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BR-AF-08: Taxable amount of category L (BT-116) does not match lines and allowances/charges

Official message

[BR-AF-08] For each different value of VAT category rate (BT-119) where the VAT category code (BT-118) is "IGIC", the VAT category taxable amount (BT-116) in a VAT breakdown (BG-23) shall equal the sum of Invoice line net amounts (BT-131) plus the sum of document level charge amounts (BT-99) minus the sum of document level allowance amounts (BT-92) where the VAT category code (BT-151, BT-102, BT-95) is "IGIC" and the VAT rate (BT-152, BT-103, BT-96) equals the VAT category rate (BT-119).

EN 16931 (CII) · Error · Message language: English · Version: xrechnung-3.0.2-validator-configuration-2026-08-31

[BR-AF-08] For each different value of VAT category rate (BT-119) where the VAT category code (BT-118) is "IGIC", the VAT category taxable amount (BT-116) in a VAT breakdown (BG-23) shall equal the sum of Invoice line net amounts (BT-131) plus the sum of document level charge amounts (BT-99) minus the sum of document level allowance amounts (BT-92) where the VAT category code (BT-151, BT-102, BT-95) is "IGIC" and the VAT rate (BT-152, BT-103, BT-96) equals the VAT category rate (BT-119).

EN 16931 (UBL) · Error · Message language: English · Version: xrechnung-3.0.2-validator-configuration-2026-08-31

[BR-AF-08] For each different value of VAT category rate (BT-119) where the VAT category code (BT-118) is "IGIC", the VAT category taxable amount (BT-116) in a VAT breakdown (BG-23) shall equal the sum of Invoice line net amounts (BT-131) plus the sum of document level charge amounts (BT-99) minus the sum of document level allowance amounts (BT-92) where the VAT category code (BT-151, BT-102, BT-95) is "IGIC" and the VAT rate (BT-152, BT-103, BT-96) equals the VAT category rate (BT-119).

Factur-X / ZUGFeRD EN 16931 · Error · Message language: English · Version: Factur-X 1.08 / ZUGFeRD 2.4
Severity
Error The invoice is invalid and may be rejected by the recipient.
Applies to
EN 16931 (CII), EN 16931 (UBL), Factur-X / ZUGFeRD EN 16931
Affected fields
BT-119, BT-118, BT-116, BG-23, BT-131, BT-99, BT-92, BT-151, BT-102, BT-95, BT-152, BT-103, BT-96

What does this mean?

For every rate of category L (IGIC, Canary Islands general indirect tax) the VAT category taxable amount (BT-116) must equal the sum of the invoice line net amounts (BT-131) plus the document level charges (BT-99) minus the document level allowances (BT-92) that have category L and the same rate (BT-152, BT-103, BT-96 = BT-119). The amount deviates from it.
In the official CII checks (EN 16931 and Factur-X) the rule is practically always fulfilled: the context is the breakdown itself, so ../ram:RateApplicablePercent finds no rate. Only the UBL check recalculates and tolerates a deviation of less than one currency unit.

Typical causes

The taxable amount was entered manually or not recalculated after the lines were changed.
A document level allowance or charge of category L was not taken into account or with the wrong sign.
Lines with different rates were combined in one breakdown.

How to fix the error

Recalculate BT-116 per category and rate: sum of BT-131 of the lines + sum of BT-99 of the charges − sum of BT-92 of the allowances, only entries with category L and the same rate, rounded to two decimals.
CII: ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax/ram:BasisAmount, UBL: cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cbc:TaxableAmount.
Generate and validate the invoice again.

In E-Rechnungsfreund

In the invoice form, the taxable amount per VAT category and rate (BT-116) is calculated from the invoice lines and the allowances and charges when the XML is generated, and rounded to two decimals; the value in the field "Nettobetrag (BT-116)" in section "Steueraufstellung (BG-23)" (VAT breakdown) is not used for this. Enter amounts of allowances/charges with no more than two decimals.
Fill in the field "St-Satz %" (VAT rate) for allowances/charges ("Experte" view): without a rate an allowance/charge is assigned to the only rate of its category, but it is output in the XML without a rate and then not assigned to any rate by the check.

