D18A

Message D18A/REMADV

Remittance advice message

The Remittance Advice is a communication between trading partners, e.g. seller, buyer, financial institutions, which provides a detailed accounting relative to a payment, or other form of financial settlement, for the provision of goods and/or services as detailed in the advice.

Message description

UNH

M(1) : Message header

A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Remittance advice message is REMADV. Note: Remittance advice messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009: Data element 0065 REMADV 0052 D 0054 18A 0051 UN

BGM

M(1) : Beginning of message

A segment for unique identification of the Remittance Advice Message, the type of Remittance Advice and its function.

DTM

M(5) : Date/time/period

A segment specifying the dates, and when relevant, the times related to the whole message. The segment must be specified at least once to specify the message date as allocated by the sender.

RFF

C(5) : Reference

A segment for referencing documents which relate to the whole message.

FII

C(5) : Financial institution information

A segment identifying the financial institution (e.g. bank) and account number and, where relevant, the currency of the account, for each party involved in the transaction. The Payor may indicate the previously agreed choice of financial institution for payment.

PAI

C(1) : Payment instructions

A segment specifying the conditions, guarantee, method and channel of payment for the Remittance Advice.

FTX

C(99) : Free text

A segment with free text information, in coded or clear form, used when additional information is needed but cannot be accommodated within other segments. In computer to computer exchanges such text will normally require the receiver to process this segment manually.

GEI

C(5) : Processing information

A segment identifying various indicators required by a processing system.

SG1 C(99) : NAD-SG2-SG3

A group of segments identifying the parties involved in the transaction and, optionally the contact points and numbers.

NAD

M(1) : Name and address

A segment to identify a party name and address, either by coded identification or in clear form. It is recommended that where possible only the coded form of the party ID should be specified e.g. the Buyer and Seller are known to each other, thus only the coded ID is required.

SG2 C(9) : RFF-DTM

A group of segments specifying references, and associated dates if required, relevant to the party specified in the preceding name and address segment.

RFF

M(1) : Reference

A segment to identify a reference related to the associated party, e.g. tax reference number.

DTM

C(9) : Date/time/period

A segment to specify dates and/or times associated with the above reference.

SG3 C(5) : CTA-COM

A group of segments identifying the contact person or department for a trading party and specifying the communication channel and number.

CTA

M(1) : Contact information

A segment to identify a person or department and their function, to whom communications should be directed.

COM

C(5) : Communication contact

A segment specifying the communication channel and number for the specified contact.

SG4 C(5) : CUX-DTM

A group of segments specifying the currencies and related dates/periods valid for the whole Remittance Advice. Currency data may be omitted in national applications but will be required for international transactions.

CUX

M(1) : Currencies

A segment identifying the currencies required in the Remittance Advice. A rate of exchange may be given to convert a reference currency into a target currency.

DTM

C(1) : Date/time/period

A segment specifying the date/time/period related to the rate of exchange.

SG5 C(999999) : DOC-MOA-DTM-RFF-NAD-SG6-SG7-SG9-SG10

A group of segments providing details of all documents, e.g. invoices, statements, despatch advises, etc., to which the Remittance Advice refers. It includes information on the monetary amounts for each document and on any adjustments (with an indication of the reason for adjustments) and discounts. For information purposes an indication of the tax element can be provided.

DOC

M(1) : Document/message details

A segment for identifying the reference document against which payment is being made.

MOA

M(5) : Monetary amount

A segment giving the monetary amounts for the amount due and the amount to be remitted.

DTM

C(5) : Date/time/period

A segment to specify the date of the referenced document and to indicate any other relevant dates applicable, e.g. Due date, Tax point date, etc.

RFF

C(5) : Reference

A segment for the inclusion of any additional references related to the reference document.

NAD

C(2) : Name and address

A segment to identify a party name and address, either by coded identification or in a clear form, e.g; original seller or issuer of the document.

SG6 C(5) : CUX-DTM

A group of segments specifying the currencies and the related dates/periods valid of the referenced document where different to the remittance currency.

CUX

M(1) : Currencies

A segment identifying the currency and associated exchange rate of the referenced document where different to the remittance currency.

DTM

C(1) : Date/time/period

A segment specifying the date/time/period related to the rate of exchange.

SG7 C(100) : AJT-MOA-RFF-FTX-QTY-SG8

A group of segments to indicate adjustment amounts and their referenced documents.

AJT

M(1) : Adjustment details

A segment indicating any adjustments to the amounts originally specified in the referenced document, and to which items such adjustments apply, with the associated reason for adjustment.

MOA

C(1) : Monetary amount

A segment giving the monetary amounts of the adjustments of each reference document (e.g. original amount, discount amount, etc). The currency data elements should not be used.

RFF

C(1) : Reference

A segment for the inclusion of any additional references related to the reference document.

FTX

C(5) : Free text

A segment giving information in clear text when it is necessary.

QTY

C(9) : Quantity

A segment used to indicate an adjustment to the amount being remitted based on quantitative data, such as cumulative quantity or promotional quantity across a payment period.

SG8 C(9) : TAX-MOA

A group of segments specifying tax information related to adjustments.

TAX

M(1) : Duty/tax/fee details

A segment specifying a tax type, category and rate, or exemption.

MOA

C(9) : Monetary amount

A segment specifying the amount for the identified tax/fee.

SG9 C(5) : INP-FTX

A group of segments to indicate instructions to parties in coded and when necessary in free text.

INP

M(1) : Parties and instruction

A segment to indicate instructions to parties in coded form.

