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Warning

CII-SR-198: Remove the separate line discount total

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Warning: worth checking.

CII-SR-198 warns that a line's totals block in your CII invoice contains AllowanceTotalAmount. Remove that separate subtotal, but keep the line discounts and their effect on the line amount excluding VAT (BT-131).

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What it means

Checks that SpecifiedTradeSettlementLineMonetarySummation under each line's SpecifiedLineTradeSettlement has no AllowanceTotalAmount child.

Why it matters

The line amount excluding VAT (BT-131) already reflects line discounts. The EN 16931 CII mapping does not use a separate AllowanceTotalAmount in the line's totals block.

How to fix it

Delete only AllowanceTotalAmount from the affected line's SpecifiedTradeSettlementLineMonetarySummation. Keep the individual line discount entries (BG-27) and check that LineTotalAmount (BT-131) reflects them. This warning does not target an invoice-level discount total. 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

AllowanceTotalAmount 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-198 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026