E-Invoice Error Reference

1369+ documented errors for Peppol, UBL, CII, and EN16931 validation errors.

755 errors found · Page 3 of 16 in Format Rules

errorUBL-SR-43EN16931AUTO-FIX

Scheme identifier shall only be used for invoiced object (document type code with value 130 or 50)

Your invoice uses a scheme identifier (schemeID attribute) on AdditionalDocumentReference/ID but the DocumentTypeCode is not 130 (invoiced object identifier) or 50 (price/sales catalogue reference). Scheme identifiers are only valid for these document types.

errorUBL-SR-15EN16931CONFIRM

Buyer name shall occur maximum once

Your invoice contains multiple Buyer name elements (AccountingCustomerParty/Party/PartyName/Name). EN16931 allows only one buyer name.

errorUBL-SR-51EN16931CONFIRM

An address can only have one third line.

Duplicate address line 3. An address can have at most one additional address line (third line).

errorUBL-SR-52EN16931CONFIRM

Document reference shall occur maximum once

Duplicate document reference. Document reference can only appear once in the specified context.

errorUBL-SR-18EN16931CONFIRM

Buyer VAT identifier shall occur maximum once

Your invoice contains multiple Buyer VAT identifiers (PartyTaxScheme with VAT scheme). EN16931 allows only one VAT identifier per buyer.

errorUBL-SR-37EN16931CONFIRM

Item price discount shall occur maximum once

Your invoice line contains multiple Item price discount elements (Price/AllowanceCharge). EN16931 allows only one discount per price.

errorUBL-CR-029UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the BillingReference LanguageID

Your invoice contains BillingReference/LanguageID which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices.

errorUBL-CR-031UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the BillingReference VersionID

Your invoice contains BillingReference/VersionID which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices.

warningUBL-CR-665EN16931AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the AdditionalDocumentReference ID schemeID unless the DocumentTypeCode equals '130'

This UBL element should not be present in an EN16931 invoice. It is allowed in full UBL 2.1 but not in the EN16931 subset.

warningUBL-CR-680EN16931AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the PaymentMeans/PayerFinancialAccount

This UBL element should not be present in an EN16931 invoice. It is allowed in full UBL 2.1 but not in the EN16931 subset.

warningUBL-CR-681EN16931AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the PaymentMeans InstructionNote

This UBL element should not be present in an EN16931 invoice. It is allowed in full UBL 2.1 but not in the EN16931 subset.

warningUBL-CR-682EN16931AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the Delivery DeliveryAddress

This UBL element should not be present in an EN16931 invoice. It is allowed in full UBL 2.1 but not in the EN16931 subset.

warningUBL-DT-13EN16931BLOCKED

Unit code list identifier attribute should not be present

Your invoice contains the unitCodeListID attribute on a quantity element. This attribute is not allowed in EN16931 and must be removed.

warningUBL-DT-26EN16931BLOCKED

EncodingCode attribute should not be present

Your invoice contains the encodingCode attribute on a binary object element. This attribute is not allowed in EN16931 and must be removed.

warningUBL-DT-27EN16931BLOCKED

Scheme Agency ID attribute should not be present

Your invoice contains the schemeAgencyID attribute on an identifier element. This attribute is not allowed in EN16931 and must be removed.

errorUBL-SR-16EN16931CONFIRM

Buyer identifier shall occur maximum once

Your invoice contains multiple Buyer identifier elements (AccountingCustomerParty/Party/PartyIdentification/ID). EN16931 allows only one buyer identifier.

errorUBL-SR-23EN16931CONFIRM

Seller tax representative VAT identifier shall occur maximum once, if the Seller has a tax representative

Your invoice contains multiple Tax representative VAT identifiers (TaxRepresentativeParty/PartyTaxScheme). EN16931 allows only one.

errorUBL-SR-25EN16931CONFIRM

Deliver to party name shall occur maximum once

Your invoice contains multiple Deliver to party name elements (Delivery/DeliveryParty/PartyName/Name). EN16931 allows only one.

errorUBL-SR-30EN16931CONFIRM

Document level allowance reason shall occur maximum once

Your invoice contains multiple Document level allowance reason texts (AllowanceCharge/AllowanceChargeReason). EN16931 allows only one reason per allowance.

errorUBL-SR-46EN16931CONFIRM

Payment means text shall occur maximum once

Your invoice contains multiple Payment means instruction text elements. EN16931 allows only one instruction note per payment means.

errorUBL-SR-53EN16931CONFIRM

CompanyID (VAT Identifier) must be stated when providing the PartyTaxScheme/TaxScheme/ID.

