Master Settlement Units
Definition
A master settlement unit (master SU) is used to collect service charges for different service charge keys that were bundled together by the vendor in one invoice.
The system predistributes these costs to assigned settlement units using rules that you specify. The costs are then taken into account during service charge settlement.
Use
A supplier sometimes issues a joint invoice covering different service charges that affect different settlement units, without displaying the costs individually, such as for hot water and heating.
You can collect (post) these costs on a master settlement unit (master SU) and specify the calculation base used for predistributing the costs to settlement units in the system.
The service charge settlement posts the costs to the participating settlement units according to the calculation base and allocates the costs proportionately.
This provides transparency of costs down to the level of the individual settlement units.
Structure
The master SU defines:
The settlement units to which the costs are predistributed
The calculation base used for distributing the costs
Calculation Base
There are three methods of predistributing costs:
Predistribution by measurement |
Predistribution by equivalence number |
Predistribution by a formula for calculating water consumption |
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Enter a measurementfor distributing the costs to the individual SUs. This measurementhas to exist on the rental units or contracts assigned to the SUs. |
For each settlement unit, you can specify an equivalence number, in a unit of measurement of your choice, for distributing the costs proportionately to the respective SUs. You can also specify that the total of the equivalence numbers is greater than or equal to the total of the actual equivalence numbers. The remaining share calculated in this way is posted to an object determined in the master SU (business entity, land, building, rental object, contract, cost center, internal order). |
Only used for calculating the share of hot water consumption according to German heating expenses regulations:
C = measured volume of consumed hot water in m³ TW = measured or average temperature of hot water HV =heating value of the consumed fuel in kilowatt hours per liter or other unit B = fuel consumption according to unit of measurement used for HV TotCons = total consumption of heating units as entry value W = total heat consumption to be determined Q = heat consumption for hot water consumption
Instead of automatically calculating the percentage rate with the above formula, you can enter it manually. |
