PEPPOL-EN16931-R044 - No charge is allowed at item price level
The allowance carried by the item price only exists to express the discount between the gross price and the net price (BT-147). A charge at that level is forbidden, so the indicator can only be false.
PEPPOL-EN16931-R044 - No charge is allowed at item price level
The allowance carried by the item price only exists to express the discount between the gross price and the net price (BT-147). A charge at that level is forbidden, so the indicator can only be false. This is a Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 rule. It applies on top of the EN 16931 core standard, on invoices exchanged over the Peppol network.
What this rule checks
The allowance carried by the item price only exists to express the discount between the gross price and the net price (BT-147). A charge at that level is forbidden, so the indicator can only be false.
How to fix it
Inside cac:Price/cac:AllowanceCharge, set cbc:ChargeIndicator to false, and move any real charge to the invoice line or the document level.
Validate against this rule
This rule is part of EN 16931. Check your invoice with the validator that matches your format:
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Source: OpenPeppol BIS Billing 3.0 · Last verified: 2026-07-10
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