What does PEPPOL-EN16931-R044 mean?

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E-invoice rule Peppol BIS Billing 3.0

PEPPOL-EN16931-R044: A charge is not allowed on price level

A charge is not allowed on price level. cac:Price/cac:AllowanceCharge has to carry cbc:ChargeIndicator with the value false.

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Original wording of the rule

Charge on price level is NOT allowed. Only value 'false' allowed.

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

How to fix it

Open the XML file and find the element cac:AllowanceCharge/cbc:ChargeIndicator.
Add or correct the element the way the wording of the rule above asks for.
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A correct UBL 2.1 snippet

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

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: cac:Price/cac:AllowanceCharge, cbc:ChargeIndicator

Where we point in the file: /Invoice/cac:InvoiceLine[1]/cac:Price/cac:AllowanceCharge

Related rules

PEPPOL-EN16931-R042 If the allowance or charge base amount (cbc:BaseAmount) is given
PEPPOL-EN16931-R043 cbc:ChargeIndicator has to be true (a charge) or false (an allowance)
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)
PEPPOL-EN16931-R053 The document needs exactly one cac:TaxTotal group carrying the VAT

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