Counterfoil rule note

BR-CO-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
2026-10-17

Official statement

Invoice total VAT amount (BT-110) = Σ VAT category tax amount (BT-117).

Source: https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-CO-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 2026-10-17.

Plain-language reading

The invoice total VAT amount (BT-110) must equal the sum of the VAT category tax amounts (BT-117). The published test also allows a tax total that has no VAT breakdown.

What to change

Set BT-110 to the sum of the VAT category tax amounts (BT-117) in that tax total.

Illustration

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

Fails the stated condition. VAT category tax amounts are 19 and 7, and BT-110 is 19.

Passes the stated condition. Those same amounts, and BT-110 is 26.

Published context and test

Copied from the source. Not reimplemented on this page.

/ubl:Invoice/cac:TaxTotal | /cn:CreditNote/cac:TaxTotal
(xs:decimal(child::cbc:TaxAmount)= round((sum(cac:TaxSubtotal/xs:decimal(cbc:TaxAmount)) * 10 * 10)) div 100) or not(cac:TaxSubtotal)

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