InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Payer account / Payment instructions” · UBL-CR-680

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cac:PayerFinancialAccount in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for payer account under “payment instructions”.

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:PaymentMeans/cac:PayerFinancialAccount.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cac:PayerFinancialAccount 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:PaymentMeans/cac:PayerFinancialAccount returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-680 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged payer account under “payment instructions”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The rule flags cac:PayerFinancialAccount under “payment instructions”. 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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