You use the single settlement request to enter incoming invoices for a vendor (invoicing party) and a customer (invoice recipient) without reference to any previous purchasing transactions. To be able to create the document, the system does not have to contain any preceding documents or data on the articles concerned.

You can enter incoming invoices in the system as single settlement requests using individual entry or list entry, or in the form of a settlement request list (see below).

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The settlement request list is a list containing settlement requests for the same vendor that are posted together. The settlement requests can relate to various customers.

The settlement request list is saved in the system with its own document number. The single settlement requests contained in the list are also saved as individual documents.

You can credit the vendor account using the accounting document that is created from the settlement request list. To debit the customer account, you must create a posting list (see below).

The posting list is used to group together the single settlement requests that are contained in the settlement request list. You can therefore use the posting list to debit the customer accounts of the customers contained in the settlement request list.

You can use the vendor billing document to enter remuneration settlements, that is, all ad hoc remunerations or charges made to the vendor, without referencing previous purchasing transactions. No preceding document is required to create this document or the subsequent accounting document.

You can create accounting documents from vendor billing documents, and you can use these accounting documents to credit the vendor account.

You can use the remuneration list to perform settlement accounting for commissions from agency documents with your business partners (vendors or customers).