# SIMPLIFIED_INVOICE_EXCEEDS_LEGAL_LIMIT

Simplified invoices cannot exceed ‹limit›€ (VAT included). Current total: ‹total›€. Reduce the amount or issue an ordinary invoice.

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**Category:** [Invoices](/errors/category/invoicing)
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| | |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | `400` Bad Request |
| Retry | After fixing the cause |

## When it happens

The total of a `SIMPLIFIED` invoice, VAT included, is above the maximum BeeL. accepts for simplified invoices (3,000 €). It is checked when the invoice is created, when an edit takes it over the cap (by changing the lines or by changing `type` to `SIMPLIFIED`), and when it is issued.

## How to fix it

Issue a `STANDARD` invoice with the recipient's details instead.

## 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

The operations where this code is most likely. The list is not exhaustive.

- [`POST /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices`](/invoices/createCompanyInvoice)
- [`PATCH /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices/{invoice_id}`](/invoices/patchCompanyInvoice)
- [`POST /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices/{invoice_id}/issue`](/invoices/issueCompanyInvoice)

## Rules that cite this code

- [SIM-001 · A simplified invoice never exceeds 3,000 €](/rules/simplified#sim-001)

## Example response

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

```json
{
  "type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/SIMPLIFIED_INVOICE_EXCEEDS_LEGAL_LIMIT",
  "title": "SIMPLIFIED_INVOICE_EXCEEDS_LEGAL_LIMIT",
  "detail": "Simplified invoices cannot exceed ‹limit›€ (VAT included). Current total: ‹total›€. Reduce the amount or issue an ordinary invoice.",
  "instance": "/v1/<resource>",
  "errors": [],
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "SIMPLIFIED_INVOICE_EXCEEDS_LEGAL_LIMIT",
    "message": "Simplified invoices cannot exceed ‹limit›€ (VAT included). Current total: ‹total›€. Reduce the amount or issue an ordinary invoice.",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-05-21T10:00:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}
```

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

## Message

<Tabs items={["English", "Spanish", "Catalan"]}>
  <Tab value="English">{"Simplified invoices cannot exceed ‹limit›€ (VAT included). Current total: ‹total›€. Reduce the amount or issue an ordinary invoice."}</Tab>
  <Tab value="Spanish">{"Las facturas simplificadas no pueden superar ‹limit›€ (IVA incluido). Total actual: ‹total›€. Reduzca el importe o emita una factura ordinaria."}</Tab>
  <Tab value="Catalan">{"Les factures simplificades no poden superar ‹limit›€ (IVA inclòs). Total actual: ‹total›€. Redueix l'import o emet una factura ordinària."}</Tab>
</Tabs>

Send the request with `Accept-Language: <es|en|ca>` to receive the message in your preferred language.

Placeholders are filled in at runtime:

- `‹total›` — the invoice total, VAT included, in euros.
- `‹limit›` — the maximum, in euros (`3000.00`).

## Other errors in this category

<div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3 not-prose">
  <Card title="ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICE_UNAVAILABLE" description="A source invoice is not available (it does not exist or you no longer have access); uncheck the source invoices attachment to send without the folder" href="/errors/ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICE_UNAVAILABLE" />
  <Card title="ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICES_NO_SOURCES" description="The invoice has no consolidation disbursements: there are no source invoices to attach" href="/errors/ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICES_NO_SOURCES" />
  <Card title="ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICES_REQUIRES_PDF" description="Attaching the source invoices also requires attaching the invoice PDF" href="/errors/ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICES_REQUIRES_PDF" />
  <Card title="ATTACH_SOURCE_PDF_MISSING" description="These source invoices have no generated PDF: ‹value›" href="/errors/ATTACH_SOURCE_PDF_MISSING" />
  <Card title="ATTACH_SOURCE_ZIP_TOO_LARGE" description="The source invoices ZIP (‹value› MB) exceeds the maximum sendable size (‹value› MB)" href="/errors/ATTACH_SOURCE_ZIP_TOO_LARGE" />
</div>

## Keep exploring

<div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3 not-prose">
  <Card title="All Invoices errors" description="Every code in this category in one table." href="/errors/category/invoicing" />
  <Card title="Error reference home" description="Browse every category or jump to the handling guide." href="/errors" />
</div>

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