Manual E-bill 499.41

12.5 Bill data
12.5.1 yellowbill Invoice (input)
yellowbill Invoice is the standard format for structured bill data and describes
both the syntax and structure of electronic bills (XML files). The format is
based on the swissDIGIN standard (see section 12.5.7).
The main elements when sending the XML file are the “Header” and the
“Body” (see diagram below). The “Header” contains mainly internal yellowbill
system control data. The main contents are defined in the “Body”.
Graphical representation of XML yellowbill Invoice
• The “Body” consists of the elements “DeliveryInfo”, “Bill”, “Payment-
Data”, “BillPresentment” and “Appendix”.
• The elements “DeliveryInfo” and “BillPresentment” contain specific
key data for the yellowbill system such as the unique number of the biller
(BillerID) or control data for bill presentment.
• The main bill content is in the “Bill” element. This element in turn is
divided – similar to a paper bill – into the elements “Header” (address data
of bill recipient and issuer), “LineItems” (bill line items as on a paper
bill) and “Summary” (summary per VAT rate). IMPORTANT: For processing
unsigned bills, the element “Bill” can be omitted.
• The “PaymentData” element contains the ISR data (ISR elements) and the
unique bill recipient’s subscriber number for e-bill (EBillAccountID). The
“PaymentType” field indicates whether it is a bill (“ESR”), credit (“CREDIT”)
or a bill detail for Debit Direct payments (“DD”). The “Instalment” element
can be used to define instalments.
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