BR-CO-14
EN 16931-1 layer: en16931
Checked against Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 2026.5
What does BR-CO-14 mean? Invoice total VAT amount (BT-110) = Σ VAT category tax amount (BT-117).
Why did my invoice fail BR-CO-14?
The Invoice total VAT amount (BT-110) must equal the sum of the VAT category tax amounts (BT-117) from every VAT breakdown group. This ensures the single grand-total VAT figure reconciles exactly with the per-VAT-category breakdown.
Official rule text
Invoice total VAT amount (BT-110) = Σ VAT category tax amount (BT-117).
Common causes
- TaxTotal/TaxAmount (BT-110) computed independently from the per-category TaxSubtotal/TaxAmount values (BT-117).
- Missing or extra VAT breakdown (BG-23 / cac:TaxSubtotal) so the sum no longer matches.
- Rounding the grand total differently from the sum of already-rounded category amounts.
- A VAT category tax amount stored with wrong sign or wrong value.
How do I fix it?
Set the document-level TaxTotal/TaxAmount to the sum of every TaxSubtotal/TaxAmount. E.g. subtotals of 21.00 and 4.90 → <cbc:TaxAmount currencyID="EUR">25.90</cbc:TaxAmount>.
Related rules
BR-CO-03 · BR-CO-04 · BR-CO-05 · BR-CO-06 · BR-CO-07 · BR-CO-08 · BR-CO-09 · BR-CO-10
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