# BR-13

> An Invoice shall have the Invoice total amount without VAT (BT-109).

Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

Canonical: https://einvoicecheck.eu/rules/br-13

## Official rule text

An Invoice shall have the Invoice total amount without VAT (BT-109).

## Why did my invoice fail BR-13?

The invoice must state the Invoice total amount without VAT (BT-109), the net total of the whole document after document-level allowances and charges but before VAT. It is the taxable base presented to the buyer and feeds the VAT and payable totals. In UBL it is cac:LegalMonetaryTotal/cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount.

## Common causes

- cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount in LegalMonetaryTotal is missing.
- The element is empty or missing its currencyID attribute.
- TaxExclusiveAmount and LineExtensionAmount were confused/swapped or one was omitted.
- Document-level allowances/charges were applied but the resulting total was not written.

## How do I fix it?

```
<cac:LegalMonetaryTotal><cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount currencyID="EUR">1000.00</cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount></cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>
```