BR-CL-6 in your own invoice? Upload the file and find every error in seconds.
What does BR-CL-6 mean?
Instead of a date, BT-8 names the moment when VAT becomes chargeable - as a code. Only a few values are allowed (invoice, delivery or payment date).
Common causes of BR-CL-6
- Free text such as 'delivery date' sits in the field instead of a code.
- A code outside the allowed set '5', '29', '72' was used (e.g. from UNTDID 2005).
- Both a concrete VAT point date (BT-7) and the date code (BT-8) are set, although only one is allowed.
How to fix BR-CL-6
- Find the faulty spot in the XML. Open the XML of the invoice and go to field BT-8 along this XPath:
//ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax/ram:DueDateTypeCode - Apply the fix. Code the value added tax point date code (BT-8) with one of the three values allowed in UNTDID 2475: '5' (invoice date), '29' (actual delivery date), '72' (payment date). No other codes are allowed.
- Validate again. Save the file and validate it again to check that BR-CL-6 is no longer reported.
Concrete fix
Code the value added tax point date code (BT-8) with one of the three values allowed in UNTDID 2475: '5' (invoice date), '29' (actual delivery date), '72' (payment date). No other codes are allowed.
XPath
//ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax/ram:DueDateTypeCodeBefore / after: the XML example
This is the spot in question before and after the fix (Cross Industry Invoice, ZUGFeRD/Factur-X).
Wrong
<ram:ApplicableTradeTax>
<ram:TypeCode>VAT</ram:TypeCode>
<ram:DueDateTypeCode>Lieferdatum</ram:DueDateTypeCode>
</ram:ApplicableTradeTax>
Correct
<ram:ApplicableTradeTax>
<ram:TypeCode>VAT</ram:TypeCode>
<ram:DueDateTypeCode>29</ram:DueDateTypeCode>
</ram:ApplicableTradeTax>Frequent questions about BR-CL-6
Which code do I use when VAT becomes chargeable on the delivery date?
The code '29' (actual delivery date). For the invoice date use '5', for the payment date '72'. The validator rejects other values.
May I give BT-7 and BT-8 together?
No. You either give a concrete VAT point date (BT-7) or the date code (BT-8), never both at once.
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