What causes the BR-41 error?

Seller should provide contact details for invoice queries.

Add the required `cac:AllowanceCharge` element to your Invoice. Ensure it contains a valid value per EN 16931 (BR-41). This error involves a protected field — Invoice Navigator flags it in your pipeline so your team can correct it at the source.

Is BR-41 a critical error?

BR-41 is a warning that may not always cause rejection, but it indicates a potential compliance issue that should be addressed to ensure full compatibility.

Can BR-41 be automatically fixed?

BR-41 involves a financial or legal field that cannot be auto-modified by policy. Invoice Navigator detects and flags this error immediately, but the correction must be made manually in your ERP or invoicing software.

Which accounting software causes BR-41?

BR-41 is commonly seen in exports from All invoicing software. These software packages sometimes generate invoices that need adjustment to meet full compliance standards.

Error codes · EN 16931

BR-41Partly

Each Invoice line allowance (BG-27) shall have an Invoice line allowance...

This is the rejection, word for word: „[BR-41] Each invoice line allowance (BG-27) must state an invoice line allowance amount (BT-136).“

What to have readyThe correct figures from your bookkeeping; we show you which field is affected.

What we doAdd the required `cac:AllowanceCharge` element to your Invoice. Ensure it contains a valid value per EN 16931 (BR-41).

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If you enter it yourself in your invoicing software

Before

<cac:InvoiceLine>
  <!-- cac:AllowanceCharge is missing -->
</cac:InvoiceLine>

After

<cac:InvoiceLine>
  <cac:AllowanceCharge>valid-value</cac:AllowanceCharge>
</cac:InvoiceLine>

What the finding looks likeExample

FindingNeeds your check · BR-41

Location/Invoice/cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:Contact

From youThe correct figures

ThenChecked again

ProofSHA-256 and /verify link after the check

Often appears together with

BR-07Invoice must have buyer name BR-27The Item net price (BT-146) shall NOT be negative.