InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Calculation sequence / Tax total › tax breakdown” · UBL-CR-497

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:CalculationSequenceNumeric in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for calculation sequence under “tax total › tax breakdown”.

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:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cbc:CalculationSequenceNumeric.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:CalculationSequenceNumeric 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:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cbc:CalculationSequenceNumeric returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-497 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged calculation sequence under “tax total › tax breakdown”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The rule flags cbc:CalculationSequenceNumeric under “tax total › tax breakdown”. The corrected export omits that element from the affected section.

UBL

cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cbc:CalculationSequenceNumeric

Fails the rule
<cbc:CalculationSequenceNumeric>2</cbc:CalculationSequenceNumeric>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

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