Validation rules

PEPPOL-EN16931-R046 — Peppol BIS rule

The item net price must equal the gross price minus the price allowance when a gross price is provided.

Rule: PEPPOL-EN16931-R046 — official EN 16931 / XRechnung rule
Severity: error
Business term: BT-146 — Item net price
Field in your JSON: invoice.lines[*].unit_price

How to fix it

Set invoice.lines[i].unit_price to gross_price − price_discount (or omit gross_price / price_discount).

PEPPOL-EN16931-R046 auf Deutsch — was bedeutet der Fehler?

Der Netto-Einzelpreis muss Bruttopreis minus Preisnachlass entsprechen, wenn ein Bruttopreis angegeben ist.

So beheben Sie den Fehler

Setzen Sie invoice.lines[i].unit_price auf gross_price − price_discount — oder lassen Sie gross_price / price_discount weg.

Related rules

BR-27 — The item net price (BT-146) must not be negative.
BR-26 — An invoice line has no item net price (BT-146).
PEPPOL-EN16931-R044 — A charge on price level is not allowed — only allowances (indicator 'false').
PEPPOL-EN16931-R043 — An allowance/charge indicator must be exactly 'true' or 'false'.
PEPPOL-EN16931-R042 — An allowance/charge base amount is present, so its percentage must be provided as well.
PEPPOL-EN16931-R041 — An allowance/charge percentage is present, so its base amount must be provided as well.

Official sources

Every 422 from the API lists the rule id, the path in your request JSON, a plain-language message and a suggested fix — see the docs overview for the report format.

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