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ACH — batch control debit total ≠ the sum of its entries

A CCD debit batch whose Batch Control declares 18,450.00 while its two entries add up to 28,075.00 — the classic bug of a generator that writes the trailer before it has added the last entry. Everything else in the file is right, including the file control totals, so the validator reports exactly one error and names both figures. This is the single most common reason a bank rejects a hand-built ACH file.

Nacha 94-character — Invalid

A CCD debit batch whose Batch Control declares 18,450.00 while its two entries add up to 28,075.00 — the classic bug of a generator that writes the trailer before it has added the last entry. Everything else in the file is right, including the file control totals, so the validator reports exactly one error and names both figures. This is the single most common reason a bank rejects a hand-built ACH file.

ACH / NACHA file (US) Nacha 94-character ACH / NACHAExpected result: Invalid — 1 errors

What this file shows

A CCD debit batch whose Batch Control declares 18,450.00 while its two entries add up to 28,075.00 — the classic bug of a generator that writes the trailer before it has added the last entry. Everything else in the file is right, including the file control totals, so the validator reports exactly one error and names both figures. This is the single most common reason a bank rejects a hand-built ACH file.

Transactions2
Total$28,075.00
Date in the file2026-07-12

The defects it carries

  • BatchTotalsBatch 0000001 : total des débits déclaré (18450.00) ≠ total calculé (28075.00).

Quoted verbatim from the validator, not paraphrased.

Last verified: License: CC-BY-4.0

Every party, IBAN and amount below is fictitious. The IBANs are structurally valid — they pass the mod-97 check — but they belong to no real account.

File content

101 091000019 0910000192607121200A094101RECEIVING BANK         ORIGIN BANK                    
5225NORTHWIND SUPPL                     9876543210CCDINVOICE         260712   1091000010000001
6270210000212200334455       0001845000CUST-00821     BLUERIDGE FOODS LLC     0091000010000001
6270312013606677889900       0000962500CUST-00907     HARBOR TOOLING CO       0091000010000002
822500000200052201380000018450000000000000009876543210                         091000010000001
9000001000001000000020005220138000002807500000000000000                                       
9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

How we know these results hold

Every file in this library is run through the site's own validator on each build. The expected result stated above is asserted by an automated test — if a file stopped matching what this page claims, the build would fail. Two inherited fixtures were repaired this way before publication: three IBANs failed the mod-97 check and several names used characters outside the basic SEPA character set.

ACH / NACHA file (US)