BR-13 in your own invoice? Upload the file and find every error in seconds.
What does BR-13 mean?
The invoice must state the net total, that is the line sum less allowances and plus charges.
Common causes of BR-13
- The element 'ram:TaxBasisTotalAmount' is missing from the document totals.
- The issuing system writes only gross and VAT amounts, no net total.
- The document totals were carried over incompletely from a legacy format.
How to fix BR-13
- Find the faulty spot in the XML. Open the XML of the invoice and go to field BT-109 along this XPath:
//ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation/ram:TaxBasisTotalAmount - Apply the fix. Add the Invoice total amount without VAT (BT-109) in the element 'ram:TaxBasisTotalAmount' of the document totals. The value is the line sum (BT-106) minus allowances (BT-107) plus charges (BT-108) on document level.
- Validate again. Save the file and validate it again to check that BR-13 is no longer reported.
Concrete fix
Add the Invoice total amount without VAT (BT-109) in the element 'ram:TaxBasisTotalAmount' of the document totals. The value is the line sum (BT-106) minus allowances (BT-107) plus charges (BT-108) on document level.
XPath
//ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation/ram:TaxBasisTotalAmountBefore / after: the XML example
This is the spot in question before and after the fix (Cross Industry Invoice, ZUGFeRD/Factur-X).
Wrong
<ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation>
<ram:LineTotalAmount>100.00</ram:LineTotalAmount>
<ram:GrandTotalAmount>119.00</ram:GrandTotalAmount>
</ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation>
Correct
<ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation>
<ram:LineTotalAmount>100.00</ram:LineTotalAmount>
<ram:TaxBasisTotalAmount>100.00</ram:TaxBasisTotalAmount>
<ram:GrandTotalAmount>119.00</ram:GrandTotalAmount>
</ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation>Frequent questions about BR-13
How is BT-109 calculated?
Sum of Invoice line net amount (BT-106) minus the sum of allowances on document level (BT-107) plus the sum of charges on document level (BT-108).
May BT-109 be empty if the invoice nets to 0 euro?
No. You must state the amount, in that case with the value '0.00'. Leaving it out entirely is not allowed.
Related error codes
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