BR-CO-14fatal

How to fix BR-CO-14

Invoice total VAT amount (BT-110) = Σ VAT category tax amount (BT-117).

What this rule checks

The total VAT amount does not match the sum of VAT amounts per category in the tax breakdown. This fires when rounding is applied inconsistently between the breakdown and the total.

Referenced business terms

This rule references the following EN 16931 business terms. Click through for the full definition, the UBL XPath and the cardinality.

How to fix it

Recalculate the <cbc:TaxAmount> under <cac:TaxTotal> as the exact sum of all <cbc:TaxAmount> values inside <cac:TaxSubtotal> elements. Round each subtotal first, then sum.

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