Printing Dunning Forms with POR for Switzerland
Description
From Release 3.0A it is possible to print dunning notices that support the POR procedure (payment order with reference). This is a special payment method used in Switzerland.
The payment orders can contain different information, depending on the procedure involved. The system supports 8 standard procedures.
The POR procedure basically consists of the following: the customer is assigned a POR subscriber number by the post office (PTT) in Switzerland. This used to be a 5 character number but is now usually 9 characters long.
The POR can be issued either with or without an amount. There is also a variant in which the payment transaction is not settled directly between the customer and the PTT, but rather a bank is also involved in a middleman role.
The forms for the POR are generated in line with the regulations of the PTT and (if applicable) of the participating bank. However, the forms are structured differently for each of the various procedures. For this reason, the SAP form for POR procedures (F150_CH_DUNN_01) is merely an outline form, containing all the data you may require. This can only be actually structured into the appropriate form by the customer in his/her own system and depending on the procedure to be used.
The following data is defined in the reference number:
- customer number
- document number
- account number at the bank (BESR)
If you are currently using the 5-character procedure or the 16-character reference number; SAP recommends that you switch to the 9-character procedure with the 27-character reference number.
As the document and customer numbers both require up to 10 characters, there is not enough space to specify both of these numbers in full.
Also note that the customer number must be entered numerically, otherwise the check digits cannot be calculated and the document cannot be read automatically.
The following is defined in the code line:
- The amount
- The reference number
- The POR subscriber number
- Programs:
- INCLUDE F150DFE0 contains the instructions on the structuring of the payment order.
- INCLUDE F150DFT0 carries out the check as to whether the POR procedure is used at all (dunning notices with PORs are then created if both the debtor and the creditor are Swiss citizens).
- Forms
- The standard dunning form available for use with the Swiss POR procedure is 'F150_CH_DUNN_01'.
- Tables
- The main table to maintain is 'T049E', since the programs that import the incoming payments from the data medium read this table.
- The structure 'F150D_ESR' has been created to control the layout of the data in the form. This contains all additional fields that may be required.
Change system parameters in customizing
In order for the dunning notices with PORs to be printed out, the
appropriate form must have been maintained for each company code and account
type within the dunning procedure via the Accounts Payable/ Accounts
Receivable section of the IMG under 
"Set up dunning program".
You maintain control data for the POR procedure via the Accounts
Payable/Accounts Receivable IMG in the step titled
"Set up POR procedure".