VATDEC Value added tax message (D17A)

This is the standard EDIFACT D17A spec, with 12 loops and 43 segment positions, as OpenEDI JSON, an ediFabric C# template and an ediFabric Native model. To change it for a trading partner, customize it in the EDI Spec Builder.

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The spec as an OpenAPI 3 schema with x-openedi-* extensions, for ediFabric Native, ediFabric Cloud and the EDI Spec Builder. Download OpenEDI (70 KB) Generate classes
The ediFabric .NET template, class TSVATDEC. It needs the common segments, composites and codes of EDIFACT D17A, one download for every transaction in the version. Download C# (1 KB) Common files (69 KB)
The intermediary model ediFabric Native loads with set_map. Native supports X12 today, and EDIFACT is coming. Download Native (1 KB)

Use the VATDEC spec in your code

ediFabric .NET

Add the C# template and its common files to your project, or reference the template NuGet package, and read VATDEC files into TSVATDEC objects. See ediFabric .NET.

ediFabric Native

Native supports X12 today, and EDIFACT is coming. When it's available, map version D17A to this Native model with set_map to parse VATDEC files to JSON from Python, Java, C or C#. See ediFabric Native.

OpenEDI

Select Customize in Spec Builder to copy the spec under your own name, change it for your partner, and parse files against it in EdiNation, ediFabric Native or ediFabric Cloud. Read about OpenEDI.

Generate VATDEC classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C

The OpenEDI file describes each VATDEC as JSON. To work with VATDEC data as typed objects, generate classes from the OpenEDI file in your language; the root class is TSVATDEC. The classes keep the loops, segments, lengths and code lists, but not the EDI data formats. Read more in Generate a class from OpenEDI.

Python: datamodel-code-generator. Node.js: openapi-typescript. Java, Go, Rust and C: OpenAPI Generator.

VATDEC structure

Loops and segments of the standard VATDEC, with their usage and maximum repeats.

IDNameUsageMax use
UNHUNHMandatory1
BGMBGMMandatory1
DTMDTMOptional1
LOCLOCOptional1
Loop NADNADMandatory9999
NADNADMandatory1
Loop CTACTAOptional9
CTACTAMandatory1
COMCOMOptional9
Loop RFFRFFOptional9
RFFRFFMandatory1
FTXFTXOptional9
FIIFIIOptional9
PAIPAIOptional9
GEIGEIOptional9
LOCLOCOptional9
Loop DTMDTMOptional99
DTMDTMMandatory1
GEIGEIOptional9
MEAMEAOptional9
Loop DMSDMSOptional9
DMSDMSMandatory1
MOAMOAOptional1
MEAMEAOptional1
PCDPCDOptional1
GEIGEIOptional1
Loop LINLINMandatory9999
LINLINMandatory1
Loop NADNADOptional9999
NADNADMandatory1
Loop CTACTAOptional9999
CTACTAMandatory1
COMCOMOptional9
RFFRFFOptional9
FIIFIIOptional1
GEIGEIOptional9
Loop MOAMOAMandatory9999
MOAMOAMandatory1
ARDARDOptional1
PCDPCDOptional1
GEIGEIOptional9
Loop DMSDMSOptional9
DMSDMSMandatory1
MOAMOAOptional1
MEAMEAOptional1
PCDPCDOptional1
GEIGEIMandatory1
Loop CNTCNTOptional1
CNTCNTMandatory1
MOAMOAMandatory1
Loop AUTAUTOptional1
AUTAUTMandatory1
DTMDTMOptional1
RFFRFFOptional1
UNTUNTMandatory1