InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Quantity in base units / Invoice or credit note line › item › item VAT category” · UBL-CR-598

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:BaseUnitMeasure in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for quantity in base units under “invoice or credit note line › item › item VAT 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:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/cbc:BaseUnitMeasure.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:BaseUnitMeasure 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:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/cbc:BaseUnitMeasure returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-598 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged quantity in base units under “invoice or credit note line › item › item VAT category”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The rule flags cbc:BaseUnitMeasure under “invoice or credit note line › item › item VAT category”. The corrected export omits that element from the affected section.

UBL

(cac:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/cbc:BaseUnitMeasure

Fails the rule
<cbc:BaseUnitMeasure unitCode="C62">2</cbc:BaseUnitMeasure>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

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