diff --git a/app/api/v1/companies/[companyId]/invoices/bulk-create/__tests__/route.test.ts b/app/api/v1/companies/[companyId]/invoices/bulk-create/__tests__/route.test.ts
index 6496916b..ef3f9b86 100644
--- a/app/api/v1/companies/[companyId]/invoices/bulk-create/__tests__/route.test.ts
+++ b/app/api/v1/companies/[companyId]/invoices/bulk-create/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -331,6 +331,49 @@ describe('POST /api/v1/companies/:companyId/invoices/bulk-create', () => {
     expect(insertedInvoice).toBe(false)
   })
 
+  it('forces every line to 0% when the company is not VAT registered (issue #1719)', async () => {
+    // Momskrysset off (company_settings.vat_registered = false): the invoice
+    // must come out momsfri whether the payload sends an explicit rate or
+    // relies on the customer-default fallback (25% for a Swedish customer).
+    mockServiceClient.mockReturnValue(
+      makeFlexibleSupabase({
+        company_members: { data: { company_id: COMPANY_ID, role: 'owner' }, error: null },
+        customers: { data: VALID_CUSTOMER, error: null },
+        company_settings: { data: { vat_registered: false }, error: null },
+      }),
+    )
+
+    const res = await bulkCreate(
+      makeRequest(`https://x.test/api/v1/companies/${COMPANY_ID}/invoices/bulk-create?dry_run=true`, {
+        invoices: [
+          {
+            customer_id: CUSTOMER_ID,
+            invoice_date: '2026-05-12',
+            due_date: '2026-06-11',
+            currency: 'SEK',
+            items: [
+              { ...SAMPLE_ITEM('Explicit 25'), vat_rate: 25 },
+              SAMPLE_ITEM('Fallback rate'),
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+      companyParams(COMPANY_ID),
+    )
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+    const body = await res.json()
+    expect(body.data.preview.summary.succeeded).toBe(1)
+    const preview = body.data.preview.results[0].data.preview
+    expect(preview.subtotal).toBe(2000)
+    expect(preview.vat_amount).toBe(0)
+    expect(preview.total).toBe(2000)
+    for (const item of preview.items) {
+      expect(item.vat_rate).toBe(0)
+      expect(item.vat_amount).toBe(0)
+    }
+  })
+
   it('rejects all_or_nothing: true with 501 NOT_IMPLEMENTED', async () => {
     mockServiceClient.mockReturnValue(
       makeFlexibleSupabase({
diff --git a/app/api/v1/companies/[companyId]/invoices/bulk-create/route.ts b/app/api/v1/companies/[companyId]/invoices/bulk-create/route.ts
index 0f916185..192927f2 100644
--- a/app/api/v1/companies/[companyId]/invoices/bulk-create/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/v1/companies/[companyId]/invoices/bulk-create/route.ts
@@ -194,6 +194,21 @@ async function createOneInvoice(
   )
   const allowedRates = new Set(permittedRates.map((r) => r.rate))
 
+  // VAT registration gate, mirroring buildInvoiceWriteData (issue #1719): a
+  // non-momsregistrerad company books no output VAT, so every line is forced
+  // to 0% (momsfri) server-side no matter what the batch payload carries,
+  // explicitly or via the customer-default fallback below. 0% is a permitted
+  // rate for every customer type, so the allowedRates gate still passes.
+  const { data: vatSettings } = await supabase
+    .from('company_settings')
+    .select('vat_registered')
+    .eq('company_id', companyId)
+    .maybeSingle()
+  const notVatRegistered = vatSettings?.vat_registered === false
+  if (notVatRegistered && documentType !== 'delivery_note') {
+    for (const item of input.items) item.vat_rate = 0
+  }
+
   const subtotal = input.items.reduce((sum, item) => sum + item.quantity * item.unit_price, 0)
   let vatAmount = 0
   if (documentType !== 'delivery_note') {
@@ -315,10 +330,13 @@ async function createOneInvoice(
       total,
       total_sek: documentType === 'delivery_note' ? null : totalSek,
       remaining_amount: documentType === 'invoice' ? total : 0,
-      vat_treatment: vatRules.treatment,
+      // Header VAT fields mirror buildInvoiceWriteData: a not-VAT-registered
+      // company stamps the sale as momsfri (treatment 'exempt', no ruta, no
+      // reverse-charge notation); every line rate is already zeroed above.
+      vat_treatment: notVatRegistered ? 'exempt' : vatRules.treatment,
       vat_rate: headerVatRate,
-      moms_ruta: vatRules.momsRuta,
-      reverse_charge_text: vatRules.reverseChargeText || null,
+      moms_ruta: notVatRegistered ? null : vatRules.momsRuta,
+      reverse_charge_text: notVatRegistered ? null : (vatRules.reverseChargeText || null),
       your_reference: input.your_reference,
       our_reference: input.our_reference,
       notes: input.notes,
diff --git a/lib/invoices/__tests__/recurring-schedule-service.test.ts b/lib/invoices/__tests__/recurring-schedule-service.test.ts
index 0bc6c554..7fe14e6f 100644
--- a/lib/invoices/__tests__/recurring-schedule-service.test.ts
+++ b/lib/invoices/__tests__/recurring-schedule-service.test.ts
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ describe('executeRecurringSchedule auto-send', () => {
   /** Queue for the full happy path (see call order in the service). */
   function enqueueHappyPath() {
     enqueue({ data: customer, error: null }) // customers select
+    enqueue({ data: { vat_registered: true }, error: null }) // company_settings VAT gate
     enqueue({ data: makeInsertedInvoice(), error: null }) // invoices insert
     enqueue({ data: null, error: null }) // invoice_items insert
     enqueue({ data: makeCompleteInvoice(), error: null }) // re-fetch with relations
@@ -491,6 +492,7 @@ describe('executeRecurringSchedule auto-send', () => {
   it('does not reserve a delivery when the customer email is blank', async () => {
     const customerWithoutEmail = { ...customer, email: '   ' }
     enqueue({ data: customerWithoutEmail, error: null })
+    enqueue({ data: { vat_registered: true }, error: null }) // company_settings VAT gate
     enqueue({ data: makeInsertedInvoice(), error: null })
     enqueue({ data: null, error: null })
     enqueue({
@@ -508,6 +510,7 @@ describe('executeRecurringSchedule auto-send', () => {
 
   it('does not reserve an auto-send delivery when configured recipients exceed the limit', async () => {
     enqueue({ data: customer, error: null })
+    enqueue({ data: { vat_registered: true }, error: null }) // company_settings VAT gate
     enqueue({ data: makeInsertedInvoice(), error: null })
     enqueue({ data: null, error: null })
     enqueue({ data: makeCompleteInvoice(), error: null })
@@ -534,9 +537,10 @@ describe('executeRecurringSchedule auto-send', () => {
 
   it('never auto-sends from a sandbox company; invoice stays a numbered draft', async () => {
     mockIsSandbox.mockResolvedValue(true)
-    // Sandbox bails before company_settings/payment-link/render/email, so the
-    // queue only covers invoice creation.
+    // Sandbox bails before the send path's company_settings/payment-link/
+    // render/email, so the queue only covers invoice creation.
     enqueue({ data: customer, error: null })
+    enqueue({ data: { vat_registered: true }, error: null }) // company_settings VAT gate
     enqueue({ data: makeInsertedInvoice(), error: null })
     enqueue({ data: null, error: null })
     enqueue({ data: makeCompleteInvoice(), error: null })
@@ -556,6 +560,7 @@ describe('executeRecurringSchedule auto-send', () => {
     // isSandboxCompany resolution, so sending is suppressed even before the
     // service-internal sandbox check runs. Invoice creation is unaffected.
     enqueue({ data: customer, error: null })
+    enqueue({ data: { vat_registered: true }, error: null }) // company_settings VAT gate
     enqueue({ data: makeInsertedInvoice(), error: null })
     enqueue({ data: null, error: null })
     enqueue({ data: makeCompleteInvoice(), error: null })
@@ -634,6 +639,7 @@ describe('executeRecurringSchedule VAT rate gate', () => {
 
   it('generates the invoice for a 12% schedule to a validated EU business', async () => {
     enqueue({ data: euCustomer, error: null })                                    // customers select
+    enqueue({ data: { vat_registered: true }, error: null })                      // company_settings VAT gate
     enqueue({ data: { id: 'inv-1', invoice_number: null, document_type: 'invoice' }, error: null }) // invoices insert
     enqueue({ data: null, error: null })                                          // invoice_items insert
     enqueue({
@@ -649,7 +655,8 @@ describe('executeRecurringSchedule VAT rate gate', () => {
   })
 
   it('still throws for a rate that is not a Swedish VAT rate', async () => {
-    enqueue({ data: euCustomer, error: null }) // customers select; throws before any insert
+    enqueue({ data: euCustomer, error: null }) // customers select
+    enqueue({ data: { vat_registered: true }, error: null }) // company_settings VAT gate; throws before any insert
 
