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Warning

UBL-CR-248: Leave the buyer's fully paid shares flag out

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-248 means the buyer's details include a yes or no flag saying whether their shares are fully paid (FullyPaidSharesIndicator), which EN 16931 does not use. Remove that element.

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What it means

This rule checks the buyer's legal entity block in a UBL invoice or credit note (cac:AccountingCustomerParty, cac:Party, cac:PartyLegalEntity). It must not contain cbc:FullyPaidSharesIndicator, a true or false value about the paid-up state of the buyer's company shares.

Why it matters

The element triggers this warning whether its value is true or false. Changing the value does not satisfy a check that requires the element to be absent.

How to fix it

Configure your UBL export to omit the buyer's fully paid shares flag. If the export cannot do that, ask your software supplier to change it. If you edit or generate the XML, remove cbc:FullyPaidSharesIndicator from cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyLegalEntity. 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 PartyLegalEntity FullyPaidSharesIndicator

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.

Check your file

Drop your e-invoice to see whether UBL-CR-248 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026