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processingInformation. transactionReason

Transaction reason code. Sends the reason code as 5120, which indicates the sales tax/value added tax part of original credit transactions (OCTs).
This field is available only on the
Visa Platform Connect
 processor.
To process Faster Refund Original Credit Transactions (OCTs) in AP and the EU, include these fields in the request:
  • Transaction Type
    • Record: Field 3
    • Positions: 1-2
  • Transaction Amount
    • Record: Field 4
  • Card Acceptor Name or Location
    • Record: Field 43
  • Transaction Identifier
    • Record: Field 62.2 (in bitmap format)
  • Message Reason Code
    • Record: Field 63.3
  • Acceptor Legal Business Name
    • Record: 104, Usage 2—Transaction-Specific Data (in TLV format)
    • Dataset ID: 56
    • Tag: 81
  • Business Application Identifier (BAI)
    • Record: 104, Usage 2—Transaction-Specific Data (in TLV format)
    • Dataset ID: 57
    • Tag: 01
  • Visa Merchant Identifier
    • Record: 126.5

Specifications

  • Data Type:
     String
  • Data Length:
     4

Mapping Information

  • REST API Field:
    processingInformation.transactionReason
  • SCMP API Field:
    transaction_reason
  • Simple Order API Field:
    transactionReason