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BT-107 Sum of allowances on document level

Total of all document-level allowances applied to the invoice.

Quick answer

Taxes and totals

VAT treatment, tax breakdowns, and document totals that validators check closely.

Quick actions

In plain language

This field lets the buyer see the combined effect of global discounts without recalculating every allowance line.

What you usually enter here

Decimal amount with max 2 fraction digits

Typical valid values include: 10.00

Optional according to EN 16931-1, but BR-CO-11 requires it to equal the sum of BT-92 amounts when present.

Where the field sits

Totals and tax
UBL 2.1 Syntax
  1. Invoice
  2. cac:LegalMonetaryTotal
  3. cbc:AllowanceTotalAmountBT-107
CII (UN/CEFACT) Syntax
  1. rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice
  2. rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction
  3. ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement
  4. ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation
  5. ram:AllowanceTotalAmountBT-107
BT-107 belongs to the Totals and tax part of the invoice. UBL 2.1 Syntax: Invoice › cac:LegalMonetaryTotal › cbc:AllowanceTotalAmount. CII (UN/CEFACT) Syntax: rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice › rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction › ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement › ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation › ram:AllowanceTotalAmount.

What goes wrong often

Avoid values like: 10,00

Relevant rule codes: BR-CO-11

Valid Examples

  • 10.00

Invalid Examples

  • 10,00

XML mapping and field facts

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Field ID:

BT-107

Data Type:

amount

Cardinality:

0..1

Requirement:

Optional

XML Implementation

UBL 2.1 Syntax
/Invoice/cac:LegalMonetaryTotal/cbc:AllowanceTotalAmount
CII (UN/CEFACT) Syntax
/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation/ram:AllowanceTotalAmount

Validation Rules

BR-CO-11

BR-CO-11

Next step

Check whether your XRechnung sets BT-107 correctly

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