BR-FR-MV-03_EXT-FR-FE-181: Top-level GROUP lines need VAT in the invoice currency

What it means

For these billing frameworks in BT-23, the UBL check requires a non-blank cac:TaxTotal/cbc:TaxAmount on each qualifying parentless GROUP line, with currencyID matching the invoice currency. The GROUP billing reference must identify the current document. Despite the message's description of an amount including VAT, the XPath reads the VAT amount. The CII field named in the variant is ram:TaxTotalAmount. This rule checks presence and currency, not the calculation.

Why it matters

This field records the sub-invoice's VAT total in the same currency as the invoice.

How to fix it

Enter the sub-invoice's correctly calculated VAT total on its top-level GROUP line. In UBL, populate cac:TaxTotal/cbc:TaxAmount and set currencyID to the invoice currency. In CII, populate the corresponding ram:TaxTotalAmount in that currency. If the correct VAT total is zero, enter zero rather than leaving the amount blank. Do not enter the amount including VAT in this field. Export and recheck the file.

The rule as published

Ligne : … , Valeur actuelle : " … ". Pour une ligne GROUP sans parent, le montant total avec TVA (EXT-FR-FE-181) doit être renseigné en devise de facture.

Where France CTC (CII) run it, the rule reads:

Ligne : … , Valeur actuelle : " … ". Pour une ligne GROUP sans parent, le montant total avec TVA (ram:TaxTotalAmount) doit être renseigné en devise de facture.

Where this rule applies