# BR-DEC-12 Invoice total amount without VAT must not exceed two decimal places

The BT-109 Invoice total amount without VAT is limited to a maximum of two decimal places. Any value carrying three or more fractional digits fails EN16931 validation.

## Problem Description

> **ERROR**: EN 16931 decimal precision rule (BR-DEC)

## Context and Significance

This is an EN16931 core decimal-precision constraint enforced by KoSIT: every monetary amount in the invoice must be expressed with no more than two decimals.

## Solution

Round BT-109 to two decimal places before serialising the amount, and apply the same rounding used in the BR-CO total and sum calculations so the invoice still reconciles.

- [Validate XML](/en/xrechnung-validator?source=resource&rule=BR-DEC-12)
- [Convert invoice](/en/pdf-to-xrechnung?source=resource&rule=BR-DEC-12)

## Valid Examples

- BT-109 = 900.00 — two decimals accepted

## Invalid Examples

- BT-109 = 900.000 — three decimals rejected

## Code Examples

### Valid XML
```
<cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>
  <cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount currencyID="EUR">900.00</cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount>
</cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>
```

### Invalid XML
```
<cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>
  <cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount currencyID="EUR">900.000</cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount>
</cac:LegalMonetaryTotal>
```

## Affected Fields

- [BT-109 Invoice total amount without VAT](/resources/xrechnung/bt-109-invoice-total-amount-without-vat)

## Related Rules

- [BR-CO-13](/resources/kosit-validator-errors/br-co-13-invoice-total-without-vat-must-match-totals-chain)

## Validation Tools

- [Official KoSIT Validator](https://github.com/itplr-kosit/validator): Run the official KoSIT validator with the XRechnung configuration to check EN 16931 and XRechnung rules.
- [Convert PDF to XRechnung](/pdf-to-xrechnung): Find validation errors during conversion and review each correction.

## Related Resources

- [Official Specification](https://docs.peppol.eu/poacc/billing/3.0/rules/ubl-tc434/)
- [Test Suite](https://github.com/itplr-kosit/xrechnung-testsuite)
- [All validation errors](/resources/kosit-validator-errors): Overview of the EN 16931, XRechnung and Peppol validation rules explained here.