E-invoice / Rules / BR-DEC-17

E-invoice rule XRechnung 3.x

BR-DEC-17: The amount for the rounding amount

The amount for the rounding amount (BT-114, cbc:PayableRoundingAmount) has more than 2 decimals: … Round it to two decimal places.

Original wording of the rule

[BR-DEC-17]-The allowed maximum number of decimals for the Rounding amount (BT-114) is 2.

Source of the quotation: XRechnung 3.x (itplr-kosit/xrechnung-schematron, Apache 2.0 licence)

How to fix it

1. Open the XML file and find the element cbc:PayableRoundingAmount.
2. Add or correct the element the way the wording of the rule above asks for.
3. Save the file and check it again with our checker. It runs in your browser, the file is never uploaded.

A correct UBL 2.1 snippet

<cbc:PayableRoundingAmount
    xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2" currencyID="EUR">100.00</cbc:PayableRoundingAmount>

The snippet is only the part of the document the rule is about. Put it in the right place inside your invoice; the namespaces are written here only so that the snippet reads on its own.

When it is reported

Profile: XRechnung 3.x

How we rate it: error

UBL elements: cbc:PayableRoundingAmount

Where we point in the file: /Invoice/cac:LegalMonetaryTotal/cbc:PayableRoundingAmount

Related rules

• BR-DEC-15 The invoice total VAT amount (cac:TaxTotal/cbc:TaxAmount) has more than
• BR-DEC-16 The amount for the paid amount (BT-113, cbc:PrepaidAmount) has more than
• BR-DEC-18 The amount for the amount due for payment (BT-115, cbc:PayableAmount)
• BR-DEC-19 The amount for the VAT category taxable amount (BT-116, cbc:TaxableAmount)
• BR-DEC-20 The amount for the VAT category tax amount (BT-117, cbc:TaxAmount) has more

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