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The category tax amount has too many decimal places · BR-DEC-20

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

The tax amount in a VAT breakdown field (BT-117) may have up to two decimal places. This is the tax amount for an entry in the VAT breakdown. Trailing zeros in the XML also count as decimal places.

As of

Who can correct it?

The sender can correct the invoice.

How to fix it

  1. Export the tax amount in a VAT breakdown with at most two decimal places. Then verify any totals that use this amount.
  2. XML fields in the affected group · UBL cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cbc:TaxAmount · CII ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax/ram:CalculatedAmount

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · BT-117 is limited to amounts with at most two decimal places.

Message to the sender

Subject: Invoice {invoiceNumber} – The category tax amount has too many decimal places

Hello,

could you clarify a detail on your invoice {invoiceNumber} dated {issueDate} (BR-DEC-20)? The tax amount in a VAT breakdown field (BT-117) may have up to two decimal places. Please export the amount with at most two decimal places and verify the totals that use it.

Could you send us the corrected invoice?

Thank you and kind regards

Example

The tax amount in a VAT breakdown is written as 12.346 in the XML, with three decimal places. The value rounded to two places is 12.35.

UBL

cac:TaxTotal/cac:TaxSubtotal/cbc:TaxAmount

Fails the rule
<cbc:TaxAmount currencyID="EUR">12.346</cbc:TaxAmount>

Corrected
<cbc:TaxAmount currencyID="EUR">12.35</cbc:TaxAmount>

CII

ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:ApplicableTradeTax/ram:CalculatedAmount

Fails the rule
<ram:CalculatedAmount>12.346</ram:CalculatedAmount>

Corrected
<ram:CalculatedAmount>12.35</ram:CalculatedAmount>

Related rules

Business terms

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

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