FTX

C(5) : Free text

A segment to indicate instructions to parties in free text.

SG10 C(9999) : DLI-MOA-PIA-DTM-SG11-SG12

A group of segments which may be used when required to provide details of individual line items in the reference document.

DLI

M(1) : Document line identification

A segment identifying a specific line item within the referenced document.

MOA

C(5) : Monetary amount

A segment giving the monetary amounts for the amount due and the amount to be remitted.

PIA

C(5) : Additional product id

A segment specifying item identification codes where required.

DTM

C(5) : Date/time/period

A segment specifying the date/time/period related to the line item, e.g. date of receiving of the goods, delivery date.

SG11 C(5) : CUX-DTM

A group of segments identifying the currency and the related dates/periods of the line item where different to the remittance and document currency.

CUX

M(1) : Currencies

A segment identifying the currency and associated exchange rate of the line item, where different to the remittance and document currency.

DTM

C(1) : Date/time/period

A segment specifying the date/time/period related to the rate of exchange.

SG12 C(10) : AJT-MOA-RFF-FTX-SG13

A group of segments to indicate adjustment amounts and their referenced documents for this line item.

AJT

M(1) : Adjustment details

A segment indicating any adjustments to the amounts originally specified for this line item and the reason for the adjustments.

MOA

C(1) : Monetary amount

A segment giving the monetary amounts of the adjustment for this line item.

RFF

C(1) : Reference

A segment for the inclusion of any additional references related to the reference document.

FTX

C(5) : Free text

A segment giving a complement of information to adjustment reasons for cases that cannot be given (completely) in coded values.

SG13 C(9) : TAX-MOA

A group of segments specifying tax information related to adjustments.

TAX

M(1) : Duty/tax/fee details

A segment specifying a tax type, category and rate, or exemption.

MOA

C(9) : Monetary amount

A segment specifying the amount for the identified tax/fee.

UNS

M(1) : Section control

A service segment placed at the start of the summary section to avoid segment collision.

MOA

M(99) : Monetary amount

A segment giving the total amount of the payment to be made or other amounts. It is taken as given, i.e. is not subject to recalculation. It may be used for check operations, such as message validation.

SG14 C(99) : ALC-MOA

This segment group is used to identify allowance or charge details and any associated monetary amounts.

ALC

M(1) : Allowance or charge

This segment is used to identify allowance or charge details.

MOA

C(9) : Monetary amount

This segment is used to identify the monetary amount for an allowance or a charge.

UNT

M(1) : Message trailer

A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of segments in the message (including the UNH & UNT) and the control reference number of the message.

Message structure

UNH, Message header                           M        1
BGM, Beginning of message                     M        1
DTM, Date/time/period                         M        5
RFF, Reference                                C        5
FII, Financial institution information        C        5
PAI, Payment instructions                     C        1
FTX, Free text                                C       99
GEI, Processing information                   C        5

--- Segment Group 1 ------------------------- C       99 -------+
NAD, Name and address                         M        1        |
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 2 ------------------------- C        9 ------+|
RFF, Reference                                M        1       ||
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        9       ||
---- ----------------------------------------------------------+|
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 3 ------------------------- C        5 ------+|
CTA, Contact information                      M        1       ||
COM, Communication contact                    C        5       ||
---- ----------------------------------------------------------++

--- Segment Group 4 ------------------------- C        5 -------+
CUX, Currencies                               M        1        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        1        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+

--- Segment Group 5 ------------------------- C   999999 -------+
DOC, Document/message details                 M        1        |
MOA, Monetary amount                          M        5        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        5        |
RFF, Reference                                C        5        |
NAD, Name and address                         C        2        |
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 6 ------------------------- C        5 ------+|
CUX, Currencies                               M        1       ||
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        1       ||
---- ----------------------------------------------------------+|
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 7 ------------------------- C      100 ------+|
AJT, Adjustment details                       M        1       ||
MOA, Monetary amount                          C        1       ||
RFF, Reference                                C        1       ||
FTX, Free text                                C        5       ||
QTY, Quantity                                 C        9       ||
                                                               ||
--- Segment Group 8 ------------------------- C        9 -----+||
TAX, Duty/tax/fee details                     M        1      |||
MOA, Monetary amount                          C        9      |||
---- ---------------------------------------------------------++|
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 9 ------------------------- C        5 ------+|
INP, Parties and instruction                  M        1       ||
FTX, Free text                                C        5       ||
---- ----------------------------------------------------------+|
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 10 ------------------------ C     9999 ------+|
DLI, Document line identification             M        1       ||
MOA, Monetary amount                          C        5       ||
PIA, Additional product id                    C        5       ||
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        5       ||
                                                               ||
--- Segment Group 11 ------------------------ C        5 -----+||
CUX, Currencies                               M        1      |||
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        1      |||
---- ---------------------------------------------------------+||
                                                               ||
--- Segment Group 12 ------------------------ C       10 -----+||
AJT, Adjustment details                       M        1      |||
MOA, Monetary amount                          C        1      |||
RFF, Reference                                C        1      |||
FTX, Free text                                C        5      |||
                                                              |||
--- Segment Group 13 ------------------------ C        9 ----+|||
TAX, Duty/tax/fee details                     M        1     ||||
MOA, Monetary amount                          C        9     ||||
---- --------------------------------------------------------++++
UNS, Section control                          M        1
MOA, Monetary amount                          M       99

--- Segment Group 14 ------------------------ C       99 -------+
ALC, Allowance or charge                      M        1        |
MOA, Monetary amount                          C        9        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+
UNT, Message trailer                          M        1