Example

Wrong

<!-- Lines L: 600.00 + 400.00, allowance L: 50.00 -->
<ram:ApplicableTradeTax>
  <ram:CalculatedAmount>70.00</ram:CalculatedAmount>
  <ram:TypeCode>VAT</ram:TypeCode>
  <ram:BasisAmount>1000.00</ram:BasisAmount>
  <ram:CategoryCode>L</ram:CategoryCode>
  <ram:RateApplicablePercent>7.00</ram:RateApplicablePercent>
</ram:ApplicableTradeTax>

Correct

<!-- Lines L: 600.00 + 400.00, allowance L: 50.00 -->
<ram:ApplicableTradeTax>
  <ram:CalculatedAmount>66.50</ram:CalculatedAmount>
  <ram:TypeCode>VAT</ram:TypeCode>
  <ram:BasisAmount>950.00</ram:BasisAmount>
  <ram:CategoryCode>L</ram:CategoryCode>
  <ram:RateApplicablePercent>7.00</ram:RateApplicablePercent>
</ram:ApplicableTradeTax>
For developers: test expression per syntax

EN 16931 (CII) (CII)

Context: //rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax[ram:CategoryCode = 'L'][upper-case(ram:TypeCode) = 'VAT']

every $rate in ../ram:RateApplicablePercent/xs:decimal(.) satisfies (../ram:BasisAmount = (round(sum(/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:IncludedSupplyChainTradeLineItem/ram:SpecifiedLineTradeSettlement[ram:ApplicableTradeTax/ram:CategoryCode = 'L' and ram:ApplicableTradeTax/xs:decimal(ram:RateApplicablePercent) =$rate]/ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementLineMonetarySummation/xs:decimal(ram:LineTotalAmount)) * 10 * 10) div 100 + round(sum(/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge[ram:ChargeIndicator/udt:Indicator=true() and ram:CategoryTradeTax/ram:CategoryCode='L' and ram:CategoryTradeTax/xs:decimal(ram:RateApplicablePercent)=$rate]/xs:decimal(ram:ActualAmount[1])) * 10 * 10) div 100 - round(sum(/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge[ram:ChargeIndicator/udt:Indicator=false() and ram:CategoryTradeTax/ram:CategoryCode='L' and ram:CategoryTradeTax/xs:decimal(ram:RateApplicablePercent)=$rate]/xs:decimal(ram:ActualAmount[1])) * 10 * 10) div 100))

EN 16931 (UBL) (UBL)

Context: /*/cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cac:TaxCategory[normalize-space(cbc:ID) = 'L'][cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT']

every $rate in xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) satisfies ((exists(//cac:InvoiceLine) and ((../xs:decimal(cbc:TaxableAmount - 1) < (sum(../../../cac:InvoiceLine[cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='L'][cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) =$rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:LineExtensionAmount)) + sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=true()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='L'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)) - sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=false()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='L'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)))) and (../xs:decimal(cbc:TaxableAmount + 1) > (sum(../../../cac:InvoiceLine[cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='L'][cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) =$rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:LineExtensionAmount)) + sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=true()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='L'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)) - sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=false()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='L'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)))))) or (exists(//cac:CreditNoteLine) and ((../xs:decimal(cbc:TaxableAmount - 1) < (sum(../../../cac:CreditNoteLine[cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='L'][cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) =$rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:LineExtensionAmount)) + sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=true()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='L'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)) - sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=false()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='L'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)))) and (../xs:decimal(cbc:TaxableAmount + 1) > (sum(../../../cac:CreditNoteLine[cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='L'][cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) =$rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:LineExtensionAmount)) + sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=true()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='L'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)) - sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=false()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='L'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)))))))

Factur-X / ZUGFeRD EN 16931 (CII)

Technical ID in the source: FX-SCH-A-000231

Context: //rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax[ram:CategoryCode = 'L']

every $rate in ../ram:RateApplicablePercent/xs:decimal(.) satisfies (../ram:BasisAmount = (round(sum(/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:IncludedSupplyChainTradeLineItem/ram:SpecifiedLineTradeSettlement[ram:ApplicableTradeTax/ram:CategoryCode = 'L' and ram:ApplicableTradeTax/xs:decimal(ram:RateApplicablePercent) =$rate]/ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementLineMonetarySummation/xs:decimal(ram:LineTotalAmount)) * 10 * 10) div 100 + round(sum(/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge[ram:ChargeIndicator/udt:Indicator=true() and ram:CategoryTradeTax/ram:CategoryCode='L' and ram:CategoryTradeTax/xs:decimal(ram:RateApplicablePercent)=$rate]/xs:decimal(ram:ActualAmount)) * 10 * 10) div 100 - round(sum(/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge[ram:ChargeIndicator/udt:Indicator=false() and ram:CategoryTradeTax/ram:CategoryCode='L' and ram:CategoryTradeTax/xs:decimal(ram:RateApplicablePercent)=$rate]/xs:decimal(ram:ActualAmount)) * 10 * 10) div 100))

Related validation rules

  • BR-AF-01: VAT breakdown for category L is missing
  • BR-AF-02: Seller VAT or tax registration identifier missing for invoice line with category L
  • BR-AF-03: Seller VAT or tax registration identifier missing for document level allowance with category L
  • BR-AF-04: Seller VAT or tax registration identifier missing for document level charge with category L
  • BR-AF-05: VAT rate of invoice line with category L (IGIC) is missing or too low
  • BR-AF-06: VAT rate of document level allowance with category L (IGIC) is missing or too low

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Explanation of the validation rule, not legal or tax advice.