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UBL Credit Note — valid Peppol BIS 3.0

A valid Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 credit note: one line, 1 770.00 EUR including VAT, referencing the original invoice it cancels. The credit note is a distinct UBL document type, not an invoice with negative amounts.

UBL 2.1 CreditNote — Valid

A valid Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 credit note: one line, 1 770.00 EUR including VAT, referencing the original invoice it cancels. The credit note is a distinct UBL document type, not an invoice with negative amounts.

UBL invoice (Peppol BIS 3.0) UBL 2.1 CreditNote EN 16931 / Peppol BIS Billing 3.0Expected result: Valid

What this file shows

A valid Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 credit note: one line, 1 770.00 EUR including VAT, referencing the original invoice it cancels. The credit note is a distinct UBL document type, not an invoice with negative amounts.

Transactions1
Total€1,770.00
Last verified: License: CC-BY-4.0
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Every party, IBAN and amount below is fictitious. The IBANs are structurally valid — they pass the mod-97 check — but they belong to no real account.

File content

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
  ValidateFin sample file — UBL credit note, Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (EN 16931).
  Expected validation result: VALID — 1 line, 1 770.00 EUR including VAT,
  referencing the original invoice.

  All parties and account numbers are fictitious.
  Reference page: https://validatefin.com/en/resources/samples/ubl-creditnote-valid
  License: CC-BY-4.0
-->
<CreditNote xmlns="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CreditNote-2"
            xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2"
            xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">
  <cbc:CustomizationID>urn:cen.eu:en16931:2017#compliant#urn:fdc:peppol.eu:2017:poacc:billing:3.0</cbc:CustomizationID>
  <cbc:ID>AV-2026-0012</cbc:ID>
  <cbc:IssueDate>2026-02-15</cbc:IssueDate>
  <cbc:CreditNoteTypeCode>381</cbc:CreditNoteTypeCode>
  <cbc:Note>Avoir suite à annulation partielle de la ligne 1 — FA-2026-0099</cbc:Note>
  <cbc:DocumentCurrencyCode>EUR</cbc:DocumentCurrencyCode>

  <!-- Référence à la facture d'origine -->
  <cac:BillingReference>
    <cac:InvoiceDocumentReference>
      <cbc:ID>FA-2026-0099</cbc:ID>
      <cbc:IssueDate>2026-02-01</cbc:IssueDate>
    </cac:InvoiceDocumentReference>
  </cac:BillingReference>

  <!-- Fournisseur -->
  <cac:AccountingSupplierParty>
    <cac:Party>
      <cac:PartyName>
        <cbc:Name>Digital Solutions SAS</cbc:Name>
      </cac:PartyName>
      <cac:PostalAddress>
        <cbc:StreetName>45 avenue de la Technologie</cbc:StreetName>
        <cbc:CityName>Lyon</cbc:CityName>
        <cbc:PostalZone>69003</cbc:PostalZone>
        <cac:Country>
          <cbc:IdentificationCode>FR</cbc:IdentificationCode>
        </cac:Country>
      </cac:PostalAddress>
      <cac:PartyTaxScheme>
        <cbc:CompanyID>FR72823456789</cbc:CompanyID>
        <cac:TaxScheme>
          <cbc:ID>VAT</cbc:ID>
        </cac:TaxScheme>
      </cac:PartyTaxScheme>
      <cac:PartyLegalEntity>
        <cbc:RegistrationName>Digital Solutions SAS</cbc:RegistrationName>
      </cac:PartyLegalEntity>
    </cac:Party>
  </cac:AccountingSupplierParty>

  <!-- Client -->
  <cac:AccountingCustomerParty>
    <cac:Party>
      <cac:PartyName>
        <cbc:Name>Entreprise Dubois &amp; Associés</cbc:Name>
      </cac:PartyName>
      <cac:PostalAddress>
        <cbc:StreetName>8 rue du Commerce</cbc:StreetName>
        <cbc:CityName>Paris</cbc:CityName>
        <cbc:PostalZone>75008</cbc:PostalZone>
        <cac:Country>
          <cbc:IdentificationCode>FR</cbc:IdentificationCode>
        </cac:Country>
      </cac:PostalAddress>
      <cac:PartyTaxScheme>
        <cbc:CompanyID>FR83456789012</cbc:CompanyID>
        <cac:TaxScheme>
          <cbc:ID>VAT</cbc:ID>
        </cac:TaxScheme>
      </cac:PartyTaxScheme>
      <cac:PartyLegalEntity>
        <cbc:RegistrationName>Entreprise Dubois &amp; Associés</cbc:RegistrationName>
      </cac:PartyLegalEntity>
    </cac:Party>
  </cac:AccountingCustomerParty>

  <!-- TVA -->
  <cac:TaxTotal>
    <cbc:TaxAmount currencyID="EUR">270.00</cbc:TaxAmount>
    <cac:TaxSubtotal>
      <cbc:TaxableAmount currencyID="EUR">1500.00</cbc:TaxableAmount>
      <cbc:TaxAmount currencyID="EUR">270.00</cbc:TaxAmount>
      <cac:TaxCategory>
        <cbc:ID>S</cbc:ID>
        <cbc:Percent>18</cbc:Percent>
        <cac:TaxScheme>
          <cbc:ID>VAT</cbc:ID>
        </cac:TaxScheme>
      </cac:TaxCategory>
    </cac:TaxSubtotal>
  </cac:TaxTotal>

  <!-- Totaux -->
  <cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>
    <cbc:LineExtensionAmount currencyID="EUR">1500.00</cbc:LineExtensionAmount>
    <cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount currencyID="EUR">1500.00</cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount>
    <cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount currencyID="EUR">1770.00</cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount>
    <cbc:PayableAmount currencyID="EUR">1770.00</cbc:PayableAmount>
  </cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>

  <!-- Ligne d'avoir -->
  <cac:CreditNoteLine>
    <cbc:ID>1</cbc:ID>
    <cbc:CreditedQuantity unitCode="DAY">10</cbc:CreditedQuantity>
    <cbc:LineExtensionAmount currencyID="EUR">1500.00</cbc:LineExtensionAmount>
    <cac:Item>
      <cbc:Description>Annulation — Développement application web (prestation non réalisée)</cbc:Description>
      <cbc:Name>Développement applicatif — ANNULÉ</cbc:Name>
      <cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory>
        <cbc:ID>S</cbc:ID>
        <cbc:Percent>18</cbc:Percent>
        <cac:TaxScheme>
          <cbc:ID>VAT</cbc:ID>
        </cac:TaxScheme>
      </cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory>
    </cac:Item>
    <cac:Price>
      <cbc:PriceAmount currencyID="EUR">150.00</cbc:PriceAmount>
    </cac:Price>
  </cac:CreditNoteLine>
</CreditNote>

How we know these results hold

Every file in this library is run through the site's own validator on each build. The expected result stated above is asserted by an automated test — if a file stopped matching what this page claims, the build would fail. Two inherited fixtures were repaired this way before publication: three IBANs failed the mod-97 check and several names used characters outside the basic SEPA character set.

UBL invoice (Peppol BIS 3.0)

All sample fileshttps://validatefin.com/samples/ubl-creditnote-valid.xml