BR-28: Item gross price (BT-148) is negative

What does this mean?

The item gross price (BT-148), i.e. the price before deducting the price discount (BT-147), shall not be negative. It is less than 0 for at least one line. The gross price is optional; if it is missing, the rule does not apply.

Typical causes

A credit, return or discount was entered as a line with a negative price.
The sign of a discount was transferred to the gross price.

How to fix the error

State the gross price as a positive value or omit it. If the line is to reduce the invoice amount, state a negative quantity (BT-129).
CII: ram:SpecifiedLineTradeAgreement/ram:GrossPriceProductTradePrice/ram:ChargeAmount, UBL: cac:InvoiceLine/cac:Price/cac:AllowanceCharge/cbc:BaseAmount.
Generate and validate the invoice again.

In E-Rechnungsfreund

In the invoice form ("Experte" view), section "Rechnungspositionen (BG-25)" (invoice lines), enter a value of 0 or more in the field "Bruttopreis (BT-148)" (gross price) or leave it empty; negative prices are not saved.

Example

Wrong

<ram:SpecifiedLineTradeAgreement>
  <ram:GrossPriceProductTradePrice>
    <ram:ChargeAmount>-60.00</ram:ChargeAmount>
  </ram:GrossPriceProductTradePrice>
  ...
</ram:SpecifiedLineTradeAgreement>

Correct

<ram:SpecifiedLineTradeAgreement>
  <ram:GrossPriceProductTradePrice>
    <ram:ChargeAmount>60.00</ram:ChargeAmount>
  </ram:GrossPriceProductTradePrice>
  ...
</ram:SpecifiedLineTradeAgreement>

Related validation rules

• BR-01: Specification identifier (BT-24) is missing
• BR-02: Invoice number (BT-1) is missing
• BR-03: Invoice issue date (BT-2) is missing
• BR-04: Invoice type code (BT-3) is missing
• BR-05: Invoice currency code (BT-5) is missing
• BR-06: Seller name (BT-27) is missing