How to Check Available Tax Jurisdictions, Types, and Rates for LEDES 98BI V2

If your client has certain settings turned on in Brightflag, you must use LEDES 98BI V2 when submitting LEDES invoices.

In this format, you must include:

• Tax jurisdiction (country)

• Tax type

• Tax rate

If the tax details in your LEDES file do not match what your client has set up in Brightflag, your invoice will fail.

Why This Happens

Your client controls all tax settings in their Brightflag account.

If you enter something like “0% VAT – US” in your LEDES file, it will only work if that exact option already exists in Brightflag.

If it hasn’t been added by your client, the invoice will not go through.

Important: Even 0% Tax Must Be Set Up

If your invoice is tax-exempt, you still cannot leave tax fields blank.

Most clients set up a 0% or Exempt rate.

You must select one of the options that already exists in Brightflag.

How to Check What Tax Options Are Available

You can quickly see what your client has configured:

Step 1

Go to:
Menu → Invoices → Upload Invoices

Click Submit invoices in PDF instead.
(You can upload a temporary or dummy PDF.)

Step 2

Select the matter.

Choose:

• “No” for resubmitted invoice

• Hourly Fees or Agreed Fixed Fee

Step 3

Scroll to the Tax section.

When you pick a jurisdiction:

• The available tax types will appear.

• The available tax rates will appear.

Those are the only values you can use in your LEDES file.

If You Don’t See the Tax You Need

Contact your client.

Ask them to add the required tax rate, type, or jurisdiction to Brightflag.