Settlement of Amounts Due Under Invoicing Plans 

Use

An invoicing plan enables you to schedule invoice creation over a series of future due dates independently of individual procurement transactions and the actual receipt of goods or services. You can inform the vendor when the invoice documents are created. For more information, refer to Messages in Logistics Invoice Verification.

Automatic Settlement Accounting

As a rule, automatic settlement accounting is used in connection with periodic invoicing plans.

You can have invoices generated in the system and forwarded to Financial Accounting for payment automatically with respect to PO items for which you have scheduled a series of invoicing dates in an invoicing plan.

If you have several PO items with invoicing plans in the system (usually providing for invoicing on different dates), it is advisable to carry out settlement accounting with regard to these plans on a daily basis.

Procedure

To carry out automatic settlement accounting with respect to invoicing plans, proceed as follows:

  1. Choose Logistics ® Materials management ® Logistics Invoice Verification ® Automatic settlement ® Settle invoicing plan.
  1. On the selection screen, enter the following criteria for the invoicing plans in respect of which settlement is due:

You can specify how the invoice documents are to be created:
  1. Start the settlement accounting process either online or in the background.

You can set the Test mode indicator in order to initially simulate the results of settlement accounting.

After running the settlement accounting program, you get a log listing the invoiced transactions and drawing your attention to any errors that may have occurred. For more information on processing the log, refer to the General Application Function of the SAP List Viewer.

Manual Invoice Creation

You have to create invoices manually in connection with partial invoicing plans if you have no reference invoicing plan for the system to use as a basis for generating suggested invoicing dates for the plan in question. For more information, refer to Invoice Verification in Dialog Mode.

Result

You have invoices in the system, which are processed further in Financial Accounting.

See also:

Invoicing Plan

Creating an Invoicing Plan

Generating Further Invoicing Plan Dates