PEPPOL-EN16931-R044: Charge on price level is not allowed

What does this mean?

Charge on price level is NOT allowed: in the item price of a line only a discount (item price discount, BT-147) is allowed, not a charge. The ChargeIndicator must be false there; the invoice contains a charge (true) on price level.
The rule originates from Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 and is applied in the XRechnung validation. CII: ram:GrossPriceProductTradePrice/ram:AppliedTradeAllowanceCharge with ram:ActualAmount, UBL: cac:Price/cac:AllowanceCharge.

Typical causes

A surcharge was given as charge in the item price instead of as line level charge.
The indicator was swapped (true instead of false) for a price discount.

How to fix the error

State a price discount with ChargeIndicator false.
Either include a surcharge in the gross price (BT-148) or state it as line level charge (BG-28).
Generate and validate the invoice again.

In E-Rechnungsfreund

The application always writes the "Preisrabatt (BT-147)" (price discount) as an allowance. In the invoice form, "Experte" view, section "Rechnungspositionen (BG-25)" (invoice lines), include a surcharge in the "Bruttopreis (BT-148)" (gross price) or enter it in the tab "Zu-/Abschläge (BG-27/28)" (allowances/charges) of the line as "Zuschlag (BG-28)" (charge).

Example

Wrong

<ram:GrossPriceProductTradePrice>
  <ram:ChargeAmount>100.00</ram:ChargeAmount>
  <ram:AppliedTradeAllowanceCharge>
    <ram:ChargeIndicator>
      <udt:Indicator>true</udt:Indicator>
    </ram:ChargeIndicator>
    <ram:ActualAmount>5.00</ram:ActualAmount>
  </ram:AppliedTradeAllowanceCharge>
</ram:GrossPriceProductTradePrice>

Correct

<ram:GrossPriceProductTradePrice>
  <ram:ChargeAmount>105.00</ram:ChargeAmount>
</ram:GrossPriceProductTradePrice>

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