Invoice cancellation

Semantics

Cancellation documents are invoices, which cancel previously transmitted invoices or credit notes. Cancellation documents are supported by e-Rechnung.gv.at using upload, web service or Peppol. The amounts of cancellation documents have the same sign as the original invoice.

Cancellation documents are not supported by the online form. In the online form a credit note is to be entered, which invalidates the invoice to be cancelled.

A cancellation document must refer to an invoice or a credit note to be cancelled. At least the invoice number and the invoice date of the concerned document need to be indicated.

Technical

Cancellation documents are invoices, which cancel previously transmitted invoices or credit notes. The following criteria must be met:

• An invoice cancellation document must have its own unique invoice number.
• The amounts of cancellation documents have the same sign as the original invoice.

ebInterface

In ebInterface no more then one invoice to be cancelled can be indicated.

• The element /Invoice/CancelledOriginalDocument/InvoiceNumber must contain the number of the invoice to be cancelled. This value must correspond to the value of the element /Invoice/InvoiceNumber of the invoice to be cancelled.
• The element /Invoice/CancelledOriginalDocument/InvoiceDate must contain the date of the invoice to be cancelled. This value must correspond to the value of the element /Invoice/InvoiceDate of the invoice to be cancelled.
• The element /Invoice/CancelledOriginalDocument/DocumentType must contain the type of the invoice to be cancelled. This value must correspond to the value of the attribute /Invoice/@DocumentType of the invoice to be cancelled.
• The element /Invoice/CancelledOriginalDocument/Comment may contain an optional comment, justifying the cancellation.

Peppol-UBL

In UBL 2.1 invoice cancellation is not supported. Instead a credit note has to be transmitted to balance a previously transmitted invoice. After that a new invoice can be transmitted.