`PEPPOL-EN16931-R043`

Peppol BIS Billing 3 · validation rule

Peppol BIS Billing 3Error

An allowance/charge indicator is not literally 'true' or 'false' (e.g. '1', 'True' or empty). The sender must write cbc:ChargeIndicator / udt:Indicator exactly as true or false.

Field: allowances[]/charges[] (ChargeIndicator)
Rule set: Peppol BIS Billing 3
Rule-set version: Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (rules master, Sep 2026) · in force since 2026-09-07 · Rule-set changelog
Who has to fix it: The sender

This is a property of the file you received, so it cannot be corrected on your side without changing the document — ask the supplier to reissue it.

Check your own invoice

Drop the file that failed. We parse it, run the official rule sets against it and list every finding with a fix — 20 invoices per day, no key, nothing stored.

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