E-invoice / Rules / PEPPOL-EN16931-R005

E-invoice rule Peppol BIS Billing 3.0

PEPPOL-EN16931-R005: The VAT accounting currency (BT-6)

The VAT accounting currency (BT-6) has to differ from the invoice currency (BT-5). If they are the same, leave cbc:TaxCurrencyCode out.

Original wording of the rule

VAT accounting currency code MUST be different from invoice currency code when provided.

Source of the quotation: Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (OpenPEPPOL, peppol-bis-invoice-3)

How to fix it

1. Open the XML file and find the element cbc:TaxCurrencyCode.
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

<cbc:TaxCurrencyCode
    xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">EUR</cbc:TaxCurrencyCode>

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: Peppol BIS Billing 3.0

How we rate it: error

UBL elements: cbc:TaxCurrencyCode

Related rules

• PEPPOL-EN16931-R003 Add either the buyer reference (BT-10, cbc:BuyerReference)
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R004 For Peppol, cbc:CustomizationID (BT-24) has to start with urn:cen.eu:en
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R007 The business process (BT-23, cbc:ProfileID) has to look like
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R008 The element cbc:ProfileID is empty
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R010 The buyer electronic address (BT-49, cbc:EndpointID with a schemeID)

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