Business term

BT-120

VAT exemption reason text

What does this term mean?

BT-120 is “VAT exemption reason text” — a single data field (Business Term) of the European e-invoicing standard EN 16931. It is therefore part of the XRechnung, ZUGFeRD/Factur-X and Peppol BIS 3.0 formats, which all build on EN 16931.

Where the term appears

In an e-invoice's XML, BT-120 appears as a concrete element (named differently in UBL vs CII). Beleggo's generator fills the field in, and the validator checks the whole invoice — including this field — against EN 16931 and XRechnung, free and locally in your browser.

Related fields

BT-116
VAT category taxable amount
BT-117
VAT category tax amount
BT-118
VAT category code (UNCL 5305)
BT-119
VAT category rate
BT-121
VAT exemption reason code
BT-122
Supporting document reference
BT-125
Attached document
BT-126
Invoice line identifier