Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule
UBL-CR-170
What does UBL-CR-170 mean? A UBL invoice should not include the AccountingSupplierParty Party PartyTaxScheme TaxLevelCode
Why did my invoice fail UBL-CR-170?
This EN 16931 rule warns when the UBL element cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyTaxScheme/cbc:TaxLevelCode is present: the invoice should not include a tax level code inside the seller's tax registration (PartyTaxScheme). The seller's tax information in EN 16931 is limited to the VAT/tax identifier (BT-31/BT-32) and its scheme; a tax level code has no corresponding business term. The element is not forbidden by UBL itself, but it lies outside the EN 16931 core invoice model, so remove it to keep the invoice fully conformant and interoperable.
Official rule text
A UBL invoice should not include the AccountingSupplierParty Party PartyTaxScheme TaxLevelCode
Common causes
- The seller party block was exported from an ERP profile that fills every available UBL tax field
- A template copied from a full UBL 2.1 sample invoice rather than an EN 16931 example
- Mapping software emits TaxLevelCode alongside CompanyID by default
Related rules
UBL-CR-001 · UBL-CR-002 · UBL-CR-003 · UBL-CR-004 · UBL-CR-005 · UBL-CR-006 · UBL-CR-007 · UBL-CR-008
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