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Fatal — invoice rejected Amounts & totals Shared Peppol rule PINT-AE 2026.5

How to fix ibr-012 in UAE e-invoicing

What is ibr-012?

ibr-012 is a fatal validation rule in the UAE's Peppol PINT-AE e-invoicing specification, inherited from the shared Peppol layer. It is checked against the document totals and belongs to the Amounts & totals rule group. An e-invoice that fails ibr-012 is rejected by the Accredited Service Provider gateway before it reaches the FTA.

What the official rule says

An Invoice MUST have the Sum of Invoice line net amount (ibt-106).
UAE impact: this is a fatal rule from the shared Peppol layer, enforced in the UAE profile — an invoice failing it is rejected at the Accredited Service Provider gateway before it ever reaches the FTA. A rejected invoice means resubmission delays, and late transmission risks the AED 100-per-invoice penalty under Cabinet Decision No. 106 of 2025.

Where it applies

This rule is checked against the document totals of your UBL 2.1 invoice: 

cac:LegalMonetaryTotal

Business terms referenced

Term ID Field Other rules
IBT-106 Sum of Invoice line net amount view →

Field names are derived automatically from the official rule corpus.

Technical test condition (Schematron) 
exists(cbc:LineExtensionAmount)

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Related rules

ibr-013 An Invoice MUST have the Invoice total amount without Tax (ibt-109). ibr-014 An Invoice MUST have the Invoice total amount with Tax (ibt-112). ibr-015 An Invoice MUST have the Amount due for payment (ibt-115). ibr-091 Invoice amount due for payment (ibt-115) MUST have no more than 2 decimals. ibr-121 Document level allowance amount (ibt-107) MUST have no more than 2 decimals. ibr-122 Document level charge amount (ibt-108) MUST have no more than 2 decimals. ibr-123 Invoice total amount without TAX (ibt-109) MUST have no more than 2 decimals. ibr-125 Invoice total amount with TAX (ibt-112) MUST have no more than 2 decimals.

Rule text sourced from the official OpenPeppol PINT-AE validation artifacts (version 2026.5), refreshed weekly. Explanations are qmetrics' own guidance, not official FTA/MoF text.