InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Payable amount in an alternative currency / Document totals” · UBL-CR-514

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:PayableAlternativeAmount in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for payable amount in an alternative currency under “document totals”.

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:LegalMonetaryTotal/cbc:PayableAlternativeAmount.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:PayableAlternativeAmount 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:LegalMonetaryTotal/cbc:PayableAlternativeAmount returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-514 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged payable amount in an alternative currency under “document totals”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The rule flags cbc:PayableAlternativeAmount under “document totals”. The corrected export omits that element from the affected section.

UBL

cac:LegalMonetaryTotal/cbc:PayableAlternativeAmount

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

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

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