408: Invoice format incorrect

The usual cause

The file is not a valid Facturae invoice, for example it does not follow the Facturae schema or is not XML.

How to fix it

Check the file against the Facturae format with your software or a validator, correct it and send it again.

The code as published

Formato de la factura es incorrecto

Official text in its original language, from Origen de los datos: Agencia Estatal de Administración Digital del Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública (FACe, Códigos de Error, versión 3.3, octubre de 2017), under Condiciones generales de reutilización de administracionelectronica.gob.es (Ley 37/2007, Real Decreto 1495/2011).

Read the official document . Source: FACe, Códigos de Error, version 3.3 (octubre de 2017), published by Secretaría General de Administración Digital, Equipo FACe, read on 8 November 2026.

Look at your file

Open the file in your browser to see what it holds: Open a Spanish Facturae invoice. Open a Spanish Facturae invoice

Other FACe codes

• 409 Managing body code not found or inactive
• 410 Processing unit code not found or inactive
• 411 Accounting office code not found or inactive
• 412 Unit codes do not belong together
• 413 Unit relation not active
• 414 Invoice number already exists
• 415 Invoice already exists
• 416 Wrong number of administrative centres
• 417 Administrative centre code missing
• 418 Payer, receiver or fiscal centre wrong
• 419 Only individual invoices accepted
• 420 Batches not accepted
• 421 Party type incorrect
• 422 Issuer type wrong for a third-party invoice
• 423 Individual's name missing
• 424 Company name missing
• 426 IBAN required for this payment method
• 427 Person type missing
• 428 Invoice signature incorrect
• 430 Invoice version not recognised
• 431 Date format error
• 432 Certificate class not accepted for signing
• 433 Too many attachments
• 434 Signing certificate incomplete
• 437 Extensions not accepted
• 438 Certificate class not accepted for delivery
• 439 Certificate not accepted for signing
• 440 Signature policy incorrect
• 441 Test units not allowed here
• 442 Certificate blocked or a test certificate
• 443 Corrective invoice format incorrect
• 444 Issuer and assignee identifiers match
• 445 Invoice number required
• 446 Line description required
• 447 Issuer's DNI incorrect

All FACe codes

Updated 8 November 2026