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UBL-CR-560: A line discount or charge should not have payment details

In short

Warning: worth checking.

UBL-CR-560 means a discount or charge on an invoice line has its own payment means (cac:PaymentMeans), which EN 16931 does not use. Remove it and give the payment instructions once for the whole invoice.

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What it means

The rule checks every discount or charge on a line (cac:AllowanceCharge) for payment means, which say how that single amount is to be paid. The test only checks that the element is present.

Why it matters

This is a warning.

How to fix it

Remove cac:PaymentMeans from the discount or charge. Give the payment instructions once for the invoice: the payment method (BT-81). If you build the XML yourself, the element sits under cac:AllowanceCharge in cac:InvoiceLine or cac:CreditNoteLine.

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 InvoiceLine AllowanceCharge PaymentMeans

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-560 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026