UBL Invoice — reverse charge (VAT category AE)

Name: UBL Invoice — reverse charge (VAT category AE) — UBL 2.1 Invoice sample file
Creator: ValidateFin
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A valid reverse charge invoice in UBL: a French supplier bills services to a German business, VAT is accounted for by the customer, so the rate is 0 % and no VAT is charged. Category AE brings four rules with it — both VAT identifiers (BR-AE-02, BR-AE-03), a 0 % rate (BR-AE-05), a VAT category tax amount of 0.00 (BR-AE-09) and an exemption reason (BR-AE-10), here VATEX-EU-AE plus the text "Reverse charge".

UBL 2.1 Invoice — Valid

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

What this file shows

Transactions	2
Total	€2,500.00

Last verified: 2026-07-12License: 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 invoice, Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (EN 16931).
  REVERSE CHARGE (VAT category AE): a French supplier invoices services to a German
  business; VAT is accounted for by the customer, so the rate is 0 % and no VAT is
  charged. BR-AE-02 requires BOTH VAT identifiers, BR-AE-05 the 0 % rate, BR-AE-09
  a VAT category tax amount of 0.00 and BR-AE-10 an exemption reason.
  Expected validation result: VALID — 2 lines, 2 500.00 EUR, VAT 0.00 EUR.

  All parties and account numbers are fictitious.
  Reference page: https://validatefin.com/en/resources/samples/ubl-invoice-reverse-charge
  License: CC-BY-4.0
-->
<Invoice xmlns="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:Invoice-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:ProfileID>urn:fdc:peppol.eu:2017:poacc:billing:01:1.0</cbc:ProfileID>
  <cbc:ID>ATL-2026-0157</cbc:ID>
  <cbc:IssueDate>2026-03-04</cbc:IssueDate>
  <cbc:DueDate>2026-04-03</cbc:DueDate>
  <cbc:InvoiceTypeCode>380</cbc:InvoiceTypeCode>
  <cbc:Note>Reverse charge — VAT to be accounted for by the customer (Article 196 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC).</cbc:Note>
  <cbc:DocumentCurrencyCode>EUR</cbc:DocumentCurrencyCode>
  <cbc:BuyerReference>PO-2026-3310</cbc:BuyerReference>

  <cac:AccountingSupplierParty>
    <cac:Party>
      <cbc:EndpointID schemeID="9957">FR40303265045</cbc:EndpointID>
      <cac:PartyName>
        <cbc:Name>Atlas Consulting SAS</cbc:Name>
      </cac:PartyName>
      <cac:PostalAddress>
        <cbc:StreetName>18 rue de la Boetie</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>FR40303265045</cbc:CompanyID>
        <cac:TaxScheme>
          <cbc:ID>VAT</cbc:ID>
        </cac:TaxScheme>
      </cac:PartyTaxScheme>
      <cac:PartyLegalEntity>
        <cbc:RegistrationName>Atlas Consulting SAS</cbc:RegistrationName>
        <cbc:CompanyID>303265045</cbc:CompanyID>
      </cac:PartyLegalEntity>
      <cac:Contact>
        <cbc:Name>Service facturation</cbc:Name>
        <cbc:Telephone>+33 1 55 00 12 12</cbc:Telephone>
        <cbc:ElectronicMail>[email protected]</cbc:ElectronicMail>
      </cac:Contact>
    </cac:Party>
  </cac:AccountingSupplierParty>

  <cac:AccountingCustomerParty>
    <cac:Party>
      <cbc:EndpointID schemeID="9930">DE987654321</cbc:EndpointID>
      <cac:PartyName>
        <cbc:Name>Kessler Handel GmbH</cbc:Name>
      </cac:PartyName>
      <cac:PostalAddress>
        <cbc:StreetName>Marktplatz 3</cbc:StreetName>
        <cbc:CityName>Leipzig</cbc:CityName>
        <cbc:PostalZone>04109</cbc:PostalZone>
        <cac:Country>
          <cbc:IdentificationCode>DE</cbc:IdentificationCode>
        </cac:Country>
      </cac:PostalAddress>
      <cac:PartyTaxScheme>
        <cbc:CompanyID>DE987654321</cbc:CompanyID>
        <cac:TaxScheme>
          <cbc:ID>VAT</cbc:ID>
        </cac:TaxScheme>
      </cac:PartyTaxScheme>
      <cac:PartyLegalEntity>
        <cbc:RegistrationName>Kessler Handel GmbH</cbc:RegistrationName>
      </cac:PartyLegalEntity>
    </cac:Party>
  </cac:AccountingCustomerParty>

