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PEPPOL-EN16931-R043
It is unclear whether an entry is an allowance or a charge
What the message means
It is unclear whether an entry is an allowance or a charge.
What the issuer needs to change
Send true (charge) or false (allowance).
This rule is part of XRechnung, even though its name starts with PEPPOL.
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- Rule set
- XRechnung 3.0.2 (KoSIT, Schematron 2.6.0)
- Syntax
- UBL
- Level
- Error
Original rule text
Allowance/charge ChargeIndicator value MUST equal 'true' or 'false'
Technical details for IT
UBL
Context: ubl-invoice:Invoice/cac:AllowanceCharge | ubl-invoice:Invoice/cac:InvoiceLine/cac:AllowanceCharge | ubl-creditnote:CreditNote/cac:AllowanceCharge | ubl-creditnote:CreditNote/cac:CreditNoteLine/cac:AllowanceCharge Test: not(normalize-space(cbc:ChargeIndicator/text()) = 'true' or normalize-space(cbc:ChargeIndicator/text()) = 'false')
Related rules
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R040An allowance or charge is not base amount times percentage
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R041An allowance or charge has a percentage but no base amount
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R042An allowance or charge has a base amount but no percentage
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R043-1It is unclear whether an entry is an allowance or a charge
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R043-2It is unclear whether an entry is an allowance or a charge
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R044A charge on the item price is not allowed