fatal CII UBL auto-fix
A rule for standard-rated VAT (category S): the lines, allowances, charges and the VAT breakdown with category S must agree with each other, the rate must be above 0, and a seller VAT or tax registration identifier must be present. This is an error: the invoice is rejected until it is fixed.
Automatic fix: 9 € per file (excl. VAT where applicable). The standard-rate VAT breakdown taxable amount (BT-116) is rebuilt from the lines and document-level allowances/charges with the same category and rate; a missing breakdown line is added. 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.
[BR-S-08]-For each different value of VAT category rate (BT-119) where the VAT category code (BT-118) is "Standard rated", 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 "Standard rated" and the VAT rate (BT-152, BT-103, BT-96) equals the VAT category rate (BT-119).
The standard-rate VAT breakdown taxable amount (BT-116) is rebuilt from the lines and document-level allowances/charges with the same category and rate; a missing breakdown line is added.
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.
| Syntax | Severity | Context (XPath) | Test (XPath) |
|---|---|---|---|
| EN16931-UBL | fatal | /*/cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cac:TaxCategory[normalize-space(cbc:ID) = 'S'][cac:TaxScheme/normalize-space(upper-case(cbc:ID))='VAT'] | every $rate in xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) satisfies (((exists(//cac:InvoiceLine[cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID) = 'S'][cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) =$rate]) or exists(//cac:AllowanceCharge[cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='S'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate])) and ((../xs:decimal(cbc:TaxableAmount - 1) < (sum(../../../cac:InvoiceLine[cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='S'][cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) =$rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:LineExtensionAmount)) + sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=true()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='S'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)) - sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=false()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='S'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)))) and (../xs:decimal(cbc:TaxableAmount + 1) > (sum(../../../cac:InvoiceLine[cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='S'][cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) =$rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:LineExtensionAmount)) + sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=true()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='S'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)) - sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=false()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='S'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)))))) or (exists(//cac:CreditNoteLine[cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID) = 'S'][cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) =$rate]) or exists(//cac:AllowanceCharge[cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='S'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate])) and ((../xs:decimal(cbc:TaxableAmount - 1) < (sum(../../../cac:CreditNoteLine[cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='S'][cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) =$rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:LineExtensionAmount)) + sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=true()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='S'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)) - sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=false()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='S'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)))) and (../xs:decimal(cbc:TaxableAmount + 1) > (sum(../../../cac:CreditNoteLine[cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='S'][cac:Item/cac:ClassifiedTaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) =$rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:LineExtensionAmount)) + sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=true()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='S'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)) - sum(../../../cac:AllowanceCharge[cbc:ChargeIndicator=false()][cac:TaxCategory/normalize-space(cbc:ID)='S'][cac:TaxCategory/xs:decimal(cbc:Percent) = $rate]/xs:decimal(cbc:Amount)))))) |
| EN16931-CII | fatal | //ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax/ram:CategoryCode[.='S'] | every $rate in ../ram:RateApplicablePercent/xs:decimal(.) satisfies (xs:decimal(../ram:BasisAmount) = (round(sum(/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:IncludedSupplyChainTradeLineItem/ram:SpecifiedLineTradeSettlement[ram:ApplicableTradeTax/ram:CategoryCode = 'S' and ram:ApplicableTradeTax/xs:decimal(ram:RateApplicablePercent) =$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='S' and ram:CategoryTradeTax/xs:decimal(ram:RateApplicablePercent)=$rate]/xs:decimal(ram:ActualAmount[1])) * 10 * 10) div 100 - round(sum(/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeAllowanceCharge[ram:ChargeIndicator/udt:Indicator=false() and ram:CategoryTradeTax/ram:CategoryCode='S' and ram:CategoryTradeTax/xs:decimal(ram:RateApplicablePercent)=$rate]/xs:decimal(ram:ActualAmount[1])) * 10 * 10) div 100)) |
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
BR-48, BR-CO-17, BR-IG-08, BR-IG-09, BR-IP-08, BR-IP-09, BR-S-09, DE-R-014, BR-DE-14, BR-AE-01, BR-E-01, BR-G-01
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).