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VATX Purpose Code: Value Added Tax Payment

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VATX means value added tax payment in the ISO 20022 category purpose code set. Transaction is the payment of value added tax.

Code
VATX
ISO name
ValueAddedTaxPayment
Status
Registered
Last updated
2009-04-01

Official definition

Transaction is the payment of value added tax.

Definition from the ISO 20022 External Code Sets, 2Q2026 (published 28 Aug 2026).

Messages and fields that use ExternalCategoryPurpose1Code

MessageElement path
pacs.002TxInfAndSts/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, TxInfAndSts/OrgnlTxRef/MndtRltdInf/CdtTrfMndt/Tp/CtgyPurp/Cd
pain.002OrgnlPmtInfAndSts/TxInfAndSts/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, OrgnlPmtInfAndSts/TxInfAndSts/OrgnlTxRef/MndtRltdInf/CdtTrfMndt/Tp/CtgyPurp/Cd
pacs.004TxInf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, GrpHdr/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, TxInf/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, TxInf/OrgnlTxRef/UndrlygFICdtTrf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd
camt.056Undrlyg/TxInf/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, Undrlyg/TxInf/OrgnlTxRef/MndtRltdInf/CdtTrfMndt/Tp/CtgyPurp/Cd
camt.029ModDtls/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, CxlDtls/TxInfAndSts/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, ModDtls/OrgnlTxRef/MndtRltdInf/CdtTrfMndt/Tp/CtgyPurp/Cd, CxlDtls/OrgnlPmtInfAndSts/TxInfAndSts/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd
pacs.008GrpHdr/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, CdtTrfTxInf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, CdtTrfTxInf/MndtRltdInf/Tp/CtgyPurp/Cd
pacs.009GrpHdr/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, CdtTrfTxInf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, CdtTrfTxInf/UndrlygFICdtTrf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, CdtTrfTxInf/UndrlygCstmrCdtTrf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd
pain.001PmtInf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, PmtInf/CdtTrfTxInf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, PmtInf/CdtTrfTxInf/MndtRltdInf/Tp/CtgyPurp/Cd
camt.053Stmt/Ntry/NtryDtls/TxDtls/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd
camt.054Ntfctn/Ntry/NtryDtls/TxDtls/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd

And 47 more messages: see the ExternalCategoryPurpose1Code page.

VATX in other code sets

VATX questions

What does VATX mean in ISO 20022?
VATX is Value Added Tax Payment in the ExternalCategoryPurpose1Code code set: Transaction is the payment of value added tax.
Where does VATX appear in a message?
For example in camt.056, element Undrlyg/TxInf/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd.

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