InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Payment terms / Invoice or credit note line” · UBL-CR-551

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cac:PaymentTerms in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for payment terms 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)/cac:PaymentTerms.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cac:PaymentTerms 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)/cac:PaymentTerms returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-551 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged payment terms under “invoice or credit note line”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

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

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

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