# Austria e-Rechnung.gv.at Peppol Credit Note

Source: https://xmlvalid.com/schemas/at-erechnung-peppol-credit-note

> A Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 credit note to the Austrian federal government, checked against UBL 2.1, the EN 16931 and Peppol rules and what e-Rechnung.gv.at requires on top.

A credit note to the federal government needs the same order reference, supplier number and e-mail address as an invoice; it needs no payment means.

- Type: XSD + Schematron
- Version: Peppol BIS Billing 3.0.21, e-Rechnung.gv.at error list of October 2026
- Namespace: `urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CreditNote-2`
- Root element: `CreditNote`
- Publisher: OpenPeppol; checks after e-Rechnung.gv.at (Federal Ministry of Finance) (OASIS copyright notice), source: https://www.erechnung.gv.at/erb/de_AT/tec_formats_ubl
- Rules: [EN 16931 rules 1.3.16 (UBL)](https://xmlvalid.com/rules/sets/en16931-ubl-1.3.16)
- Rules: [Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 rules 3.0.21](https://xmlvalid.com/rules/sets/peppol-bis-3-ubl)
- Rules: [e-Rechnung.gv.at checks (UBL) Fehlerliste, October 2026](https://xmlvalid.com/rules/sets/at-erb-ubl)
- Validate against it: https://xmlvalid.com/validate?schema=at-erechnung-peppol-credit-note

## Notes

- Rules run only when the document matches the schema. Documents over 50 MB are checked against the schema only.
- The e-Rechnung.gv.at checks are written by xmlvalid after the portal's published requirements and its error list.
- The example is ours, with fictitious parties.