Billing Document Type
Definition
Controls processing of billing documents such as invoices, credit and debit memos as well as cancellation documents.
Use
Billing document type controls the entire billing document.
You can use billing document types to deal with the different business transactions carried out during billing processing.
The different billing document types available are listed in the following table:
Billing Document Type |
Name |
F1 |
Delivery-related invoice |
F2 |
Delivery-related invoice |
F5 |
Pro forma invoice for sales order |
F8 |
Pro forma invoice for delivery |
FP |
Interface Billing - POS system |
CR |
Credit memo |
L2 |
Debit memo |
RE |
Credit memo for returns |
S1 |
Cancellation invoice |
S2 |
Cancellation credit memo |
Specific functions can be defined for each billing document type. This is done using control elements that are specified in tables. The document types can be tailored to meet the requirements of your company. You can also define new billing document types, if those defined in the SAP standard system do not meet all your company requirements.
The billing document type controls the following elements:
The number range for the document number
The billing type that can be used to cancel the billing document
The transfer status of the billing document:
transferred to financial accounting
blocked from transfer
not transferred
The procedure for account assignment in Financial Accounting
The allowed output for a business transaction and the procedure for output
The partner functions allowed at header level
The partner functions allowed at item level
Note
In SD Customizing, you can change the billing types provided with the standard system in order to meet your individual function requirements. You can also create your own billing types.