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Warning

CII-SR-201: Line totals must not include a total including VAT

In short

Warning: worth checking.

CII-SR-201 warns that a line's totals block in your CII invoice contains GrandTotalAmount. Remove that line-level element and keep LineTotalAmount as the line amount excluding VAT.

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What it means

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

Why it matters

The EN 16931 invoice total including VAT (BT-112) belongs at invoice level. The CII mapping does not use GrandTotalAmount in an individual line's totals block.

How to fix it

Delete GrandTotalAmount from the affected line's SpecifiedTradeSettlementLineMonetarySummation, leaving LineTotalAmount. Do not replace the line amount excluding VAT with an amount including VAT. Keep the invoice-level GrandTotalAmount and review the invoice totals separately. 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

GrandTotalAmount 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-201 still fails, and which other rules do.

Updated 6 November 2026