# BR-14 Invoice total amount with VAT is required

An invoice shall have the Invoice total amount with VAT (BT-112), the total payable including VAT.

## Problem Description

An invoice shall have the Invoice total amount with VAT (BT-112), the total payable including VAT.

> **ERROR**: XRechnung 3.0

## Context and Significance

This is a core EN16931 rule; BT-112 is the gross document total from which the amount due is derived, so it must be present.

## Solution

Add cac:LegalMonetaryTotal/cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount equal to BT-109 plus the total VAT amount (BT-110).

- validate
- convert

## Valid Examples

- BT-112 = 1190.00 — net total 1000.00 plus VAT 190.00

## Invalid Examples

- cac:LegalMonetaryTotal has no cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount element

## Code Examples

### Valid XML
```
<cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>
  <cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount currencyID="EUR">1000.00</cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount>
  <cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount currencyID="EUR">1190.00</cbc:TaxInclusiveAmount>
  <cbc:PayableAmount currencyID="EUR">1190.00</cbc:PayableAmount>
</cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>
```

### Invalid XML
```
<cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>
  <cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount currencyID="EUR">1000.00</cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount>
  <cbc:PayableAmount currencyID="EUR">1190.00</cbc:PayableAmount>
</cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>
```

## Affected Fields

- [BT-112 Invoice total amount with VAT](/resources/xrechnung/bt-112-invoice-total-amount-with-vat)

## Related Rules

- [BR-13](/resources/kosit-validator-errors/br-13-invoice-total-without-vat-required)
- [BR-15](/resources/kosit-validator-errors/br-15-amount-due-for-payment-required)
- [BR-CO-15](/resources/kosit-validator-errors/br-co-15-invoice-total-with-vat-must-match)

## Validation Tools

- [Official KoSIT Validator](https://erechnungsvalidator.service-bw.de/): Validate your XRechnung files against all BR-DE rules.
- [Convert PDF to XRechnung](/pdf-to-xrechnung): Automatic validation error fixes when converting.

## Related Resources

- [Official Specification](https://xeinkauf.de/xrechnung/)
- [Test Suite](https://github.com/itplr-kosit/xrechnung-testsuite)
- [Complete Error List](/resources/kosit-validator-errors): Overview of all German XRechnung validation rules.