Missing VAT ID with tax scheme. When providing TaxScheme/ID, the CompanyID (VAT identifier) must also be provided.

errorUBL-CR-360UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the Delivery DeliveryLocation Address...

Your invoice contains a DeliveryLocation Address AddressTypeCode element which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices. This element must be removed.

errorUBL-CR-361UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the Delivery DeliveryLocation Address...

Your invoice contains a DeliveryLocation Address AddressFormatCode element which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices. This element must be removed.

errorUBL-CR-362UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the Delivery DeliveryLocation Address Postbox

Your invoice contains a DeliveryLocation Address Postbox element which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices. This element must be removed.

errorUBL-CR-137UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the Signature

Your invoice contains a Signature element which is not allowed in EN16931. Digital signatures should be applied at transport level, not in the invoice XML.

errorUBL-CR-294UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the BuyerCustomerParty

Your invoice contains a BuyerCustomerParty element which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices. Use AccountingCustomerParty instead.

errorUBL-CR-629UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the InvoiceLine Item Price ValidityPeriod

UBL 2.1 Invoice schema does not include `cac:Price/cac:ValidityPeriod`. This element must be removed for EN 16931 compliance.

errorUBL-CR-295UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the SellerSupplierParty

Your invoice contains a SellerSupplierParty element which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices. Use AccountingSupplierParty instead.

errorUBL-CR-012UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the InvoicePeriod StartTime

Your invoice contains InvoicePeriod/StartTime which is not allowed. Only StartDate is permitted.

errorUBL-CR-257UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the AccountingCustomerParty Party Person

Your invoice contains a Person element in the buyer party which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices. This element must be removed.

errorUBL-CR-363UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the Delivery DeliveryLocation Address Floor

Your invoice contains a DeliveryLocation Address Floor element which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices. This element must be removed.

errorUBL-CR-398UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the DeliveryParty Contact

Your invoice contains a DeliveryParty Contact element which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices. This element must be removed.

errorUBL-CR-404UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the Delivery NotifyParty

Your invoice contains a Delivery NotifyParty element which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices. This element must be removed.

errorUBL-CR-410UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the DeliveryTerms

Your invoice contains a DeliveryTerms element which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices. This element must be removed.

errorUBL-CR-490UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the TaxExchangeRate

Your invoice contains a TaxExchangeRate element which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices. This element must be removed.

errorUBL-CR-513UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the WithholdingTaxTotal

Your invoice contains a WithholdingTaxTotal element which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices. This element must be removed.

errorUBL-CR-013UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the InvoicePeriod EndTime

Your invoice contains InvoicePeriod/EndTime which is not allowed. Only EndDate is permitted.

errorUBL-CR-018UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the OrderReference IssueDate

Your invoice contains OrderReference/IssueDate which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices.

errorUBL-CR-022UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the OrderReference DocumentReference

Your invoice contains OrderReference/DocumentReference which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices.

errorUBL-CR-026UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the BillingReference DocumentTypeCode

Your invoice contains BillingReference/DocumentTypeCode which is not allowed in EN16931. Only the document ID is permitted for billing references.

errorUBL-CR-030UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the BillingReference LocaleCode

Your invoice contains BillingReference/LocaleCode which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices.

errorUBL-CR-033UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the BillingReference DocumenDescription

Your invoice contains BillingReference/DocumentDescription which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices.

errorUBL-CR-035UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the BillingReference ValidityPeriod

Your invoice contains BillingReference/ValidityPeriod which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices.

errorUBL-CR-039UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the BillingReference...

Your invoice contains BillingReference/CreditNoteDocumentReference which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices.

errorUBL-CR-042UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the BillingReference ReminderDocumentReference

Your invoice contains BillingReference/ReminderDocumentReference which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices.

errorUBL-CR-043UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the BillingReference...

Your invoice contains BillingReference/AdditionalDocumentReference which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices.

errorUBL-CR-044UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the BillingReference BillingReferenceLine

Your invoice contains BillingReference/BillingReferenceLine which is not allowed in EN16931. Line-level billing references are not supported.

errorUBL-CR-045UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the DespatchDocumentReference CopyIndicator

Your invoice contains DespatchDocumentReference/CopyIndicator which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices.

errorUBL-CR-289UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the PayeeParty Person

Your invoice contains a Person element in the PayeeParty which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices. This element must be removed.

errorUBL-CR-405UBL 2.1AUTO-FIX

A UBL invoice should not include the Delivery Despatch

Your invoice contains a Delivery Despatch element which is not allowed in EN16931 invoices. This element must be removed.

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