  <cac:PaymentMeans>
    <cbc:PaymentMeansCode>30</cbc:PaymentMeansCode>
    <cbc:PaymentID>ATL-2026-0157</cbc:PaymentID>
    <cac:PayeeFinancialAccount>
      <cbc:ID>FR7630006000011234567890189</cbc:ID>
      <cbc:Name>Atlas Consulting SAS</cbc:Name>
    </cac:PayeeFinancialAccount>
  </cac:PaymentMeans>

  <cac:PaymentTerms>
    <cbc:Note>Net 30 days.</cbc:Note>
  </cac:PaymentTerms>

  <cac:TaxTotal>
    <cbc:TaxAmount currencyID="EUR">0.00</cbc:TaxAmount>
    <cac:TaxSubtotal>
      <cbc:TaxableAmount currencyID="EUR">2500.00</cbc:TaxableAmount>
      <cbc:TaxAmount currencyID="EUR">0.00</cbc:TaxAmount>
      <cac:TaxCategory>
        <cbc:ID>AE</cbc:ID>
        <cbc:Percent>0</cbc:Percent>
        <cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode>VATEX-EU-AE</cbc:TaxExemptionReasonCode>
        <cbc:TaxExemptionReason>Reverse charge</cbc:TaxExemptionReason>
        <cac:TaxScheme>
          <cbc:ID>VAT</cbc:ID>
        </cac:TaxScheme>
      </cac:TaxCategory>
    </cac:TaxSubtotal>
  </cac:TaxTotal>

  <cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>
    <cbc:LineExtensionAmount currencyID="EUR">2500.00</cbc:LineExtensionAmount>
    <cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount currencyID="EUR">2500.00</cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount>
    <cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount currencyID="EUR">2500.00</cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount>
    <cbc:PayableAmount currencyID="EUR">2500.00</cbc:PayableAmount>
  </cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>

  <cac:InvoiceLine>
    <cbc:ID>1</cbc:ID>
    <cbc:InvoicedQuantity unitCode="DAY">10</cbc:InvoicedQuantity>
    <cbc:LineExtensionAmount currencyID="EUR">2000.00</cbc:LineExtensionAmount>
    <cac:Item>
      <cbc:Description>Supply chain audit, on-site engagement</cbc:Description>
      <cbc:Name>Consulting services</cbc:Name>
      <cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory>
        <cbc:ID>AE</cbc:ID>
        <cbc:Percent>0</cbc:Percent>
        <cac:TaxScheme>
          <cbc:ID>VAT</cbc:ID>
        </cac:TaxScheme>
      </cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory>
    </cac:Item>
    <cac:Price>
      <cbc:PriceAmount currencyID="EUR">200.00</cbc:PriceAmount>
    </cac:Price>
  </cac:InvoiceLine>

  <cac:InvoiceLine>
    <cbc:ID>2</cbc:ID>
    <cbc:InvoicedQuantity unitCode="HUR">10</cbc:InvoicedQuantity>
    <cbc:LineExtensionAmount currencyID="EUR">500.00</cbc:LineExtensionAmount>
    <cac:Item>
      <cbc:Description>Remote follow-up workshops</cbc:Description>
      <cbc:Name>Workshop hours</cbc:Name>
      <cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory>
        <cbc:ID>AE</cbc:ID>
        <cbc:Percent>0</cbc:Percent>
        <cac:TaxScheme>
          <cbc:ID>VAT</cbc:ID>
        </cac:TaxScheme>
      </cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory>
    </cac:Item>
    <cac:Price>
      <cbc:PriceAmount currencyID="EUR">50.00</cbc:PriceAmount>
    </cac:Price>
  </cac:InvoiceLine>

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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)

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