BR-CO-16 The amount due doesn't match total, prepayment and rounding

What it means

The amount due for payment (BT-115) must be the total with VAT (BT-112), minus any amount already paid (BT-113), plus any rounding amount (BT-114). The invoice gives a different amount due.

Common causes

• A prepayment or deposit is deducted from the amount due but not stated as a paid amount.
• A correction or credit is subtracted from the amount due instead of being an invoice line or allowance.
• Cash rounding (for example to 0.05) is applied without a rounding amount.
• Early-payment discount is deducted from the amount due.

How to fix it

Show every deduction in its own field: prepayments as the paid amount, rounding as the rounding amount. Then calculate the amount due from those fields.

Who fixes it: The sender's invoicing software; the sender records the prepayment or rounding correctly and issues a new invoice.

Invoice fields involved

BT-115 BT-112 BT-113 BT-114

Related rules

• BR-CO-15 The total with VAT isn't the net total plus VAT

This is our own plain-language explanation, not the official rule text. The official definition is in the first source below.