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Message Type : INFENT Version : D Release : 23A Contr. Agency: UN Revision : 2 Date : 2023-07-21 SOURCE: TBG12 Accounting and Auditing, Registration, Financial Information Services CONTENTS Enterprise accounting information message 0. INTRODUCTION 1. SCOPE 1.1 Functional definition 1.2 Field of application 1.3 Principles 2. REFERENCES 3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 3.1 Standard terms and definitions 4. MESSAGE DEFINITION 4.1 Segment clarification 4.2 Segment index (alphabetical sequence by tag) 4.3 Message structure 4.3.1 Segment table --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For general information on UN standard message types see UN Trade Data Interchange Directory, UNTDID, Part 4, Section 2.3, UN/ECE UNSM General Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. INTRODUCTION This specification provides the definition of the Enterprise accounting information message (INFENT) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in administration, commerce and transport. 1. SCOPE 1.1 Functional definition A message used to exchange enterprise related accounting information between enterprises, public or private bodies and whoever may use it for the purpose of accounting, auditing, cost accounting, consolidation, reporting, financial analysis, administrations, etc. 1.2 Field of application The Enterprise accounting information message may be used for both national and international applications. It is based on universal practice related to administration, commerce and transport, and is not dependent on the type of business or industry. 1.3 Principles The economic partners of an enterprise require information, most of which is of a common nature. In order, therefore, to cope with this phenomenon, the enterprise - referred to as sender - may establish a data base - known as accounting information of enterprise - containing all the information of use to its partners, for various intervening bodies - referred to as recipients - who may be as follows: customers, suppliers, associated and other companies of the group, chartered accountants, auditors, legal, fiscal and financial advisers, lawyers, tax offices, the offices of court clerks, banks and financial houses, Public Authorities, etc. The preparation of the financial statements of an enterprise is a continuous chain which enables the trial balance and the financial statements to be obtained predominantly based on the accounting entries reflecting its activity and the chart of accounts. An enterprise accounting information is a piece of information or an event brought to the attention of an official, a private individual or a public body specifying a reference, a date, a time, a period, a free text, a name and address, a quantity, an accounting and administrative characteristic, a percentage, a legal status of organization or an amount in accordance with trading, financial, accounting, legal, social or fiscal relations, or in compliance with legislative provisions or regulations. An enterprise sends enterprise accounting information message in accordance to a predefined index. Each index value corresponds to an enterprise accounting information. The message INFENT contains information concerning enterprise information for a given period. The frequency of data collection ranges from daily to annually. 2. REFERENCES See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 1. 3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 3.1 Standard terms and definitions See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 2. 4. MESSAGE DEFINITION 4.1 Segment clarification This section should be read in conjunction with the segment table which indicates mandatory, conditional and repeating requirements. 00010 UNH, Message header A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Enterprise accounting information message is INFENT. Note: Enterprise accounting information messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009: Data element 0065 INFENT 0052 D 0054 23A 0051 UN 00020 BGM, Beginning of message A segment identifying the type of enterprise accounting information which is transmitted and provide its identification number. 00030 DTM, Date/time/period A segment containing the opening and closing dates of the accounting period and the preparation date of the message. 00040 RFF, Reference A segment containing the number of the information file linked to the message and its version number. 00050 CUX, Currencies A segment providing currencies which are specific to the enterprise accounting information message. 00060 FTX, Free text A segment with free text, in coded or clear form, for the purpose of providing additional clarification solely concerning the summary section. In computer-to-computer exchanges such texts will normally require the receiver to process this segment manually. 00070 Segment group 1: NAD-RFF-FII-SG2 A segment group giving information on sender, recipient and intermediary. 00080 NAD, Name and address A segment to identify a party. 00090 RFF, Reference A segment to provide references which are specific to the concerned party. 00100 FII, Financial institution information A segment identifying the bank account of the related party. 00110 Segment group 2: CTA-COM A group of segments to specify contacts and related communication numbers. 