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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