Budget billing plans

To use different budget billing plans for different bill types or accounts, you can create as many plans as you need.

Each plan defines the requirements that accounts must meet to qualify for budget billing, the rules for calculating the budgeted amount, and the method for settling the variance. You can also define options for reviewing budget billing plans in the Review Budget Billing page.

Enrollment timing

An account can be enrolled in budget billing at any time during the year. You do not need to define twelve separate budget billing plans or any custom workflow to support year-round enrollment. When an account is enrolled outside the plan start period, the budget billing plan does not take effect until the beginning of the plan start period.

Until the plan year begins, the account continues to receive standard bills based on actual usage. Once the plan year starts, the account’s bills switch to the budgeted amounts defined by the budget billing plan.