# BR-CO-08

Quoted from a public specification. This page is not a validator, and it is not tax, legal, or accounting advice.

- Country: EU
- Syntax: UBL
- Severity: fatal
- Statement language: en
- Last verified: 2026-10-18

## Official statement

> Invoice line charge reason code (BT-145) and Invoice line charge reason (BT-144) shall indicate the same type of charge reason.

Source: https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-CO-08/

Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, May 2026 release, EN 16931 model bound to UBL

Severity note: fatal, from the Flag column of the Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 UBL rules index retrieved 2026-10-18.

## Plain-language reading

The statement says an invoice line charge reason code (BT-145) and an invoice line charge reason (BT-144) shall indicate the same type of charge reason, and the published test is true(). The statement ends with a period and does not say MUST. The context is an invoice line or a credit note line charge whose charge indicator is true, with spaces around = and around the bar. The test does not compare the reason code with the reason text. It does not call exists.

## What to change

When both the invoice line charge reason code (BT-145) and the reason (BT-144) are present, make them name the same charge reason. The published test is true().

## Illustration

Illustration of the condition in the official statement. Not an example published by the source.

**Fails the stated condition.** An invoice line charge has a reason code and a reason text that name different charge reasons.

**Passes the stated condition.** An invoice line charge has a reason code and a reason text that name the same charge reason.

## Published context and test

Copied from the source. Not reimplemented on this page.

```
//cac:InvoiceLine/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator = true()] | //cac:CreditNoteLine/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator = true()]
```

```
true()
```

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