BR-NL-29: Leave out the payment means text, the code is enough

What it means

The payment instructions (BG-16) have a payment means text (BT-82), a free-text description of how the invoice is paid, next to the payment means code (BT-81). In UBL it is the name attribute on the payment means code. The warning appears whenever that text is present.

Why it matters

This is a warning, so the invoice is not rejected. The code already tells the recipient how the invoice is paid, and software reads the code, not free text.

How to fix it

Keep the payment means code, such as 30 for a bank transfer or 58 for a SEPA credit transfer, and remove the description text. In your invoicing software, look at the payment method settings for a field that holds a description or name for the method. It is worth fixing if you want a clean check, and you can otherwise leave it.

The rule as published

The use of a payment means text (cac:PaymentMeans/cbc:PaymentMeansCode/@name) is not recommended

Where this rule applies