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What is E-Invoice Remediation?
E-invoice remediation is the controlled, automated correction of structural compliance errors in electronic invoices, with explicit safety boundaries that prevent modification of financial fields like amounts, VAT rates, and bank details.
Quick facts
ClassificationAuto-fix / Input-required / Blocked
Auto-fix scopeStructural errors (formats, identifiers, breakdowns)
Financial FieldsNever modified (blocked by policy)
VerificationKoSIT revalidation after every fix
Audit TrailEvidence Pack per invoice
How E-Invoice Remediation works
When an invoice enters the remediation pipeline, Invoice Navigator first validates it against the applicable rule sets (EN 16931, Peppol BIS, country-specific rules). Each failing rule is classified: structural issues like missing XML elements, incorrect date formats, or malformed identifiers are auto-fixed. Issues requiring business data (buyer references, routing IDs) are flagged as input-required. Financial fields — amounts, tax rates, IBAN, currency — are blocked from modification. After remediation, the invoice is revalidated through KoSIT (the German government's official validation engine) to confirm compliance. An Evidence Pack is generated documenting every change made, the rules applied, and the validation result.
Why E-Invoice Remediation matters
For organizations processing thousands of invoices through production pipelines, manual error correction doesn't scale. Remediation automates the fixable errors while maintaining strict safety boundaries. The result: fewer rejections, faster processing, and a complete audit trail proving every correction was controlled and verified.
How to get started
Upload an invoice through the Validator to see remediation in action. Each error is classified and, where possible, automatically corrected. For production integration, the API applies remediation programmatically with the same safety guarantees.
Related
- Evidence Packs
Audit-ready compliance certificates
- KoSIT Validation
Government revalidation engine
- Error Library
1,300+ rules with fix classification
- API Documentation
Integrate remediation into your pipeline
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is e-invoice remediation?
- E-invoice remediation is the controlled, automated correction of structural compliance errors in electronic invoices. It fixes issues like missing XML elements, incorrect date formats, and malformed identifiers while never modifying financial fields like amounts, VAT rates, or bank details.
- Which errors can be auto-fixed?
- Structural compliance errors — missing optional elements, date format issues, identifier formatting, XML structure problems — are fixed automatically. Errors are classified as auto-fix, input-required, or blocked, and every fix is re-checked before we call it fixed.
- Why are financial fields blocked from remediation?
- Financial fields (invoice amounts, VAT rates, IBAN, currency codes) represent the commercial intent of the invoice. Modifying them without explicit authorization could change the legal and financial meaning of the document. Invoice Navigator blocks these by policy.
- What happens after remediation?
- After remediation, the invoice is revalidated through KoSIT (the German government validation engine) to confirm compliance. An Evidence Pack is generated documenting the original errors, corrections applied, and final validation result.
- How is remediation different from validation?
- Validation identifies errors. Remediation fixes them — safely. Invoice Navigator combines both: validate, remediate structural issues, revalidate via KoSIT, and generate audit evidence. The three-step pipeline (validate → remediate → revalidate) ensures corrections are verified.
More Questions About What is E-Invoice Remediation?
- What is auto-remediation and how does it work?
- Auto-remediation is Invoice Navigator's ability to automatically fix structural errors in e-invoices during validation. When the validator detects fixable issues (like missing optional fields, incorrect date formats, or XML structure problems), it corrects them while strictly preserving financial fields — amounts, VAT rates, IBANs, and tax IDs are never modified. Every change is logged in the Evidence Pack with before/after comparisons. This saves developers from building complex error-handling logic.
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Have an e-invoice that came back rejected? Check it here.
Checking is free. The first verified download every 30 days is free. After that €1.90 per invoice, or €9 a month for all of them.