     await expect(
       executeRecurringSchedule(client, makeScheduleWithRate(10), today, { suppressAutoSend: true }),
@@ -702,6 +709,7 @@ describe('executeRecurringSchedule foreign-currency rate fetch', () => {
 
   function enqueueCreateOnlyPath() {
     enqueue({ data: customer, error: null }) // customers select
+    enqueue({ data: { vat_registered: true }, error: null }) // company_settings VAT gate
     enqueue({ data: { id: 'inv-1', invoice_number: null, document_type: 'invoice' }, error: null }) // invoices insert
     enqueue({ data: null, error: null }) // invoice_items insert
     enqueue({
@@ -834,6 +842,7 @@ describe('executeRecurringSchedule dimension propagation', () => {
 
   function enqueueCreatePath() {
     enqueue({ data: customer, error: null }) // customers select
+    enqueue({ data: { vat_registered: true }, error: null }) // company_settings VAT gate
     enqueue({ data: { id: 'inv-1', invoice_number: null, document_type: 'invoice' }, error: null }) // invoices insert
     enqueue({ data: null, error: null }) // invoice_items insert
     enqueue({
@@ -882,3 +891,154 @@ describe('executeRecurringSchedule dimension propagation', () => {
     expect(itemRows.every((row) => JSON.stringify(row.dimensions) === '{}')).toBe(true)
   })
 })
+
+describe('executeRecurringSchedule VAT registration gate (issue #1719)', () => {
+  const { supabase, enqueue, reset } = createQueuedMockSupabase()
+  const client = supabase as unknown as SupabaseClient
+  const today = new Date('2026-07-06T06:30:00Z')
+
+  const customer = makeCustomer({ id: 'cust-1', customer_type: 'swedish_business' })
+
+  // Capture .insert payloads per table (same pattern as the dimension tests:
+  // the queued mock's chain proxy discards call args by design).
+  const originalFrom = supabase.from.getMockImplementation()!
+  const inserted: Record<string, unknown[]> = {}
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks()
+    reset()
+    eventBus.clear()
+    mockEnsureNumber.mockResolvedValue('F-1')
+    for (const key of Object.keys(inserted)) delete inserted[key]
+    supabase.from.mockImplementation((table: string) => {
+      const chain = originalFrom(table) as object
+      return new Proxy(chain, {
+        get(target, prop, receiver) {
+          if (prop === 'insert') {
+            return (rows: unknown) => {
+              ;(inserted[table] ??= []).push(rows)
+              return (Reflect.get(target, prop, receiver) as (r: unknown) => unknown)(rows)
+            }
+          }
+          return Reflect.get(target, prop, receiver)
+        },
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  function makeSchedule() {
+    return {
+      id: 'sched-1',
+      company_id: 'company-1',
+      user_id: 'user-1',
+      customer_id: 'cust-1',
+      name: 'Monthly retainer',
+      day_of_month: 6,
+      send_hour: 8,
+      payment_terms_days: 30,
+      currency: 'SEK',
+      your_reference: null,
+      our_reference: null,
+      notes: null,
+      auto_send: false,
+      status: 'active',
+      next_run_date: '2026-07-06',
+      last_run_at: null,
+      last_invoice_id: null,
+      last_run_warning: null,
+      generated_count: 0,
+      items: [
+        {
+          id: 'si-1',
+          schedule_id: 'sched-1',
+          sort_order: 0,
+          description: 'Konsulttimmar',
+          quantity: 10,
+          unit: 'tim',
+          unit_price: 1000,
+          // The dialog's default for a new template line.
+          vat_rate: 25,
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'si-2',
+          schedule_id: 'sched-1',
+          sort_order: 1,
+          description: 'Serviceavgift',
+          quantity: 1,
+          unit: 'st',
+          unit_price: 500,
+          // null = inherit customer default at spawn time (25% for a Swedish
+          // customer), the other leg of the bug.
+          vat_rate: null,
+        },
+      ],
+    } as unknown as Parameters<typeof executeRecurringSchedule>[1]
+  }
+
+  function enqueueCreatePath(vatRegistered: boolean | null) {
+    enqueue({ data: customer, error: null }) // customers select
+    enqueue({
+      data: vatRegistered === null ? null : { vat_registered: vatRegistered },
+      error: null,
+    }) // company_settings VAT gate
+    enqueue({ data: { id: 'inv-1', invoice_number: null, document_type: 'invoice' }, error: null }) // invoices insert
+    enqueue({ data: null, error: null }) // invoice_items insert
+    enqueue({
+      data: { id: 'inv-1', invoice_number: 'F-1', customer, items: [] },
+      error: null,
+    }) // re-fetch with relations
+  }
+
+  it('spawns a momsfri invoice when the company is not VAT registered', async () => {
+    // The reported bug: momskrysset (company_settings.vat_registered) is off,
+    // yet the cron-spawned invoice carried 25% moms, from the stored template
+    // rate and from the customer-default fallback for null-rate lines.
+    enqueueCreatePath(false)
+
+    await executeRecurringSchedule(client, makeSchedule(), today, { suppressAutoSend: true })
+
+    expect(inserted['invoices']).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(inserted['invoices'][0]).toMatchObject({
+      subtotal: 10500,
+      vat_amount: 0,
+      total: 10500,
+      vat_treatment: 'exempt',
+      vat_rate: 0,
+      moms_ruta: null,
+      reverse_charge_text: null,
+    })
+
+    const itemRows = inserted['invoice_items'][0] as Array<Record<string, unknown>>
+    expect(itemRows).toHaveLength(2)
+    for (const row of itemRows) {
+      expect(row.vat_rate).toBe(0)
+      expect(row.vat_amount).toBe(0)
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('keeps VAT for a registered company', async () => {
+    enqueueCreatePath(true)
+
+    await executeRecurringSchedule(client, makeSchedule(), today, { suppressAutoSend: true })
+
+    expect(inserted['invoices'][0]).toMatchObject({
+      subtotal: 10500,
+      vat_amount: 2625,
+      total: 13125,
+      vat_treatment: 'standard_25',
+      vat_rate: 25,
+      moms_ruta: '05',
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('treats a missing company_settings row as registered (no behavior change)', async () => {
+    enqueueCreatePath(null)
+
+    await executeRecurringSchedule(client, makeSchedule(), today, { suppressAutoSend: true })
+
+    expect(inserted['invoices'][0]).toMatchObject({
+      vat_amount: 2625,
+      vat_treatment: 'standard_25',
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/lib/invoices/recurring-schedule-service.ts b/lib/invoices/recurring-schedule-service.ts
index 1f82555b..d362023c 100644
--- a/lib/invoices/recurring-schedule-service.ts
+++ b/lib/invoices/recurring-schedule-service.ts
@@ -280,6 +280,25 @@ export async function executeRecurringSchedule(
     throw new Error(`schedule ${schedule.id} has no items`)
   }
 
