Peppol BIS Billing 3 is the principal e-invoicing specification used in the Peppol network. It supports both UBL invoices and UBL credit notes. A negative invoice uses the Invoice document type with negative quantities and amounts, while a credit note uses the CreditNote document type. These are different ways of correcting or reversing an earlier transaction.
E-invoices in Peppol must include a buyer reference or a reference to the purchase order. Invoice lines can consist of:
- Product or service name
- Quantity
- Net amount
- Buyer accounting reference
- Time period
- Order reference
- Allowances or charges
- VAT
- Price details
Peppol BIS Billing is a Core Invoice Usage Specification (CIUS) of the EN 16931 standard.
The message uses OASIS UBL 2.1 and ISO/IEC 19757-3 Schematron to automate document validation.
More information on legal requirements for invoices.
More information on Peppol BIS Billing 3 documentation.
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