Create a corrective invoice (deprecated)

Issues a corrective invoice that amends an issued invoice.

Deprecated: use POST /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices/{invoice_id}/corrective, which behaves identically.
Rectification type: a TOTAL rectification rectifies what is still invoiced on the original, its live correctives included, and leaves it VOIDED; a PARTIAL one leaves it RECTIFIED and may not take the base of any rate below zero (422 CORRECTIVE_EXCEEDS_INVOICED_AMOUNT).
Fiscal inheritance on a PARTIAL: lines that omit irpf_rate or equivalence_surcharge_rate take them from the original invoice, not from the company's current tax profile; an ambiguous original fails with 422 CORRECTIVE_ORIGINAL_MIXED_IRPF or 422 CORRECTIVE_ORIGINAL_MIXED_SURCHARGE. The successor operation documents the rule in full.

Retires on 9 December 2026. See the migration guide for what moved where and what changes when you switch.

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer <token>

Keys are prefixed beel_sk_, and each one carries the scopes it was created with: a key short of the scope an operation needs is answered 403. The scope an operation requires is shown next to its title, and the full catalogue lives in the Scopes reference.

Keys are created from the BeeL dashboard. They are secret credentials: do not share them or commit them to source control.

In: header

Path Parameters

invoice_idstring

Invoice ID to rectify

Formatuuid

Header Parameters

Idempotency-Key?string

Idempotency key to prevent duplicates in sensitive operations.

Any unique client-generated string (e.g. an order id). A UUID also works but is not required
Allowed characters: letters, digits, _ and - (max 255 chars)
Retrying with the same key replays the first response when it was a success (2xx) or a server error (5xx): same status and body, plus the header Idempotency-Replay: true. After a 5xx, check whether the operation took effect before retrying with a new key
A 4xx is not stored: the key is released, so the corrected request can reuse it
Stored responses expire 24 hours after processing

The key is scoped per user and environment, and bound to the request body, so retrying after a network timeout replays the stored response instead of repeating the operation.

Status	Code	When
`400`	`INVALID_IDEMPOTENCY_KEY`	The key breaks the format rules above.
`409`	`IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_PROCESSING`	The first request is still in flight. Wait for the `Retry-After` seconds (2) and retry with the same key.
`409`	`IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_MISMATCH`	The key was already used with a different body. Use a new key.

Match^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$

Lengthlength <= 255

Request Body

rectification_typestring

Type of rectification applied to a corrective invoice:

TOTAL: Rectifies everything still invoiced on the original, its live correctives included (status → VOIDED)
PARTIAL: Partially corrects the original invoice (status → RECTIFIED)

Value in"TOTAL" | "PARTIAL"

rectification_codestring

Rectification codes according to VeriFactu regulations (AEAT):

R1: Error founded in law and Art. 80 One, Two and Six LIVA
R2: Article 80 Three LIVA (Bankruptcy proceedings)
R3: Article 80 Four LIVA (Uncollectable debts)
R4: Other causes
R5: Corrective of a simplified invoice - ONLY for simplified invoices

Value in"R1" | "R2" | "R3" | "R4" | "R5"

reasonstring

Detailed reason for rectification (minimum 10 characters)

Length10 <= length <= 1000

lines?

TOTAL: not accepted. A TOTAL corrective rectifies what is still invoiced on the original —its lines and those of its live correctives, negated, SUPLIDO lines included as they were— and a request with lines fails with 422 RECTIFICATIVA_TOTAL_CON_LINEAS. PARTIAL: required. The adjustment lines, with positive or negative amounts; they may not take the base of any rate below zero (422 CORRECTIVE_EXCEEDS_INVOICED_AMOUNT). They are NORMAL lines only (422 CORRECTIVE_PARTIAL_SUPLIDO_NOT_ALLOWED).

circumstance_date?string

When the circumstance that causes the rectification took place, if it is one of article 80 of the VAT Act (Ley 37/1992): a discount granted after the sale, an operation cancelled or a price changed after it took place, the customer's insolvency, a bad debt. Optional.

