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PEPPOL-EN16931-R044
A charge on the item price is not allowed
What the message means
A charge on the item price is not allowed.
What the issuer needs to change
Show charges as a separate line or as a line charge.
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
- CII, UBL
- Level
- Error
Original rule text
Charge on price level is NOT allowed. Only value 'false' allowed.
Technical details for IT
UBL
Context: cac:Price/cac:AllowanceCharge Test: not(normalize-space(cbc:ChargeIndicator) = 'false')
CII
Context: rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:IncludedSupplyChainTradeLineItem/ram:SpecifiedLineTradeAgreement/ram:GrossPriceProductTradePrice Test: not(not(ram:AppliedTradeAllowanceCharge/ram:ActualAmount) or ram:AppliedTradeAllowanceCharge/ram:ChargeIndicator/udt:Indicator = 'false')
Related rules
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R043It is unclear whether an entry is an allowance or a charge
- 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-R046The net price (BT-146) is not the gross price (BT-148) minus discount (BT-147)
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R053The file contains more than one tax total with breakdown
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R054With a separate VAT currency, the second tax total is missing or duplicated