E-invoice / Rules / BR-CO-25

E-invoice rule EN 16931 schematron

BR-CO-25: The amount due for payment is positive

The amount due for payment is positive, so the invoice needs either a payment due date (BT-9, cbc:DueDate) or payment terms (BT-20, cac:PaymentTerms/cbc:Note).

Original wording of the rule

[BR-CO-25]-In case the Amount due for payment (BT-115) is positive, either the Payment due date (BT-9) or the Payment terms (BT-20) shall be present.

Source of the quotation: EN 16931 schematron (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, licence EUPL 1.2)

How to fix it

1. Open the XML file and find the element cac:PaymentTerms/cbc:Note.
2. Add or correct the element the way the wording of the rule above asks for.
3. Save the file and check it again with our checker. It runs in your browser, the file is never uploaded.

A correct UBL 2.1 snippet

<cac:PaymentTerms
    xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2"
    xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">
  <cbc:Note>Splatnost 14 dni od vystavenia.</cbc:Note>
</cac:PaymentTerms>

The snippet is only the part of the document the rule is about. Put it in the right place inside your invoice; the namespaces are written here only so that the snippet reads on its own.

When it is reported

Profile: EN 16931, Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, XRechnung 3.x

How we rate it: error

UBL elements: cbc:DueDate, cac:PaymentTerms/cbc:Note

Related rules

• BR-CO-23 The allowance on line level needs a reason
• BR-CO-24 The charge on line level needs a reason
• BR-CO-26 The seller carries no identifier

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