A corrective must be issued within four years from when the tax accrued or, for those causes, from when the circumstance took place (RD 1619/2012, art. 15.3). Without this date the four years count from the original's operation date (its operation_date, or its issue_date when it has none), the stricter of the two. Past the deadline the request fails with 422 CORRECTIVE_OUT_OF_TIME.

Only for R1, R2, R3 and R5: R4 covers causes other than article 80, and sending it with R4 fails with 422 CORRECTIVE_CIRCUMSTANCE_DATE_NOT_APPLICABLE. It must lie between the original's operation date and today (422 CORRECTIVE_CIRCUMSTANCE_DATE_OUT_OF_RANGE).

Formatdate

recipient_is_business?boolean

Declares that the recipient acted as a business or professional in the operation being rectified. Optional, and it only matters for a bad-debt corrective (R3) on an operation whose taxable base is 50 € or less: the law allows that reduction only when the recipient acted as a business or professional, and the invoice does not say so (Ley 37/1992, art. 80.Cuatro.A.3.ª). Without it, that R3 fails with 422 CORRECTIVE_BAD_DEBT_BASE_TOO_LOW.

notes?string

Additional observations about the rectification

Lengthlength <= 1000

series_id?string

Series for the corrective invoice. Optional: if not specified, the company's default series for corrective invoices is used — not the original invoice's series, which is an ordinary or simplified one and cannot hold a corrective. If the company has no default corrective series, one is created on first use; a series of the wrong type fails with 422 SERIES_INCOMPATIBLE_DOC_TYPE.

Formatuuid

external_ref?string

Client-supplied identifier from an external system (order, cart, contract…). Stored as-is, echoed back on read, and filterable via GET /v1/invoices?external_ref=. Optional. Enforced UNIQUE per issuer for live standard/simplified invoices: creating a second invoice with the same reference returns 409 (INVOICE_DUPLICATE_EXTERNAL_REFERENCE); deleting the existing one lets you recreate. Corrective invoices are exempt from that uniqueness: a corrective carries the same order reference as the invoice it corrects, so both can coexist. This is a business key, NOT the Idempotency-Key (which guards request retries).

Lengthlength <= 255

metadata?

Your own key/value pairs to cross-reference this invoice with records in your system (order ids, tenants, internal codes). Namespace them to avoid clashing with the system keys BeeL adds on payment-generated invoices.

recipient?

options?

Controls how the invoice is processed after creation. All fields default to false if not specified.

VeriFactu is not an option here: whether an invoice is registered with AEAT is a fact of the tax identity (NIF x environment), resolved at issue time against the company's regime. See verifactu.enabled in the invoice response for what was applied.

Common combinations:

Draft (default): omit options or set all to false
Issue immediately: { issue_directly: true }
Issue + wait for PDF: { issue_directly: true, wait_for_pdf: true }
Issue + send email: { issue_directly: true, send_automatically: true }
Full automation: { issue_directly: true, wait_for_pdf: true, send_automatically: true, email_config: { ... } }

Response Body

application/json

curl -X POST "https://app.beel.es/api/v1/invoices/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/corrective" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "rectification_type": "TOTAL",
    "rectification_code": "R1",
    "reason": "Spanish VAT was charged on a service not subject to it in Spain (Art. 69 LIVA): the invoice is rectified in full and reissued without VAT.",
    "notes": "The correct invoice is issued separately, without Spanish VAT."
  }'

curl -X POST "https://app.beel.es/api/v1/invoices/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/corrective" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "rectification_type": "TOTAL",    "rectification_code": "R1",    "reason": "Spanish VAT was charged on a service not subject to it in Spain (Art. 69 LIVA): the invoice is rectified in full and reissued without VAT.",    "notes": "The correct invoice is issued separately, without Spanish VAT."  }'

