InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Accounting reference / Invoice or credit note line › allowance or charge” · UBL-CR-556

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:AccountingCost in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for accounting reference under “invoice or credit note line › allowance or charge”.

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:AllowanceCharge/cbc:AccountingCost.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:AccountingCost 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:AllowanceCharge/cbc:AccountingCost returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-556 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged accounting reference under “invoice or credit note line › allowance or charge”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

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

UBL

(cac:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:AllowanceCharge/cbc:AccountingCost

Fails the rule
<cbc:AccountingCost>Example</cbc:AccountingCost>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

Validate a file