InvoiceGlass

Allowance or charge with a base amount but no percentage · PEPPOL-EN16931-R042

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

When an allowance or charge states a base amount, the percentage applied to it must be stated as well. Base amount and percentage belong together: both or neither. The percentage 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 percentage alongside the base amount.
  2. If you issued the invoice yourself: either give percentage and base amount together, or only the allowance amount without either.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · If an allowance or charge states a base amount, its percentage must also be present.

Message to the sender

Subject: Invoice {invoiceNumber} – percentage 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 base amount but the matching percentage is missing (rule PEPPOL-EN16931-R042). The invoice is not valid like this. Could you please send the invoice again with this information added?

Kind regards

Example

A percentage charge gives a base of EUR 200 and a charge of EUR 10 but omits the agreed 5% rate. Add 5 in the percentage field.

Rule versions

KoSIT · XRechnung Schematron 2.6.0

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