Validation rules
BR-IC-06 — EN 16931 rule
A document-level allowance with VAT category "K" (intra-community supply) must have a VAT rate of 0.
- Rule
BR-IC-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.
BR-IC-06 auf Deutsch — was bedeutet der Fehler?
Ein Nachlass auf Dokumentebene mit der Kategorie "K" (innergemeinschaftliche Lieferung) muss den Steuersatz 0 tragen.
So beheben Sie den Fehler
Setzen Sie vat am Nachlass auf 0.
Related rules
BR-IC-05— An intra-community supply (K) line must have a VAT rate of exactly 0.BR-IC-07— A document-level charge with VAT category "K" (intra-community supply) must have a VAT rate of 0.BR-IC-04— A document-level charge uses VAT category K (intra-community supply), which requires the buyer VAT…BR-IC-08— The taxable amount (BT-116) of the intra-community (K) breakdown does not equal the sum of line net amounts…BR-IC-03— A document-level allowance uses VAT category K (intra-community supply), which requires the buyer VAT…BR-IC-09— The tax amount (BT-117) of the intra-community (K) breakdown must be 0.
Official sources
- XRechnung specification (KoSIT / xeinkauf.de)
- KoSIT validator on GitHub and the XRechnung validator configuration
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.
Or try it live: drop any XRechnung XML on the free validator — same KoSIT-backed report, no account.