Validation rules

PEPPOL-EN16931-R110 — Peppol BIS rule

An invoice line period start date must lie within the document invoicing period.

Rule
PEPPOL-EN16931-R110 — official EN 16931 / XRechnung rule
Severity
error
Business term
BT-134 — Invoice line period start date
Field in your JSON
invoice.lines[*].period.start_date

How to fix it

Align invoice.lines[i].period.start_date with invoice.invoicing_period.

PEPPOL-EN16931-R110 auf Deutsch — was bedeutet der Fehler?

Das Startdatum eines Positionszeitraums muss im Abrechnungszeitraum liegen.

So beheben Sie den Fehler

Gleichen Sie invoice.lines[i].period.start_date mit invoice.invoicing_period ab.

Related rules

  • PEPPOL-EN16931-R111 — An invoice line period end date must lie within the document invoicing period.
  • PEPPOL-EN16931-R101 — A line document reference may only be used for an invoice line object identifier.
  • PEPPOL-EN16931-R120 — An invoice line net amount must equal quantity × (price / base quantity) plus line charges minus line…
  • PEPPOL-EN16931-R121 — An item price base quantity must be a positive number above zero.
  • PEPPOL-EN16931-R130 — The unit code of an item price base quantity must equal the invoiced quantity's unit code.
  • PEPPOL-EN16931-R061 — A direct-debit payment (means code 49/59) must carry a mandate reference (BT-89).

Official sources

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