Determines the type of settlement used for service charge settlements. The settlement unit defines the following:

• Settlement period (settlement periods/settlement variants)
• Type of service charges (for instance, hot water supply)
• Apportionment unit (for instance, hot water consumption m3)
• Participating rental units

You have to create a settlement unit (SU) before you carry out the service charge settlement.

For each type of service charge that is defined in the service charge key and that participates in the settlement, you have to create a new settlement unit.

For each settlement period, so-called cost collectors exist for posting costs to a settlement unit.

The costs for each settlement period of a settlement unit are collected on a cost collector for the settlement.

If you post to a settlement unit, the system determines the cost collector from the specified settlement reference date.

A settlement unit defines the following:

• Type of service charges

• Settlement period

• Apportionment unit/factor

You determine how the individual lease-outs participate in the settlement by means of their settlement participation. The service charge keys of the SUs to which the rental unit is assigned are assigned to the conditions of the lease-out.

A distinction is made between:

• Advance payments
• Flat rates
• No participation
• Final settlement

You can also specify that the tenant pays only part of the costs.

If you created the SU before the lease-out, the settlement participation is generated automatically. If not, you can generate the settlement participation later.