BR-55fatal

How to fix BR-55

Each Preceding Invoice reference (BG-3) shall contain a Preceding Invoice reference (BT-25).

What this rule checks

When referencing a previous invoice (e.g. in a credit note or corrective invoice), the referenced invoice number must be provided.

Referenced business terms

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

How to fix it

Add a cbc:ID element to each cac:BillingReference → cac:InvoiceDocumentReference with the preceding invoice number.

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