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Warning

CII-SR-199: Line totals must not include a VAT basis total

In short

Warning: worth checking.

CII-SR-199 warns that a line's totals block in your CII invoice contains TaxBasisTotalAmount. Remove that element from the line-level block and keep the line amount excluding VAT (BT-131).

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What it means

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

Why it matters

EN 16931 uses the line amount excluding VAT (BT-131) for the line and the taxable amount (BT-116) within each VAT breakdown (BG-23). It does not map TaxBasisTotalAmount in the line's totals block.

How to fix it

Delete TaxBasisTotalAmount from the affected line's SpecifiedTradeSettlementLineMonetarySummation, leaving LineTotalAmount (BT-131). Do not remove the corresponding invoice-level total because of this warning. Review any related taxable amounts (BT-116) in the VAT breakdown separately, then 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

TaxBasisTotalAmount 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-199 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026