EN16931 / XRechnung / Peppol BIS 3 Validator

BR-CO-13: Invoice total amount without VAT (BT-109) = Σ Invoice line net amount…

fatal CII UBL auto-fix

What this error means and how to fix it

An EN 16931 calculation or consistency rule: an amount or condition does not match the other values in the invoice — most often the totals chain (line net amounts → total without VAT → VAT → total with VAT → amount due). This is an error: the invoice is rejected until it is fixed.

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Automatic fix: 9 € per file (excl. VAT where applicable). Invoice total amount without VAT (BT-109) is recalculated as BT-106 − BT-107 + BT-108. The result page shows which errors the repair removes and whether the corrected file then passes — before you pay. Many files? Pilot and Repair API.

Rule text

[BR-CO-13]-Invoice total amount without VAT (BT-109) = Σ Invoice line net amount (BT-131) - Sum of allowances on document level (BT-107) + Sum of charges on document level (BT-108).

Automatic repair

Invoice total amount without VAT (BT-109) is recalculated as BT-106 − BT-107 + BT-108.

This rule is in the deterministic set of our repair engine (UBL 2.1; measured 2026-10-23: XRechnung 15 broken test invoices accepted after repair, 45 valid invoices unchanged; Peppol BIS Billing 3: 10 official examples unchanged, 40 mutated invoices: 36 accepted after repair, 4 rejected as expected — one documented limit, two with the repair parameter switched off, one where no address could be derived; profile conversion of 33 XRechnung test invoices to Peppol: 30 accepted). For UN/CEFACT CII (Factur-X / ZUGFeRD EN 16931 XML, XRechnung CII) the engine repairs the totals chain, VAT breakdown, rounding, decimals and element order (measured 2026-10-24: 53 valid CEN and XRechnung CII invoices unchanged; 28 broken invoices: 27 accepted after repair, 1 rejected as expected because a VAT exemption reason cannot be derived). Single files: 9 € on the result page; many files: the Repair API — see Pricing.

Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
EN16931-UBLfatalcac:LegalMonetaryTotal((cbc:ChargeTotalAmount) and (cbc:AllowanceTotalAmount) and (xs:decimal(cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount) = round((xs:decimal(cbc:LineExtensionAmount) + xs:decimal(cbc:ChargeTotalAmount) - xs:decimal(cbc:AllowanceTotalAmount)) * 10 * 10) div 100 )) or (not(cbc:ChargeTotalAmount) and (cbc:AllowanceTotalAmount) and (xs:decimal(cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount) = round((xs:decimal(cbc:LineExtensionAmount) - xs:decimal(cbc:AllowanceTotalAmount)) * 10 * 10 ) div 100)) or ((cbc:ChargeTotalAmount) and not(cbc:AllowanceTotalAmount) and (xs:decimal(cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount) = round((xs:decimal(cbc:LineExtensionAmount) + xs:decimal(cbc:ChargeTotalAmount)) * 10 * 10 ) div 100)) or (not(cbc:ChargeTotalAmount) and not(cbc:AllowanceTotalAmount) and (xs:decimal(cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount) = xs:decimal(cbc:LineExtensionAmount)))
EN16931-CIIfatal//ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation(xs:decimal(ram:TaxBasisTotalAmount[1]) = round((xs:decimal(ram:LineTotalAmount[1]) - xs:decimal(ram:AllowanceTotalAmount[1]) + xs:decimal(ram:ChargeTotalAmount[1])) * 10 * 10) div 100) or ((xs:decimal(ram:TaxBasisTotalAmount[1]) = round((xs:decimal(ram:LineTotalAmount[1]) - xs:decimal(ram:AllowanceTotalAmount[1])) * 10 * 10) div 100) and not(ram:ChargeTotalAmount)) or ((xs:decimal(ram:TaxBasisTotalAmount[1]) = round((xs:decimal(ram:LineTotalAmount[1]) + xs:decimal(ram:ChargeTotalAmount[1])) * 10 * 10) div 100) and not(ram:AllowanceTotalAmount)) or ((xs:decimal(ram:TaxBasisTotalAmount[1]) = round((xs:decimal(ram:LineTotalAmount[1])) * 10 * 10) div 100) and not(ram:ChargeTotalAmount) and not(ram:AllowanceTotalAmount))

Business terms referenced

BT-109, BT-131, BT-107, BT-108

Related rules

BR-13, BR-DEC-12, BR-CO-15, BR-CO-10, BR-24, BR-DEC-23, BR-AE-08, BR-E-08, BR-G-08, BR-IC-08, BR-IG-08, BR-IP-08

Source: EN 16931-1 Schematron, UN/CEFACT CII syntax binding (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, EUPL-1.2).

Source: EN 16931-1 Schematron, UBL syntax binding (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, EUPL-1.2).

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