00120 CTA, Contact information A segment to provide contacts related to the party. 00130 COM, Communication contact A segment to provide communication numbers of the contact. 00140 Segment group 3: CCI-CAV A group of segments to provide accounting, fiscal, social or legal characteristics of the enterprise accounting information message. 00150 CCI, Characteristic/class id A segment to identify a characteristic. 00160 CAV, Characteristic value A segment to provide the value of the characteristic. 00170 Segment group 4: SEQ-IND-RFF-MOA-FTX-DTM-QTY-CUX-PCD-FII-CPT-SG5- SG7 A segment group providing the expected information related to the enterprise. The index value contained in the index segment determines how informations in the subordinate segments in the same group, should be interpreted. 00180 SEQ, Sequence details A segment providing the sequential number of the provided information in the message. 00190 IND, Index details A segment to identify a relevant index. 00200 RFF, Reference A segment to provide reference related to information specified in the index segment. 00210 MOA, Monetary amount A segment to provide amount related to information specified in the index segment. 00220 FTX, Free text A segment to provide text related to information specified in the index segment. 00230 DTM, Date/time/period A segment providing a date or time or period related to information specified in the index segment. 00240 QTY, Quantity A segment providing a quantity related to information specified in the index segment. 00250 CUX, Currencies A segment to provide currency related to information specified in the index segment. 00260 PCD, Percentage details A segment to provide a percentage related to information specified in the index segment. 00270 FII, Financial institution information A segment identifying the bank account for payment. 00280 CPT, Account identification A segment to provide account related to information specified in the index segment. 00290 Segment group 5: NAD-SG6 A segment group to identify a party related to information specified in the index segment. 00300 NAD, Name and address A segment to identify a party. 00310 Segment group 6: CTA-COM A group of segments to specify contacts and provide communication numbers. 00320 CTA, Contact information A segment providing contact information related to the party identified in the preceding segment. 00330 COM, Communication contact A segment providing communication information related to the party or the contact. 00340 Segment group 7: CCI-CAV A group of segments to provide accounting, fiscal, social, legal characteristics of the enterprise related to information specified in the index segment. 00350 CCI, Characteristic/class id A segment to identify a characteristic. 00360 CAV, Characteristic value A segment to provide the value of the characteristic. 00370 Segment group 8: AUT-DTM A segment group to provide authentication information. 00380 AUT, Authentication result A segment to provide authentication results. 00390 DTM, Date/time/period A segment to provide the date of the authentication. 00400 UNT, 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. 4.2 Segment index (alphabetical sequence by tag) AUT Authentication result BGM Beginning of message CAV Characteristic value CCI Characteristic/class id COM Communication contact CPT Account identification CTA Contact information CUX Currencies DTM Date/time/period FII Financial institution information FTX Free text IND Index details MOA Monetary amount NAD Name and address PCD Percentage details QTY Quantity RFF Reference SEQ Sequence details UNH Message header UNT Message trailer
4.3 Message structure 4.3.1 Segment table Pos Tag Name S R 00010 UNH Message header M 1 00020 BGM Beginning of message M 1 00030 DTM Date/time/period M 99 00040 RFF Reference C 99 00050 CUX Currencies C 99 00060 FTX Free text C 1 00070 ---- Segment group 1 ------------------ M 99---------------+ 00080 NAD Name and address M 1 | 00090 RFF Reference C 9 | 00100 FII Financial institution information C 1 | | 00110 ---- Segment group 2 ------------------ C 99--------------+| 00120 CTA Contact information M 1 || 00130 COM Communication contact C 9---------------++ 00140 ---- Segment group 3 ------------------ C 99---------------+ 00150 CCI Characteristic/class id M 1 | 00160 CAV Characteristic value C 1----------------+ 00170 ---- Segment group 4 ------------------ M 99999------------+ 00180 SEQ Sequence details M 1 | 00190 IND Index details M 1 | 00200 RFF Reference C 9 | 00210 MOA Monetary amount C 99 | 00220 FTX Free text C 99 | 00230 DTM Date/time/period C 9 | 00240 QTY Quantity C 9 | 00250 CUX Currencies C 9 | 00260 PCD Percentage details C 9 | 00270 FII Financial institution information C 9 | 00280 CPT Account identification C 9 | | 00290 ---- Segment group 5 ------------------ C 9---------------+| 00300 NAD Name and address M 1 || || 00310 ---- Segment group 6 ------------------ C 99-------------+|| 00320 CTA Contact information M 1 ||| 00330 COM Communication contact C 9--------------++| | 00340 ---- Segment group 7 ------------------ C 99--------------+| 00350 CCI Characteristic/class id M 1 || 00360 CAV Characteristic value C 1---------------++ 00370 ---- Segment group 8 ------------------ C 1----------------+ 00380 AUT Authentication result M 1 | 00390 DTM Date/time/period C 1----------------+ 00400 UNT Message trailer M 1