Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 · rule

UBL-CR-274

Layer en16931·Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does UBL-CR-274 mean? A UBL invoice should not include the PayeeParty PartyTaxScheme

Why did my invoice fail UBL-CR-274?

The Payee (BG-10) has no VAT or tax registration terms in EN 16931, so cac:PayeeParty/cac:PartyTaxScheme should not appear. VAT identifiers belong to the seller, buyer or tax representative parties, not the payee.

Official rule text

A UBL invoice should not include the PayeeParty PartyTaxScheme

Common causes

Adding the payee's VAT number out of habit because seller and buyer carry one
Reusing the seller-party mapping (which emits PartyTaxScheme) for the payee

How do I fix it?

<cac:PayeeParty>
  <cac:PartyName><cbc:Name>Payee Ltd</cbc:Name></cac:PartyName>
  <cac:PartyLegalEntity><cbc:CompanyID schemeID="0088">4035011000112</cbc:CompanyID></cac:PartyLegalEntity>
</cac:PayeeParty>

Check your invoice against this rule

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