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CII-SR-196: Payment terms belong on the invoice, not on a line

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Warning: worth checking.

CII-SR-196 warns that a line in your CII invoice contains SpecifiedTradePaymentTerms. Put any relevant payment terms (BT-20) and due date (BT-9) in the corresponding invoice-level fields, then remove the line-level block.

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What it means

Checks that each invoice line's SpecifiedLineTradeSettlement has no direct SpecifiedTradePaymentTerms child. It does not prohibit SpecifiedTradePaymentTerms at invoice level.

Why it matters

EN 16931 places payment terms (BT-20) and the due date (BT-9) at invoice level. Line-level payment terms are outside this CII mapping, but this rule does not require separate invoices for different payment arrangements.

How to fix it

Compare the line-level terms with any terms already recorded for the whole invoice and reconcile any differences. Record the relevant payment terms (BT-20) and due date (BT-9) through SpecifiedTradePaymentTerms under ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement. Remove SpecifiedTradePaymentTerms from the affected line's SpecifiedLineTradeSettlement and recheck your file.

Once the file is corrected, check it again for free: Validate an invoice against EN 16931

Or fix the invoice in a form and download the corrected file, for 1 credit: Fix a rejected e-invoice

The rule as published

SpecifiedTradePaymentTerms should not be present

Where this rule applies

Rule set Version
EN 16931 (CII) 1.3.17
XRechnung 3.0 (CII) 3.0.2
NLCIUS (CII) 1.0.3.13
France CTC (CII) 1.4.0-04
Rule text from phive-rules 4.6.4.

Check your file

Drop your e-invoice to see whether CII-SR-196 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026