E-invoice / Rules / PEPPOL-EN16931-R043

E-invoice rule Peppol BIS Billing 3.0

PEPPOL-EN16931-R043: cbc:ChargeIndicator has to be true (a charge)

cbc:ChargeIndicator has to be true (a charge) or false (an allowance).

Original wording of the rule

Allowance/charge ChargeIndicator value MUST equal 'true' or 'false'

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:ChargeIndicator.
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:ChargeIndicator
    xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">false</cbc:ChargeIndicator>

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:ChargeIndicator

Where we point in the file: /Invoice/cac:AllowanceCharge[1]/cbc:ChargeIndicator

Related rules

• PEPPOL-EN16931-R041 If the allowance or charge percentage (cbc:MultiplierFactorNumeric)
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R042 If the allowance or charge base amount (cbc:BaseAmount) is given
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R044 A charge is not allowed on price level
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R046 The item net price (BT-146) should be the gross price minus the price
• PEPPOL-EN16931-R051 Every amount has to be in the invoice currency (EUR)

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