EN 16931 rules › BR-DEC-24
BR-DEC-24 — The allowed maximum number of decimals for the Invoice line allowance amount (BT-136) is 2
| Rule id | BR-DEC-24 |
|---|---|
| Rule set | EN 16931 itself, not a national or network addition |
| Severity | fatal in CII and UBL — a validator enforcing this rule set rejects the invoice |
| Applies to | the CII and UBL syntaxes |
| Checked by | the validator on this site and invoicekit.go v0.2.11, the library behind it |
The rule as published
The allowed maximum number of decimals for the Invoice line allowance amount (BT-136) is 2.
fatal in CII and UBL — a validator enforcing this rule set rejects the invoice.
What runs for it
Straight from the artefacts the engine embeds: the node the assertion selects and the test it applies there. A failing invoice is reported with the message above.
| Syntax | Severity | Artefact phase | Applied to | Fails when |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CII | fatal | EN16931-model-phase | //ram:SpecifiedLineTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge/ram:ChargeIndicator[udt:Indicator = 'false'] | string-length(substring-after(../ram:ActualAmount[1],'.'))<=2 |
| UBL | fatal | EN16931model_phase | //cac:InvoiceLine/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator = false()] | //cac:CreditNoteLine/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator = false()] | string-length(substring-after(cbc:Amount,'.'))<=2 |
Data elements it names
- BT-136 Invoice line allowance amount (cited by 2 rules)
See also
- Every EN 16931 rule id — the same list as a filterable table, with the assertions as CSV and JSON.
- What XRechnung and Peppol BIS add — rule sets that run these ids plus their own.
- The data elements — every BT and BG with the rules that name it.