# UBL-SR-47

> When there are more than one payment means code, they shall be equal

Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

Canonical: https://einvoicecheck.eu/rules/ubl-sr-47

## Official rule text

When there are more than one payment means code, they shall be equal

## Why did my invoice fail UBL-SR-47?

The Payment means type code (BT-81) identifies how payment is made (e.g. 30 = credit transfer, 58 = SEPA credit transfer), carried as cac:PaymentMeans/cbc:PaymentMeansCode. If an invoice lists several payment means, EN 16931 requires all their type codes to be identical. This prevents mixing incompatible payment methods (for example a card payment and a credit transfer) in one invoice.

## Common causes

- Two cac:PaymentMeans blocks use different codes, e.g. one '30' and one '58'.
- Offering both a bank transfer and a payment card in the same invoice using different codes.
- A generic 'other' code was mixed with a specific code across PaymentMeans elements.

## How do I fix it?

```
Make every cac:PaymentMeans use the same code, e.g. set <cbc:PaymentMeansCode>30</cbc:PaymentMeansCode> in all of them (each block may still list a different account/IBAN).
```