BR-CL-16: Payment means code must be from the UNCL4461 list

Explained by Matheel from ZATCA's rule text and the condition SDK 3.4.8 executes · Updated October 24, 2026

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Applies when cac:PaymentMeans/cbc:PaymentMeansCode is present; its value must be one code from the list in the rule: 1 to 70, 74 to 78, 91 to 97, or ZZZ.

How to fix it

Use one of the allowed codes with no spaces, e.g. <cbc:PaymentMeansCode>10</cbc:PaymentMeansCode>.

ZATCA's official text

[BR-CL-16]-Payment means in an invoice MUST be coded using UNCL4461 code list
Source: ZATCA SDK 3.4.8 · EN 16931 (CEN) rules

Fails when (the condition ZATCA's SDK runs)

not(( ( not(contains(normalize-space(.),' ')) and contains( ' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 74 75 76 77 78 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 ZZZ ',concat(' ',normalize-space(.),' ') ) ) ))

Related rules

• BR-CL-04 · Invoice currency code must be an ISO 4217 alpha-3 code
• BR-CL-05 · Tax currency code must be an ISO 4217 alpha-3 code
• BR-CL-14 · Country codes must be ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes
• BR-CL-18 · Tax category codes must come from the UNCL5305 code list
• BR-CL-KSA-14 · The QR code value must be 1 to 1000 characters long
• BR-CO-04 · Every invoice line needs a VAT category code