InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Scheme identifier / Tax registration › company identifier” · UBL-CR-652

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

The CEN check flags the XML attribute @schemeID in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for scheme identifier under “tax registration › company identifier”.

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:PartyTaxScheme/cbc:CompanyID/@schemeID.
  2. Remove the schemeID attribute from the export mapping and keep the field value.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · The test reports a finding as soon as //cac:PartyTaxScheme/cbc:CompanyID/@schemeID returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-652 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The UBL export contains an extra schemeID attribute under “tax registration › company identifier”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The check flags schemeID under “tax registration › company identifier”. In the corrected file the field keeps its value and the attribute is omitted.

UBL

//cac:PartyTaxScheme/cbc:CompanyID/@schemeID

Fails the rule
<cbc:CompanyID schemeID="EXAMPLE">DE123456789</cbc:CompanyID>

Corrected
<cbc:CompanyID>DE123456789</cbc:CompanyID>

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

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