# PEPPOL-EN16931-R044

> Charge on price level is NOT allowed. Only value 'false' allowed.

Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

Canonical: https://einvoicecheck.eu/rules/peppol-en16931-r044

## Official rule text

Charge on price level is NOT allowed. Only value 'false' allowed.

## Why did my invoice fail PEPPOL-EN16931-R044?

An AllowanceCharge placed on the item price (inside cac:Price) may only represent an allowance, never a charge, so its ChargeIndicator must be 'false'. This reflects EN 16931 semantics where the gross price is reduced by a price allowance to derive the net price; adding a charge at price level is not permitted.

## Common causes

- ChargeIndicator set to true within cac:Price/cac:AllowanceCharge.
- Attempting to model a price surcharge as a price-level charge instead of adjusting the gross price.
- Copying document-level charge logic into the price-level allowance.

## How do I fix it?

```
<cac:Price><cbc:PriceAmount currencyID="EUR">9.00</cbc:PriceAmount><cac:AllowanceCharge><cbc:ChargeIndicator>false</cbc:ChargeIndicator><cbc:Amount currencyID="EUR">1.00</cbc:Amount><cbc:BaseAmount currencyID="EUR">10.00</cbc:BaseAmount></cac:AllowanceCharge></cac:Price>
```