability: Triggerable from your request JSON (generate & validate)

How to fix it

Set the allowance's vat to 0, or change its vat_category.

BR-E-06 auf Deutsch — was bedeutet der Fehler?

Ein Nachlass auf Dokumentebene mit der Kategorie "E" (steuerbefreit) muss den Steuersatz 0 tragen.

So beheben Sie den Fehler

Setzen Sie vat am Nachlass auf 0 — oder ändern Sie dessen vat_category.

Related rules

BR-E-05 — A VAT-exempt (E) line must have a VAT rate of 0.
BR-E-07 — A document-level charge with VAT category "E" (exempt) must have a VAT rate of 0.
BR-E-04 — A document-level charge uses VAT category E (exempt), which requires the seller VAT identifier (BT-31), the…
BR-E-08 — The taxable amount (BT-116) of the exempt (E) breakdown does not equal the sum of line net amounts minus…
BR-E-03 — A document-level allowance uses VAT category E (exempt), which requires the seller VAT identifier (BT-31),…
BR-E-09 — The tax amount (BT-117) of the exempt (E) breakdown must be 0.

Official sources

Every 422 from the API lists the rule id, the path in your request JSON, a plain-language message and a suggested fix — see the docs overview for the report format.

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