Peppol credit note

A Peppol credit note is the BIS Billing 3.0 document used to correct or cancel a previously issued invoice. It is a UBL CreditNote referencing the original invoice and follows the same EN 16931 validation rules.

The credit note shares the invoice’s structure (UBL CreditNote) and rule set. In practice:

• Reference the corrected invoice via BillingReference.
• Amounts are stated positive; the document type itself expresses the credit.
• Some national systems (e.g. clearance models) impose extra correction flows — country pages note where local rules differ.

Updated: August 29, 2026