InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Identifier / Allowance or charge” · UBL-CR-471

  • Severity · Warning
  • Applies to · UBL
  • Editorial review pending

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:ID in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for identifier under “allowance or charge”.

As of

Who can correct it?

The invoicing software provider can correct the export.

How to fix it

  1. Find the entry in the UBL export at cac:AllowanceCharge/cbc:ID.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:ID at this location. If you need the information, first check where the selected profile expects it.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · The test reports a finding as soon as cac:AllowanceCharge/cbc:ID returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-471 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged identifier under “allowance or charge”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The rule flags cbc:ID under “allowance or charge”. The corrected export omits that element from the affected section.

UBL

cac:AllowanceCharge/cbc:ID

Fails the rule
<cbc:ID>REF-123</cbc:ID>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

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