Validation rules
BR-14
The invoice total with VAT (BT-112) is missing from the document totals.
- Rule
BR-14— official EN 16931 / XRechnung rule- Severity
- error
- Business term
BT-112— Total with VAT- Field in your JSON
invoice.totals.gross- Detected by
- tier 3 — KoSIT validator (authoritative)
- Reachability
- Only reachable when validating your own XML — normbill-generated documents cannot trigger it
The serializer always writes BT-112 from its own computed totals.
How to fix it
Add cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount to cac:LegalMonetaryTotal.
BR-14 auf Deutsch — was bedeutet der Fehler?
Der Rechnungsbetrag mit Umsatzsteuer (BT-112) fehlt in den Dokumentsummen.
So beheben Sie den Fehler
Ergänzen Sie cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount in cac:LegalMonetaryTotal.
Official sources
- XRechnung specification (KoSIT / xeinkauf.de)
- KoSIT validator on GitHub and the XRechnung validator configuration
Every 422 from the API lists the rule id, the path in your request JSON, a plain-language message and a suggested fix — see the docs overview for the report format.
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