MOA

Monetary Amount. The EDIFACT segment that carries an amount — always qualified and, usually, denominated in a currency.

Definition

The MOA segment, per UN/EDIFACT D.96A, is used "to specify a monetary amount". A single mandatory composite:

1. 010 — C516 (MONETARY AMOUNT), mandatory:
2. 5025 Monetary amount type qualifier (an..3, M) — UNCL 5025: 203 Line item amount, 79 Total line items amount, 124 Tax amount, 86 Message total monetary amount, 9 Amount due/amount payable.
3. 5004 Monetary amount (n..18, C) — the value, decimal allowed.
4. 6345 Currency, coded (an..3, C) — ISO 4217 currency code: EUR, USD, GBP.
5. 6343 Currency qualifier (an..3, C) — currency role (UNCL 6343): 3 Target currency, 11 Payment currency.
6. 4405 Status, coded (an..3, C) — amount status (provisional, final).

Origin

MOA is essential in every commercial message (ORDERS, INVOIC, REMADV). The current structure dates back to D.93A. ediverse.io archives D.96A at trsdmoa.htm. The GS1 EANCOM subset mandates MOA+203 on every line, MOA+79/124/86 in the INVOIC footer.

Example in context

Total invoice gross amount in euros:

Reads as: qualifier 86 (Message total monetary amount), amount 1248.50, currency EUR.

Related terms

• TAX — segment for rates and bases, MOA for amounts.
• ALC — segment for allowances/charges, followed by MOA.
• Qualifier — the concept behind UNCL 5025.
• INVOIC — primary message of use.