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Warning

UBL-CR-240: Leave the jurisdiction region address out of the buyer's tax details

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-240 means a tax scheme in the buyer's tax details contains a jurisdiction region address (JurisdictionRegionAddress), which EN 16931 does not use. Remove that element from the buyer's tax scheme.

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What it means

This rule checks that the tax scheme inside the buyer's tax details, cac:PartyTaxScheme/cac:TaxScheme, does not contain a jurisdiction region address, cac:JurisdictionRegionAddress. That element names the area in which a tax scheme applies. The check covers all buyer tax schemes, not just VAT, and applies to UBL invoices and credit notes.

Why it matters

EN 16931 does not use this address in the buyer's tax scheme details. The check concerns the presence of the element, not whether the address is correct.

How to fix it

Configure your UBL export to omit the jurisdiction region address from the buyer's tax scheme details. If you edit or generate the XML, remove cac:JurisdictionRegionAddress from cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyTaxScheme/cac:TaxScheme. Leaving the element empty does not clear the warning. Recheck the file in Klarbon.

Once the file is corrected, check it again for free: Validate an invoice against EN 16931

Or fix the invoice in a form and download the corrected file, for 1 credit: Fix a rejected e-invoice

The rule as published

A UBL invoice should not include the AccountingCustomerParty Party PartyTaxScheme TaxScheme JurisdictionRegionAddress

Where this rule applies

Rule set Version
EN 16931 (UBL) 1.3.17
EN 16931 (UBL credit note) 1.3.17
XRechnung 3.0 (UBL) 3.0.2
XRechnung 3.0 (UBL credit note) 3.0.2
Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (invoice) 2026.5
Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (credit note) 2026.5
SI-UBL 2.0 / NLCIUS (invoice) 2.0.3.13
SI-UBL 2.0 / NLCIUS (credit note) 2.0.3.13
France CTC (UBL invoice) 1.4.0-04
France CTC (UBL credit note) 1.4.0-04
CIUS-RO UBL Invoice 1.0.9 1.0.9
CIUS-RO UBL Credit Note 1.0.9 1.0.9
Rule text from phive-rules 4.6.4.

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Drop your e-invoice to see whether UBL-CR-240 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026