InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Amount per unit / Tax total › tax breakdown › tax category” · UBL-CR-506

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:PerUnitAmount in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for amount per unit under “tax total › tax breakdown › tax category”.

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/cac:TaxCategory/cbc:PerUnitAmount.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:PerUnitAmount 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/cac:TaxCategory/cbc:PerUnitAmount returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-506 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged amount per unit under “tax total › tax breakdown › tax category”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

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

UBL

cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cac:TaxCategory/cbc:PerUnitAmount

Fails the rule
<cbc:PerUnitAmount currencyID="EUR">10.00</cbc:PerUnitAmount>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

Validate a file