Rule reference

BR-05 An invoice must have a currency code (BT-5) from ISO 4217, but none was provided

An invoice must have a currency code (BT-5) from ISO 4217, but none was provided. Every monetary amount in the document is interpreted against this code.

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Business term
BT-5
Severity
fatal

What the library returns

The exact object in result.errors when this rule fires. Generated by running @attestwire/en16931, not transcribed:

TeachingError
{
  "rule": "BR-05",
  "field": "BT-5",
  "severity": "fatal",
  "message": "An invoice must have a currency code (BT-5) from ISO 4217, but none was provided. Every monetary amount in the document is interpreted against this code.",
  "fix": "Set currency to the three-letter ISO 4217 alphabetic code, e.g. \"EUR\". Use the code, not the symbol.",
  "example": "\"currency\": \"EUR\"",
  "xpath": "/ubl:Invoice/cbc:DocumentCurrencyCode",
  "docsUrl": "https://attestwire.com/rules/BR-05"
}

xpath locates the element in the generated UBL document, which is where a KoSIT or Peppol validator will report the same problem.

A passing value

the shape this field expects
"currency": "EUR"

The fix

Set currency to the three-letter ISO 4217 alphabetic code, e.g. "EUR". Use the code, not the symbol.

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