To set up monthly billing invoices

This functionality is specific for Japan.

Invoicing and payments in Japan

To handle invoicing and payments by your customers according to Japanese business practice, set up the following functionality:

To set up paying your suppliers according to Japanese business practice, you can define payment agreements as described in Using payment agreements.

Summary of parameters

The setup of Invoicing and payments in Japan includes setting the following parameters:

FunctionalitySessionParameter
Customer approvalImplemented Software Components (tccom0100s000)Customer Approval
Payment agreementsGroup Company Parameters (tfgld0101s000)Payment Agreement
Monthly billing invoicesGroup Company Parameters (tfgld0101s000)Monthly Billing Invoices
ACR Parameters (tfacr0100s000)Generate MBI at Group Company
Number Group
Default Series
Invoices and Receipts by shipmentCMG Parameters (tfcmg0100s000)Receipts Against Shipments

 

To set up monthly billing invoices for customers

To set up the generation of monthly billing invoices for your customers, use the following sequence of sessions:

  1. Group Company Parameters (tfgld0101s000)
    On the Concepts tab, select the Monthly Billing Invoices check box.
  2. Closing Methods (tcmcs2105m000)
    Define the required closing methods for the generation of monthly billing invoices.
  3. ACR Parameters (tfacr0100s000)

    Set the following parameters:

    • Generate MBI at Group Company
      To generate the monthly billing invoices centrally for all the companies of the financial company group, select the check box. If this check box is selected, you can only generate monthly billing invoices if you work in the group company. To generate the monthly billing invoices individually in each company, clear the check box.
    • Number Group for MBI
      The number group LN uses to generate document numbers for monthly billing invoices.
    • Default Series for MBI
      The default series LN uses to generate document numbers for monthly billing invoices.
  4. Invoice-to Business Partners (tccom4112s000)
    For invoice-to business partners to which you want to send monthly billing invoices, select the Send Monthly Billing Invoice check box. In the Closing Method field, you must select a closing method.
  5. Invoice-to BP Monthly Billing Invoice Series (tfacr0109m000)
    For each invoice-to business partner, you can select a specific series for the document numbers for the monthly billing invoices, if you choose. The series must belong to the number group for monthly billing invoices that you entered in the ACR Parameters (tfacr0100s000) session, and overrules the default series. You can only select a series if the series length of the number group is greater than zero.

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