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BR-15

EN 16931-1 layer: en16931

Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5

What does BR-15 mean? An Invoice shall have the Amount due for payment (BT-115).

Why did my invoice fail BR-15?

Every invoice must state the Amount due for payment (BT-115), the net amount the buyer actually has to pay after any prepaid amounts (BT-113) and rounding (BT-114). It is derived as Invoice total with VAT (BT-112) minus Paid amount plus Rounding amount. It is mandatory so the recipient knows exactly how much to remit.

Official rule text

An Invoice shall have the Amount due for payment (BT-115).

Common causes

• The cbc:PayableAmount element inside cac:LegalMonetaryTotal is omitted.
• The system placed the due amount in the wrong element (e.g. PrepaidAmount) instead of PayableAmount.
• PayableAmount is present but empty or missing its currencyID attribute.

How do I fix it?

<cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>
  <cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount currencyID="EUR">122.00</cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount>
  <cbc:PayableAmount currencyID="EUR">122.00</cbc:PayableAmount>
</cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>

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