How do I fix BR-CO-15?

Compute VAT per rate from that rate's net sum (see BR-CO-17), round to two decimals, and add the rates up to BT-110. BT-112 is then simply BT-109 plus BT-110. Rounding of the amount due belongs in the rounding amount (BT-114), not in BT-112.

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BR-CO-15 Total with VAT doesn't add up

The invoice total with VAT (BT-112) must be exactly the net total (BT-109) plus VAT (BT-110). It is almost always rounding.

The rule's official text

Invoice total amount with VAT (BT-112) = Invoice total amount without VAT (BT-109) + Invoice total VAT amount (BT-110).

An error: the validator rejects the invoice, and recipients may refuse it.

What usually causes it

The software computes the gross amount per line and adds it up, while EN 16931 computes VAT per rate on the sum.
VAT was rounded per line and then added.
A rounding amount was put into the total instead of BT-114.

How to fix it

Compute VAT per rate from that rate's net sum (see BR-CO-17), round to two decimals, and add the rates up to BT-110.
BT-112 is then simply BT-109 plus BT-110.
Rounding of the amount due belongs in the rounding amount (BT-114), not in BT-112.

Where it sits in the XML

UBL: cac:LegalMonetaryTotal/cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount
CII: ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation/ram:GrandTotalAmount

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