InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Accounting cost code / Allowance or charge” · UBL-CR-474

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:AccountingCostCode in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for accounting cost code 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:AccountingCostCode.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:AccountingCostCode 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:AccountingCostCode returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-474 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged accounting cost code under “allowance or charge”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

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

UBL

cac:AllowanceCharge/cbc:AccountingCostCode

Fails the rule
<cbc:AccountingCostCode>01</cbc:AccountingCostCode>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

Validate a file