Purpose

Before you can pay a blocked invoice, you must release it in a separate step. You do so by canceling the blocking indicator that was set when the invoice was posted.

Since the total invoice amount is to be paid and not individual invoice items, the blocking indicator is set in the vendor line of the accounting document. As a result, all the items in an invoice can only be released at the same time.

To specify when exactly an invoice is to be paid, you agree terms of payments with the vendor. These terms of payment contain the baseline date from which your cash discount period applies. If an invoice was blocked for payment for a long time, your cash discount deadline could expire. If you release this invoice, you can select the field Move cash discount date on the initial screen of the invoice release transaction and retain the agreed cash discount.

Process Flow

The following processes are available for releasing invoices for payment:

You can also control the release of invoice items blocked due to price using a workflow. For more information, see Release of Invoices Blocked for Price Reasons (MM-IV-LIV) .

See also:

Blocking Invoices