InvoiceGlass

The amount due for payment is missing · BR-15

  • Severity · Error
  • Applies to · UBL / CII
  • Editorial review pending

Every e-invoice must show the amount due for payment (BT-115), the amount you are actually expected to pay. It can differ from the gross total, for example when a prepayment has already been made. Without it the invoice is not valid.

As of

Who can correct it?

The sender can correct the invoice.

How to fix it

  1. Ask the sender for a corrected invoice that states the amount due for payment.
  2. If you created the invoice yourself: this field is normally calculated automatically; update your invoicing software or generate the invoice again.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · The invoice totals must include the amount due for payment (BT-115).

Message to the sender

Subject: Invoice {invoiceNumber} – amount due missing

Hello,

Thank you for your invoice {invoiceNumber} dated {issueDate}. The electronic invoice does not contain the amount due for payment (rule BR-15), which an e-invoice requires. Could you please send us a corrected version?

Kind regards

Example

The total is EUR 119.00, the prepaid amount is EUR 20.00, and there is no rounding adjustment. BT-115 is missing. The new export shows EUR 99.00 as the amount due.

Related rules

Business terms

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

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