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BR-28
An item gross price (BT-148) is negative
What the message means
An item gross price (BT-148) is negative.
What the issuer needs to change
Give the gross price as a positive value.
Fields concerned
BT-148item gross price
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- Rule set
- EN 16931 (CEN, rule set 1.3.16)
- Syntax
- CII, UBL
- Level
- Error
Original rule text
The Item gross price (BT-148) shall NOT be negative.
Technical details for IT
UBL
Context: cac:InvoiceLine | cac:CreditNoteLine Test: not((cac:Price/cac:AllowanceCharge/cbc:BaseAmount) >= 0 or not(exists(cac:Price/cac:AllowanceCharge/cbc:BaseAmount)))
CII
Context: //ram:IncludedSupplyChainTradeLineItem Test: not((ram:SpecifiedLineTradeAgreement/ram:GrossPriceProductTradePrice/ram:ChargeAmount >= 0) or not(ram:SpecifiedLineTradeAgreement/ram:GrossPriceProductTradePrice/ram:ChargeAmount))
Related rules
- BR-25In at least one invoice line, this is missing: item name (BT-153)
- BR-26In at least one invoice line, this is missing: item net price (BT-146)
- BR-27An item net price (BT-146) is negative
- BR-29The invoicing period ends before it starts (BT-73, BT-74)
- BR-30An invoice line period ends before it starts (BT-134, BT-135)
- BR-31Missing in an allowance: document level allowance amount (BT-92)