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Warning

UBL-CR-484: Leave the tax scheme name out of discounts and charges

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-484 means the tax scheme in the VAT category of a discount or charge on the whole invoice has a Name, which EN 16931 does not use. Delete cbc:Name from that tax scheme and retain the scheme ID.

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What it means

The VAT category of a discount (BG-20) or charge (BG-21) on the whole invoice identifies its tax scheme with an ID, which for VAT is VAT. This rule checks that the tax scheme has no cbc:Name, a free-text name for the tax. It applies to invoices and credit notes.

Why it matters

EN 16931 uses the tax scheme ID rather than a free-text tax scheme name in this part of the invoice.

How to fix it

Delete cbc:Name from the cac:TaxScheme in the cac:TaxCategory of each cac:AllowanceCharge directly under Invoice or CreditNote. Keep cbc:ID with the value VAT. If your invoicing software adds the name, ask its supplier to remove it from the export. Recheck the corrected file.

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 AllowanceCharge TaxCategory TaxScheme Name

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-484 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026