TAXCON
Tax Control Message
D96AWhat is the TAXCON message used for?
- The TAXCON page serves as an instant reference for systems analysts, developers, and EDI operations teams.
- It brings together the message business role, associated segment breakdown, and a live example in one place.
- Highly valuable during trading partner onboarding, mapping verification, incident triage, and technical training.
The TAXCON message contains tax control data — primarily used in communications between financial and tax authorities, and for VAT data validation of electronic invoices.
Usage scenarios:
Tax authorities, financial institutions, electronic invoicing.
Tax authorities, financial institutions, electronic invoicing.
| Segment | Name | Mandatory | Max Repeat |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNB | Interchange Header | Mandatory | 1 |
| UNH | Message Header | Mandatory | 1 |
| UNT | Message Trailer | Mandatory | 1 |
| UNZ | Interchange Trailer | Mandatory | 1 |
| BGM | Beginning of Message | Mandatory | 1 |
| DTM | Date/Time/Period | Optional | 1 |
| NAD | Name and Address | Optional | 10 |
| RFF | Reference | Optional | 1 |
| MOA | Monetary Amount | Optional | 1 |
| TAX | Duty/Tax/Fee Details | Optional | 1 |
TAXCON – Sample message (D96A)
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Test in validator
UNA:+.? ' UNB+UNOC:3+COMPANY:14+TAXAUTH:14+260310:1200+00016' UNH+1+TAXCON:D:96A:UN' BGM+54+TAX-2026-0310' DTM+137:20260310:102' UNT+4+1' UNZ+1+00016'
The sample above can be validated directly in the EDIFACT Validator – Online Syntax Checker.