diff --git a/src/pretix/base/payment.py b/src/pretix/base/payment.py
index b73fecd1a5..3e41ec9b1d 100644
--- a/src/pretix/base/payment.py
+++ b/src/pretix/base/payment.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ from pretix.helpers.countries import CachedCountries
 from pretix.helpers.format import format_map
 from pretix.helpers.money import DecimalTextInput
 from pretix.multidomain.urlreverse import build_absolute_uri
-from pretix.presale.views import get_cart, get_cart_total
+from pretix.presale.views import get_cart, get_cart_position_sum
 from pretix.presale.views.cart import cart_session, get_or_create_cart_id
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ class FreeOrderProvider(BasePaymentProvider):
         from .services.cart import get_fees
 
         cart = get_cart(request)
-        total = get_cart_total(request)
+        total = get_cart_position_sum(request)
         try:
             total += sum([f.value for f in get_fees(self.event, request, total, None, None, cart)])
         except TaxRule.SaleNotAllowed:
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/views.py b/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/views.py
index 9f617ce148..41364da51b 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/views.py
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/views.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ from pretix.plugins.paypal2.payment import (
     PaypalMethod, PaypalMethod as Paypal, PaypalWallet,
 )
 from pretix.plugins.paypal.models import ReferencedPayPalObject
-from pretix.presale.views import get_cart, get_cart_total
+from pretix.presale.views import get_cart, get_cart_position_sum
 from pretix.presale.views.cart import cart_session
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('pretix.plugins.paypal2')
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class XHRView(View):
 
             cart_total = order.pending_sum + fee
         else:
-            cart_total = get_cart_total(request)
+            cart_total = get_cart_position_sum(request)
             cart_payments = cart_session(request).get('payments', [])
             multi_use_cart_payments = [p for p in cart_payments if p.get('multi_use_supported')]
             simulated_payments = multi_use_cart_payments + [{
diff --git a/src/pretix/presale/checkoutflow.py b/src/pretix/presale/checkoutflow.py
index 5fce2b631c..7de3e3ee80 100644
--- a/src/pretix/presale/checkoutflow.py
+++ b/src/pretix/presale/checkoutflow.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ from pretix.presale.signals import (
 )
 from pretix.presale.utils import customer_login
 from pretix.presale.views import (
-    CartMixin, get_cart, get_cart_is_free, get_cart_total,
+    CartMixin, get_cart, get_cart_is_free, get_cart_position_sum,
 )
 from pretix.presale.views.cart import (
     _items_from_post_data, cart_session, create_empty_cart_id,
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ class PaymentStep(CartMixin, TemplateFlowStep):
     @cached_property
     def _total_order_value(self):
         cart = get_cart(self.request)
-        total = get_cart_total(self.request)
+        total = get_cart_position_sum(self.request)
         try:
             total += sum([
                 f.value for f in get_fees(
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ class PaymentStep(CartMixin, TemplateFlowStep):
             return False
 
         cart = get_cart(self.request)
-        total = get_cart_total(self.request)
+        total = get_cart_position_sum(self.request)
         try:
             total += sum([f.value for f in get_fees(self.request.event, self.request, total, self.invoice_address,
                                                     self.cart_session.get('payments', []), cart)])
diff --git a/src/pretix/presale/views/__init__.py b/src/pretix/presale/views/__init__.py
index 340e0362df..ea9140508c 100644
--- a/src/pretix/presale/views/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pretix/presale/views/__init__.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 # distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 import copy
+import warnings
 from collections import defaultdict
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from decimal import Decimal
@@ -167,7 +168,6 @@ class CartMixin:
 
         if not order:
             apply_rounding(self.request.event.settings.tax_rounding, self.request.event.currency, [*lcp, *fees])
-            print([(p.price, p.tax_value, ) for p in lcp])
             total = sum(p.price for p in lcp)
 
         net_total = sum(p.price - p.tax_value for p in lcp)
@@ -378,7 +378,13 @@ def get_cart(request):
     return request._cart_cache
 
 
-def get_cart_total(request):
+def get_cart_position_sum(request):
+    """
+    Return an estimate of the current cart total. This estimate does not account for fees and
+    may not include proper rounding of taxes. This means it is useful e.g. as an input for
+    determining fees or determining e.g. which payment provider to offer, but is no reliable
+    estimate for the final order value.
+    """
     from pretix.presale.views.cart import get_or_create_cart_id
 
     if not hasattr(request, '_cart_total_cache'):
@@ -391,6 +397,12 @@ def get_cart_total(request):
     return request._cart_total_cache
 
 
+def get_cart_total(request):
+    warnings.warn('Use get_cart_position_sum() instead of get_cart_total().',
+                  DeprecationWarning)
+    return get_cart_position_sum(request)
+
+
 def get_cart_invoice_address(request):
     from pretix.presale.views.cart import cart_session
 
@@ -415,7 +427,7 @@ def get_cart_is_free(request):
         cs = cart_session(request)
         pos = get_cart(request)
         ia = get_cart_invoice_address(request)
-        total = get_cart_total(request)
+        total = get_cart_position_sum(request)
         try:
             fees = get_fees(request.event, request, total, ia, cs.get('payments', []), pos)
         except TaxRule.SaleNotAllowed: