InvoiceGlass

Allowance or charge with a percentage but no base amount · PEPPOL-EN16931-R041

  • Severity · Error
  • Applies to · UBL / CII
  • Editorial review pending

When an allowance or charge is given with a percentage, the base amount the percentage applies to must be stated as well, otherwise the amount cannot be verified. The base amount is missing here, so the invoice is not valid.

As of

Who can correct it?

The sender can correct the invoice.

How to fix it

  1. Ask the sender for a corrected invoice that states the base amount alongside the percentage.
  2. If you issued the invoice yourself: either give percentage and base amount together, or only the allowance amount without a percentage.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · An allowance or charge that states a percentage also needs the base amount to which that percentage applies.

Message to the sender

Subject: Invoice {invoiceNumber} – base amount for allowance or charge missing

Hello,

Thank you for your invoice {invoiceNumber} dated {issueDate}. When checking it we noticed that an allowance or charge states a percentage but the matching base amount is missing (rule PEPPOL-EN16931-R041). The invoice is not valid like this. Could you please send the invoice again with this information added?

Kind regards

Example

A percentage allowance shows 10% and EUR 20 but leaves out its base amount. If the agreed base is EUR 200, enter EUR 200 in the base amount field.

Rule versions

KoSIT · XRechnung Schematron 2.6.0

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