# BR-DEC-05

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
- Statement language: en
- Last verified: 2026-10-18

## Official statement

> The allowed maximum number of decimals for the Document level charge amount (BT-99) is 2.

Source: https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/BR-DEC-05/

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

The Document level charge amount (BT-99) may have at most 2 decimals. The statement says "allowed maximum number of decimals" and "is 2", and it ends with a period. It does not say shall. The context writes ChargeIndicator = true() with spaces around =. The published test is the same string as BR-DEC-01. It reads cbc:Amount and writes <=2 with no space before <=. It does not call exists.

## What to change

Send the Document level charge amount (BT-99) with at most 2 digits after the decimal point.

## Illustration

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

**Fails the stated condition.** The document-level charge amount has 3 digits after the decimal point.

**Passes the stated condition.** The document-level charge amount has 2 digits after the decimal point.

## Published context and test

Copied from the source. Not reimplemented on this page.

```
/ubl:Invoice/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator = true()] | /cn:CreditNote/cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator = true()]
```

```
string-length(substring-after(cbc:Amount,'.'))<=2
```

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