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BR-26

EN 16931-1 layer: en16931

Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does BR-26 mean? Each invoice line (BG-25) must have an Item net price (BT-146). Add cac:InvoiceLine/cac:Price/cbc:PriceAmount.

Why did my invoice fail BR-26?

Each Invoice line (BG-25) must contain the Item net price (BT-146), the price of one item unit after any price discount and excluding VAT. Together with the Invoiced quantity it justifies the line net amount, and it must be zero or positive. This rule ensures every line states the unit price it was calculated from.

Official rule text

Each Invoice line (BG-25) shall contain the Item net price (BT-146).

Common causes

• The cac:Price block has no cbc:PriceAmount element.
• A negative price was used instead of representing the discount via BaseQuantity or an allowance.
• PriceAmount is present but missing its currencyID attribute or is empty.

How do I fix it?

<cac:Price>
  <cbc:PriceAmount currencyID="EUR">100.00</cbc:PriceAmount>
</cac:Price>

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