Counterfoil rule note

BR-14

Quoted from a public specification. This page is not a validator, and it is not tax, legal, or accounting advice.

Country

EU

Syntax

UBL

Severity

fatal

Last verified

2026-10-18

Official statement

An Invoice shall have the Invoice total amount with VAT (BT-112).

Source: https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-14/

Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, May 2026 release, EN 16931 model bound to UBL

Severity note: fatal, from the Flag column of the Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 UBL rules index retrieved 2026-10-18.

Plain-language reading

An invoice must have the invoice total amount with VAT (BT-112). The message says "shall have the". The published test checks that cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount exists. It does not calculate that amount.

What to change

Add cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount on the legal monetary total. That element is the invoice total amount with VAT (BT-112).

Illustration

Illustration of the condition in the official statement. Not an example published by the source.

Fails the stated condition. The legal monetary total has no tax inclusive amount.

Passes the stated condition. The legal monetary total has a tax inclusive amount element.

Published context and test

Copied from the source. Not reimplemented on this page.

cac:LegalMonetaryTotal

exists(cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount)

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