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SIMPLIFICADA_FORBIDS_SURCHARGE

Simplified invoices and their correctives (R5) cannot carry recargo de equivalencia: the retailer must receive an identified ordinary (F1) invoice


Category: Invoices

HTTP status400 Bad Request
RetryAfter fixing the cause

When it happens

A line of a SIMPLIFIED invoice carries an equivalence surcharge. A retailer under that regime must receive a full invoice with its details.

How to fix it

Issue a STANDARD invoice to the retailer, or remove equivalence_surcharge_rate.

Retry

Not as is: the same request fails the same way. Fix the cause described above, then send the request again, under a new Idempotency-Key if the body changed.

Returned by

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Example response

When this error occurs, the API answers 400 Bad Request with a JSON body of this shape:

{
  "type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/SIMPLIFICADA_FORBIDS_SURCHARGE",
  "title": "SIMPLIFICADA_FORBIDS_SURCHARGE",
  "detail": "Simplified invoices and their correctives (R5) cannot carry recargo de equivalencia: the retailer must receive an identified ordinary (F1) invoice",
  "instance": "/v1/<resource>",
  "errors": [],
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "SIMPLIFICADA_FORBIDS_SURCHARGE",
    "message": "Simplified invoices and their correctives (R5) cannot carry recargo de equivalencia: the retailer must receive an identified ordinary (F1) invoice",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-05-21T10:00:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}

The type URI is stable and always resolves to this page.

Message

Simplified invoices and their correctives (R5) cannot carry recargo de equivalencia: the retailer must receive an identified ordinary (F1) invoice
Las facturas simplificadas y sus rectificativas (R5) no admiten recargo de equivalencia: el minorista debe recibir una factura ordinaria (F1) identificada
Les factures simplificades i les seves rectificatives (R5) no admeten recàrrec d'equivalència: el minorista ha de rebre una factura ordinària (F1) identificada

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