MT 588 Field Specifications

60. Field 19A: Amount

FORMAT

Option A :4!c//[N]3!a15d (Qualifier) (Sign) (Currency Code) (Amount)

PRESENCE

Mandatory in an optional sequence

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order M/O Qualifier R/N CR Options Qualifier Description
1 M PSTA N   A Posting Amount
2 O GRSS N   A Gross Amount
3 O NETT N   A Net Cash Amount
4 O RESU N C2 A Resulting Amount
5 O OCMT N   A Original Currency and Ordered Amount
6 O CHAR N   A Charges/Fees
7 O EXEC N   A Executing Broker's Amount
8 O LOCO N   A Local Broker's Commission
9 O OTHR N   A Other Amount
10 O REGF N   A Regulatory Amount
11 O SPCN N   A Special Concessions Amount
12 O STAM N   A Stamp Duty
13 O STEX N   A Stock Exchange Tax
14 O TRAX N   A Transaction Tax
15 O VATA N   A Value Added Tax

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

CHAR Charges/Fees Amount of money paid for the provision of financial services that cannot be categorised by another qualifier.
CHAR Charges/Fees Charges/fees levied for the provision of services.
EXEC Executing Broker's Amount Executing broker's commission.
GRSS Gross Amount Cash amount before deductions and allowances have been made.
LOCO Local Broker's Commission Local broker's commission.
NETT Net Cash Amount Cash amount after deductions and allowances have been made.
OCMT Original Currency and Ordered Amount Posting/settlement amount in its original currency when conversion from/into another currency euro has occurred.
OTHR Other Amount Other amount.
PSTA Posting Amount Amount that has been/is to be credited or debited.
REGF Regulatory Amount Regulatory fees, eg, Securities and Exchanges fees.
RESU Resulting Amount A cash amount resulting from a foreign exchange conversion.
SPCN Special Concessions Amount The amount of commission, drawdown or other reduction from or in addition to the deal price.
STAM Stamp Duty Stamp duty.
STEX Stock Exchange Tax Stock exchange tax.
TRAX Transaction Tax Transaction tax.
VATA Value Added Tax Value added tax.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

When Sign is present, Amount must not be zero (Error code(s): T14).

Currency Code must be a valid ISO 4217 currency code (Error code(s): T52).

The integer part of Amount must contain at least one digit. A decimal comma is mandatory and is included in the maximum length. The number of digits following the comma must not exceed the maximum allowed for the specified currency (Error code(s): C03, T40, T43).

USAGE RULES

Sign is used when the Amount is credited while the practice or the transaction type would normally imply that the Amount should be debited (or vice versa).

Sign must be present when Amount is negative.