diff --git a/zebra-chain/src/amount.rs b/zebra-chain/src/amount.rs
index 38c82753b..23314272c 100644
--- a/zebra-chain/src/amount.rs
+++ b/zebra-chain/src/amount.rs
@@ -326,12 +326,14 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-impl std::ops::Neg for Amount<NegativeAllowed> {
-    type Output = Self;
-
+impl<C> std::ops::Neg for Amount<C>
+where
+    C: Constraint,
+{
+    type Output = Amount<NegativeAllowed>;
     fn neg(self) -> Self::Output {
-        Amount::try_from(-self.0)
-            .expect("a change in sign to any value inside Amount<NegativeAllowed> is always valid")
+        Amount::<NegativeAllowed>::try_from(-self.0)
+            .expect("a negation of any Amount into NegativeAllowed is always valid")
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/zebra-chain/src/transaction.rs b/zebra-chain/src/transaction.rs
index a4fec3edb..5afad812f 100644
--- a/zebra-chain/src/transaction.rs
+++ b/zebra-chain/src/transaction.rs
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ impl Transaction {
             .sum::<Result<Amount, AmountError>>()?;
 
         Ok(ValueBalance::from_transparent_amount(
-            (input_value_balance - output_value_balance)?,
+            (output_value_balance - input_value_balance)?,
         ))
     }
 
diff --git a/zebra-chain/src/value_balance.rs b/zebra-chain/src/value_balance.rs
index 164d7a427..497047891 100644
--- a/zebra-chain/src/value_balance.rs
+++ b/zebra-chain/src/value_balance.rs
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ where
     ///
     /// [Consensus rule]: https://zips.z.cash/protocol/protocol.pdf#transactions
     pub fn remaining_transaction_value(&self) -> Result<Amount<NonNegative>, Error> {
-        // This rule checks the transparent value balance minus the sum of the sprout,
-        // sapling, and orchard value balances in a transaction is nonnegative.
-        (self.transparent - (self.sprout + self.sapling + self.orchard)?)?
-            .constrain::<NonNegative>()
+        // Calculated in Zebra by negating the sum of the transparent, sprout,
+        // sapling, and orchard value balances as specified in
+        // https://zebra.zfnd.org/dev/rfcs/0012-value-pools.html#definitions
+        let value = (self.transparent + self.sprout + self.sapling + self.orchard)?;
+        (-(value)).constrain::<NonNegative>()
     }
 
     /// Creates a [`ValueBalance`] from the given transparent amount.