BR-13: The invoice total without VAT (BT-109) must be present

Explained by Matheel from ZATCA's rule text and the condition SDK 3.4.8 executes · Updated October 24, 2026

Warning: accepted with a warningAll invoicesFields: BT-109

Checks that cac:LegalMonetaryTotal contains a cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount element.

How to fix it

Add the total without VAT inside cac:LegalMonetaryTotal, e.g. <cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount currencyID="SAR">100.00</cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount>.

ZATCA's official text

[BR-13]-An Invoice shall have the Invoice total amount without VAT (BT-109).
Source: ZATCA SDK 3.4.8 · EN 16931 (CEN) rules

Fails when (the condition ZATCA's SDK runs)

not(exists(cbc:TaxExclusiveAmount))

Related rules

• BR-CO-13 · Total without VAT = line amounts - allowances + charges
• BR-CO-15 · Total with VAT must equal total without VAT plus total VAT
• BR-06 · The seller's legal name (BT-27) must be present
• BR-08 · The seller's postal address (BG-5) must be present
• BR-09 · The seller address must include a country code (BT-40)
• BR-14 · The invoice total with VAT (BT-112) must be present