PEPPOL-EN16931-R041: Base amount missing for allowance or charge with percentage
Official message
[PEPPOL-EN16931-R041] Allowance/charge base amount MUST be provided when allowance/charge percentage is provided.
[PEPPOL-EN16931-R041] Allowance/charge base amount MUST be provided when allowance/charge percentage is provided.
- Severity
- Error The invoice is invalid and may be rejected by the recipient.
- Applies to
- XRechnung (CII), XRechnung (UBL)
What does this mean?
Allowance/charge base amount MUST be provided when allowance/charge percentage is provided. This applies on document level (BT-93/BT-94, BT-100/BT-101) and on line level (BT-137/BT-138, BT-142/BT-143). The base amount is missing.
The rule originates from Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 and is applied in the XRechnung validation.
Typical causes
Only percentage and amount were given, not the base amount.
The percentage was given for information without the amount being calculated from it.
How to fix the error
Add the base amount the percentage refers to, or omit the percentage.
CII: ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge/ram:BasisAmount with ram:CalculationPercent, UBL: cac:AllowanceCharge/cbc:BaseAmount with cbc:MultiplierFactorNumeric.
Generate and validate the invoice again.
In E-Rechnungsfreund
In the invoice form, "Experte" view, section "Zu-/Abschläge auf Dokumentenebene (BG-20/BG-21)" (document level allowances and charges), also fill in "Grundbetrag" (base amount) for an entry with "%", or clear "%". For lines the same applies on the tab "Zu-/Abschläge (BG-27/28)" of the line.
Example
Wrong
<ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge>
...
<ram:CalculationPercent>3</ram:CalculationPercent>
<ram:ActualAmount>7.50</ram:ActualAmount>
...
</ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge>Correct
<ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge>
...
<ram:CalculationPercent>3</ram:CalculationPercent>
<ram:BasisAmount>250.00</ram:BasisAmount>
<ram:ActualAmount>7.50</ram:ActualAmount>
...
</ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge>For developers: test expression per syntax
XRechnung (CII) (CII)
Context: ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge[ram:CalculationPercent and not(ram:BasisAmount)]
false()XRechnung (UBL) (UBL)
Context: ubl-invoice:Invoice/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:MultiplierFactorNumeric and not(cbc:BaseAmount)] | ubl-invoice:Invoice/cac:InvoiceLine/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:MultiplierFactorNumeric and not(cbc:BaseAmount)] | ubl-creditnote:CreditNote/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:MultiplierFactorNumeric and not(cbc:BaseAmount)] | ubl-creditnote:CreditNote/cac:CreditNoteLine/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:MultiplierFactorNumeric and not(cbc:BaseAmount)]
false()Related validation rules
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R001: Business process type (BT-23) is missing
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R005: VAT accounting currency (BT-6) equals the invoice currency (BT-5)
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R008: The invoice contains empty elements
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R010: Buyer electronic address (BT-49) is missing
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R020: Seller electronic address (BT-34) is missing
- PEPPOL-EN16931-R040: Allowance or charge amount does not match base amount and percentage
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Explanation of the validation rule, not legal or tax advice.