+  // VAT registration gate, mirroring buildInvoiceWriteData (issue #1719): a
+  // non-momsregistrerad company books no output VAT, so the spawned invoice
+  // must be momsfri regardless of what the schedule template says. Both a
+  // stored template rate (the dialog defaults new lines to 25%, and older
+  // schedules may predate a deregistration) and the null-rate fallback to the
+  // customer default below (25% for Swedish customers) would otherwise put
+  // VAT on the cron-generated invoice even though momskrysset is off. Zero
+  // every line at spawn time; 0% is a permitted rate for every customer type,
+  // so the allowedRates gate below still passes.
+  const { data: vatSettings } = await supabase
+    .from('company_settings')
+    .select('vat_registered')
+    .eq('company_id', schedule.company_id)
+    .maybeSingle()
+  const notVatRegistered = vatSettings?.vat_registered === false
+  if (notVatRegistered) {
+    for (const item of items) item.vat_rate = 0
+  }
+
   const subtotal = items.reduce((sum, it) => sum + it.quantity * it.unit_price, 0)
   let vatAmount = 0
   for (const item of items) {
@@ -352,10 +371,13 @@ export async function executeRecurringSchedule(
       total,
       total_sek: totalSek,
       remaining_amount: total,
-      vat_treatment: vatRules.treatment,
+      // Header VAT fields mirror buildInvoiceWriteData: a not-VAT-registered
+      // company stamps the sale as momsfri (treatment 'exempt', no ruta, no
+      // reverse-charge notation); every line rate is already zeroed above.
+      vat_treatment: notVatRegistered ? 'exempt' : vatRules.treatment,
       vat_rate: isMixedRate ? null : (uniqueRates.values().next().value ?? vatRules.rate),
-      moms_ruta: vatRules.momsRuta,
-      reverse_charge_text: vatRules.reverseChargeText || null,
+      moms_ruta: notVatRegistered ? null : vatRules.momsRuta,
+      reverse_charge_text: notVatRegistered ? null : (vatRules.reverseChargeText || null),
       your_reference: schedule.your_reference,
       our_reference: schedule.our_reference,
       notes: schedule.notes,