Outgoing B2B invoices get sent with broken IBANs, VAT math errors, or missing reverse-charge notes. One bad invoice triggers a payment dispute, a chargeback, or — worst case — a fraudulent IBAN swap the recipient doesn’t catch.
Real IncidentI shipped the original internal tool after we caught an invoice where the stated VAT was €842 off from what net × rate actually equaled. Nobody had caught it in three rounds of manual review. That’s what deterministic arithmetic checks are for — humans can’t see rounding.
Why LLMs alone don't cut it