XV-FI-08

A credit note (INV02) always has a zero or negative total; InvoiceTotalVatIncludedAmount is … (Finvoice 3.0 guidelines, 10.5).

error: the document is invalid

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Finvoice 3.0 calculation and payment rules Implementation guidelines 2.6 (16 September 2025)

Context

/Finvoice/InvoiceDetails[matches(InvoiceTypeCode, '^(INV|SEI|REC|RES)') or InvoiceTypeCode = 'TES01']

Test

InvoiceTypeCode != 'INV02' or fi:dec(InvoiceTotalVatIncludedAmount) le 0

Checked with Finvoice 3.0

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