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "invoice_number": "2025/0001",
    "series": {
      "id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
      "code": "FAC"
    },
    "number": 1,
    "type": "STANDARD",
    "status": "SCHEDULED",
    "issue_date": "2025-01-15",
    "operation_date": "2025-01-10",
    "due_date": "2025-02-14",
    "valid_until": "2025-02-28",
    "payment_date": "2025-01-20",
    "sent_at": "2025-01-29T18:45:00Z",
    "paid_at": "2025-02-05T10:30:00Z",
    "auto_emit_after": "2025-03-20",
    "scheduled_for": "2025-02-15",
    "scheduled_action": "DRAFT",
    "issuer": {
      "legal_name": "Juan Pérez García",
      "trade_name": "JP Web Development",
      "nif": "12345678A",
      "address": {
        "street": "Calle Mayor, 123",
        "number": "123",
        "floor": "2º A",
        "door": "A",
        "postal_code": "28001",
        "city": "Madrid",
        "province": "Madrid",
        "country": "España",
        "country_code": "ES"
      },
      "phone": "+34 612 345 678",
      "email": "user@example.com",
      "website": "https://beel.es",
      "logo_url": "string",
      "additional_info": "Nº Colegiado: 12345"
    },
    "recipient": {
      "customer_id": "160c0c4b-9966-4dc1-a916-8407eb10d74e",
      "legal_name": "Empresa SL",
      "trade_name": "Empresa",
      "nif": "12345678A",
      "alternative_id": {
        "type": "NIF_IVA",
        "number": "string",
        "country_code": "st"
      },
      "address": {
        "street": "Calle Mayor, 123",
        "number": "123",
        "floor": "2º A",
        "door": "A",
        "postal_code": "28001",
        "city": "Madrid",
        "province": "Madrid",
        "country": "España",
        "country_code": "ES"
      },
      "phone": "+34 612 345 678",
      "email": "user@example.com"
    },
    "lines": [
      {
        "description": "Web application development",
        "quantity": 40,
        "unit": "hours",
        "unit_price": 50,
        "discount_percentage": 10,
        "main_tax": {
          "type": "IVA",
          "percentage": 21,
          "regime_key": "01"
        },
        "equivalence_surcharge_rate": 5.2,
        "irpf_rate": 15,
        "exemption_reason": "EXENTA_ART_20",
        "exemption_reason_text": "string",
        "taxable_base": 1800,
        "line_total": 2178,
        "pricing_mode": "UNIT_PRICE",
        "total_excluding_tax": 1,
        "total_including_tax": 100,
        "line_type": "NORMAL",
        "source_invoice_reference": "string",
        "source_invoice_ids": [
          "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "totals": {
      "taxable_base": 2000,
      "total_discounts": 0,
      "vat_breakdown": [
        {
          "type": 21,
          "base": 2000,
          "amount": 420,
          "regime_key": "18"
        }
      ],
      "total_vat": 420,
      "surcharge_breakdown": [
        {
          "type": 0,
          "base": 0,
          "amount": 0
        }
      ],
      "total_equivalence_surcharge": 0,
      "irpf_breakdown": [
        {
          "type": 0,
          "base": 0,
          "amount": 0
        }
      ],
      "total_irpf": 300,
      "invoice_total": 2120,
      "total_disbursements": 0,
      "total_to_pay": 2120
    },
    "payment_info": {
      "method": "BANK_TRANSFER",
      "iban": "ES1234567890123456789012",
      "swift": "ABCDESMMXXX",
      "payment_term_days": 30
    },
    "notes": "string",
    "replaced_invoice_ids": [
      "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08"
    ],
    "void_cause": "VOID_REQUEST",
    "void_reason": "string",
    "voided_at": "2025-01-20T09:12:44Z",
    "rectified_invoice_id": "986b41f8-8e28-4058-9e03-5286d0c42999",
    "source_proforma_id": "5f6c4143-c67e-4332-9fbc-f68d1420128f",
    "converted_invoice_id": "c85716fe-5512-4945-9dc8-daa0106a270b",
    "rectification_reason": "string",
    "recurring_invoice_id": "e6018980-fb8b-475b-a83d-b7bb0aa7423a",
    "recurring_invoice_name": "string",
    "rectification_type": "TOTAL",
    "rectification_code": "R1",
    "external_ref": "ORD-2025-0042",
    "metadata": {
      "external_customer_id": "cus_ULGk8bzIr88aag",
      "external_payment_id": "pi_3NqFGb2eZvKYlo2C0z1234AB",
      "payment_intent_id": "pi_3NqFGb2eZvKYlo2C0z1234AB",
      "charge_id": "ch_3NqFGb2eZvKYlo2C1234CDEF",
