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Extra UBL field “Advance payment indicator / Allowance or charge” · UBL-CR-472

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:PrepaidIndicator in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for advance payment indicator 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:PrepaidIndicator.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:PrepaidIndicator 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:PrepaidIndicator returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-472 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged advance payment indicator under “allowance or charge”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

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

UBL

cac:AllowanceCharge/cbc:PrepaidIndicator

Fails the rule
<cbc:PrepaidIndicator>true</cbc:PrepaidIndicator>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

Validate a file