BR-16fatal

How to fix BR-16

An Invoice shall have at least one Invoice line (BG-25).

What this rule checks

An invoice without any lines has no items being invoiced. At least one line is required to describe what is being charged.

Referenced business terms

This rule references the following EN 16931 business term. Click through for the full definition, the UBL XPath and the cardinality.

How to fix it

Add at least one cac:InvoiceLine (or cac:CreditNoteLine for credit notes) element to the invoice.

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