SURCHARGE_RATE_REQUIRES_RECALCULATION

When it happens

A draft, scheduled invoice or proforma still carries the 0.625 surcharge of VAT at 5 %, which is 0.62 since 2023-01-01, and its amounts were not recalculated.

How to fix it

Edit the line with equivalence_surcharge_rate 0.62 (the amounts are recalculated) and issue it again.

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/{invoice_id}/issue
• PATCH /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices/{invoice_id}

Rules that cite this code

• SUR-001 The surcharge rate matches the VAT rate of its line

Example response

When this error occurs, the API answers 422 Unprocessable Content with a JSON body of this shape:

{
  "type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/SURCHARGE_RATE_REQUIRES_RECALCULATION",
  "title": "SURCHARGE_RATE_REQUIRES_RECALCULATION",
  "detail": "Recalculate the line: the 0.625 % equivalence surcharge no longer exists, it has been 0.62 % since Royal Decree-law 1/2023",
  "instance": "/v1/<resource>",
  "errors": [],
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "SURCHARGE_RATE_REQUIRES_RECALCULATION",
    "message": "Recalculate the line: the 0.625 % equivalence surcharge no longer exists, it has been 0.62 % since Royal Decree-law 1/2023",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-05-21T10:00:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}

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

Message

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