InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Accounting cost code / Invoice or credit note line” · UBL-CR-517

  • 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 “invoice or credit note line”.

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:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/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:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cbc:AccountingCostCode returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-517 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged accounting cost code under “invoice or credit note line”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The rule flags cbc:AccountingCostCode under “invoice or credit note line”. The corrected export omits that element from the affected section.

UBL

(cac:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/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