# VAT_RATE_NOT_ACCEPTED_ON_DATE

AEAT does not accept VAT at ‹value› % on an operation dated ‹value›. The rate is judged by the operation date (operation_date), or by the issue date when there is none: 5 % is only accepted for operations from 2022-07-01 to 2024-09-30

<Callout type="info">
**Category:** [Invoices](/errors/category/invoicing)
</Callout>

| | |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | `422` Unprocessable Content |
| Retry | After fixing the cause |

## When it happens

A line carries a temporary VAT rate on an operation outside its period: 5 % is accepted only on operations dated from 2022-07-01 to 2024-09-30, and 2 % and 7.5 % from 2024-10-01 to 2024-12-31. The date judged is the invoice's `operation_date`, or its issue date when it has none.

## How to fix it

Send the `operation_date` of the rate's period, or the rate in force. `GET /v1/tax-types` publishes each rate with its `valid_from` / `valid_until`.

## Retry

Not as is: the same request fails the same way. Fix the cause described above, then send the request again, under a new `Idempotency-Key` if the body changed.

## Returned by

The operations where this code is most likely. The list is not exhaustive.

- [`POST /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices`](/invoices/createCompanyInvoice)
- [`PATCH /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices/{invoice_id}`](/invoices/patchCompanyInvoice)
- [`POST /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices/{invoice_id}/issue`](/invoices/issueCompanyInvoice)

## Rules that cite this code

- [TAX-014 · Only the VAT rates AEAT accepts on the operation date](/rules/taxes#tax-014)
- [REC-013 · An invoice AEAT would reject is not numbered](/rules/records#rec-013)

## Example response

When this error occurs, the API answers `422` Unprocessable Content with a JSON body of this shape:

```json
{
  "type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/VAT_RATE_NOT_ACCEPTED_ON_DATE",
  "title": "VAT_RATE_NOT_ACCEPTED_ON_DATE",
  "detail": "AEAT does not accept VAT at ‹value› % on an operation dated ‹value›. The rate is judged by the operation date (operation_date), or by the issue date when there is none: 5 % is only accepted for operations from 2022-07-01 to 2024-09-30",
  "instance": "/v1/<resource>",
  "errors": [],
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VAT_RATE_NOT_ACCEPTED_ON_DATE",
    "message": "AEAT does not accept VAT at ‹value› % on an operation dated ‹value›. The rate is judged by the operation date (operation_date), or by the issue date when there is none: 5 % is only accepted for operations from 2022-07-01 to 2024-09-30",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-05-21T10:00:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}
```

The `type` URI is stable and always resolves to this page.

## Message

<Tabs items={["English", "Spanish", "Catalan"]}>
  <Tab value="English">{"AEAT does not accept VAT at ‹value› % on an operation dated ‹value›. The rate is judged by the operation date (operation_date), or by the issue date when there is none: 5 % is only accepted for operations from 2022-07-01 to 2024-09-30"}</Tab>
  <Tab value="Spanish">{"La AEAT no admite el IVA al ‹value› % en una operación del ‹value›. El tipo se juzga por la fecha de operación (operation_date), o por la de expedición si no la hay: el 5 % solo se admite en operaciones del 01/07/2022 al 30/09/2024"}</Tab>
  <Tab value="Catalan">{"L'AEAT no admet l'IVA al ‹value› % en una operació del ‹value›. El tipus es jutja per la data d'operació (operation_date), o per la d'expedició si no n'hi ha: el 5 % només s'admet en operacions de l'01/07/2022 al 30/09/2024"}</Tab>
</Tabs>

Send the request with `Accept-Language: <es|en|ca>` to receive the message in your preferred language.

> Placeholders like `‹value›` are filled in at runtime with the actual values of your request.

## Other errors in this category

<div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3 not-prose">
  <Card title="ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICE_UNAVAILABLE" description="A source invoice is not available (it does not exist or you no longer have access); uncheck the source invoices attachment to send without the folder" href="/errors/ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICE_UNAVAILABLE" />
  <Card title="ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICES_NO_SOURCES" description="The invoice has no consolidation disbursements: there are no source invoices to attach" href="/errors/ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICES_NO_SOURCES" />
  <Card title="ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICES_REQUIRES_PDF" description="Attaching the source invoices also requires attaching the invoice PDF" href="/errors/ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICES_REQUIRES_PDF" />
  <Card title="ATTACH_SOURCE_PDF_MISSING" description="These source invoices have no generated PDF: ‹value›" href="/errors/ATTACH_SOURCE_PDF_MISSING" />
  <Card title="ATTACH_SOURCE_ZIP_TOO_LARGE" description="The source invoices ZIP (‹value› MB) exceeds the maximum sendable size (‹value› MB)" href="/errors/ATTACH_SOURCE_ZIP_TOO_LARGE" />
</div>

## Keep exploring

<div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3 not-prose">
  <Card title="All Invoices errors" description="Every code in this category in one table." href="/errors/category/invoicing" />
  <Card title="Error reference home" description="Browse every category or jump to the handling guide." href="/errors" />
</div>

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