      "payment_provider": "STRIPE_CONNECT",
      "external_order_id": "ORD-2025-0042"
    },
    "send_automatically": true,
    "email_config": {
      "recipients": [
        "client@example.com"
      ],
      "cc": [
        "accounting@example.com"
      ],
      "subject": "Invoice 2025/0001 - Development services",
      "message": "Please find attached the requested invoice. We remain at your disposal for any clarification."
    },
    "pdf_download_url": "/v1/companies/7c9e6679-7425-40de-944b-e07fc1f90ae7/invoices/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/pdf",
    "verifactu": {
      "enabled": true,
      "invoice_hash": "3A5B7C9D1E2F3A4B5C6D7E8F9A0B1C2D3E4F5A6B7C8D9E0F1A2B3C4D5E6F7A8B",
      "registration_number": "4f8c2a1e-9b3d-4e7a-8c5f-1d2e3f4a5b6c",
      "qr_url": "https://www2.agenciatributaria.gob.es/wlpl/TIKE-CONT/ValidarQR?nif=B12345674&numserie=A%2F2025%2F0042&fecha=20-01-2025&importe=1590.00",
      "qr_base64": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAMgAAADI...",
      "registered_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "submission_status": "ACCEPTED",
      "skip_reason": "CONFIG_DISABLED",
      "error_code": "3000",
      "error_message": "Factura ya existe en el sistema"
    },
    "attachments": [
      {
        "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
        "name": "string",
        "url": "string",
        "type": "string"
      }
    ],
    "sending_history": [
      {
        "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
        "recipients": [
          "string"
        ],
        "cc": [
          "string"
        ],
        "subject": "string",
        "status": "QUEUED",
        "sent_at": "2025-01-29T18:45:00Z",
        "external_message_id": "string",
        "error": "string"
      }
    ],
    "email_delivery": {
      "status": "REJECTED",
      "reason": "error.email.envio_no_permitido"
    },
    "deleted_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "The provided data is not valid",
    "details": {
      "field": "specific error message"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  },
  "type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/INVOICE_NO_LINES",
  "title": "INVOICE_NO_LINES",
  "detail": "The invoice must have at least one line",
  "instance": "/v1/invoices/abc-123"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "Authentication is required to access this resource"
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "FORBIDDEN",
    "message": "You do not have permission to access this resource"
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "The provided data is not valid",
    "details": {
      "field": "specific error message"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  },
  "type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/INVOICE_NO_LINES",
  "title": "INVOICE_NO_LINES",
  "detail": "The invoice must have at least one line",
  "instance": "/v1/invoices/abc-123"
}

An explicit series_id was sent, but that series is not typed for corrective invoices (e.g. an ordinary series). Pass a corrective series, or omit series_id to use the company default.

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "SERIES_INCOMPATIBLE_DOC_TYPE",
    "message": "The selected series is not compatible with this document type. Please select a series of the correct type.",
    "details": {
      "expected_document_type": "CORRECTIVE",
      "defaults_status_endpoint": "GET /v1/companies/{company_id}/series/defaults"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2025-02-01T10:20:00Z",
    "request_id": "b2b2b2b2-0810-4000-a000-000000000422"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "Too many requests. Please try again in 60 seconds."
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE",
    "message": "Unsupported media type: text/plain. Supported: application/json"
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}

Create a corrective invoice (deprecated)

Authorization

Path Parameters

Header Parameters

Request Body

Response Body

201application/json

400application/json

401application/json

403application/json

404application/json

422application/json

429application/json

500application/json

defaultapplication/json

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