InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Currency code / Invoice or credit note line › item › item VAT category › tax scheme” · UBL-CR-606

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:CurrencyCode in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for currency code under “invoice or credit note line › item › item VAT category › tax scheme”.

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/cac:TaxScheme/cbc:CurrencyCode.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:CurrencyCode 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/cac:TaxScheme/cbc:CurrencyCode returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-606 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged currency code under “invoice or credit note line › item › item VAT category › tax scheme”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

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

UBL

(cac:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/cac:TaxScheme/cbc:CurrencyCode

Fails the rule
<cbc:CurrencyCode>EUR</cbc:CurrencyCode>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

Validate a file