Validation rules

PEPPOL-EN16931-R061 — Peppol BIS rule

A direct-debit payment (means code 49/59) must carry a mandate reference (BT-89).

Rule: PEPPOL-EN16931-R061 — official EN 16931 / XRechnung rule
Severity: error
Business term: BT-89 — SEPA direct debit mandate reference
Field in your JSON: invoice.payment.mandate_id

How to fix it

Set invoice.payment.mandate_id to the SEPA mandate reference agreed with the buyer.

PEPPOL-EN16931-R061 auf Deutsch — was bedeutet der Fehler?

Eine Lastschrift (Code 49/59) muss eine Mandatsreferenz (BT-89) tragen.

So beheben Sie den Fehler

Setzen Sie invoice.payment.mandate_id auf die mit dem Käufer vereinbarte SEPA-Mandatsreferenz.

Related rules

BR-DE-23-b — Payment means is a credit transfer (code 30/58), so direct-debit information (BG-19) must not be present.
PEPPOL-EN16931-R055 — The invoice total VAT amount and its accounting-currency counterpart must have the same sign.
PEPPOL-EN16931-R054 — When a tax accounting currency is used, exactly one additional tax total without subtotals must carry it.
PEPPOL-EN16931-R053 — Exactly one tax total with tax subtotals must be provided.
PEPPOL-EN16931-R046 — The item net price must equal the gross price minus the price allowance when a gross price is provided.
PEPPOL-EN16931-R044 — A charge on price level is not allowed — only allowances (indicator 'false').

Official sources

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