Controls processing of billing documents such as invoices, credit and debit memos as well as cancellation documents.

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:

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