BR-53: Give the VAT total in the VAT accounting currency

What it means

Every invoice must contain the total VAT in the VAT accounting currency (BT-111) when it gives a VAT accounting currency (BT-6). This applies when the VAT must be reported in a currency other than the invoice currency, for example a USD invoice to a German customer, whose VAT is reported in EUR.

Why it matters

The VAT breakdown is what the buyer uses to reclaim VAT and what a tax authority checks. Each line of it must be complete, or the invoice is rejected.

How to fix it

If you give a VAT accounting currency, also give the total VAT converted into that currency, using the exchange rate required by your tax authority. If the VAT is reported in the invoice currency anyway, remove the VAT accounting currency instead.

The rule as published

If the VAT accounting currency code (BT-6) is present, then the Invoice total VAT amount in accounting currency (BT-111) shall be provided.

Business terms: BT-6, BT-111

Where this rule applies