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Resource-Related Down Payments and Billing Documents

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Resource-related down payments Using resource-related down payments you can create resource-related down payment requests, made possible by the integration of billing plans and resource-related billing. This also means that you can create resource-related billing documents or combinations of down payment requests and billing requests using a billing plan. Resource-related billing between company codes Now you can create billing documents between company codes within one controlling area. In many businesses it is common practice to employ resources from other organizational units to carry out a service for a project. Now you can carry out internal and resource-related billing for requesting organizational units.

Business Value
Resource-related down payments Resource-related down payments add business-value because they: Enable you to create resource-related down payment requests based on work done Allow you to use billing plans in resource-related billing documents

Resource-related billing between company codes Resource-related billing between company codes adds business -value because it: Enables you to carry out internal and resource-related billing between company codes Allows you to allocate revenues internally in a timely fashion

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Resource-related down payments When it comes to long-term projects, it is often the case that services rendered can be bille d only after they have been approved, or when project progress has been confirmed by the customer. In most contracts, the customer and the contractor agree upon dates on which the customer makes down payments. Often these payments do not generate revenues. Now you can create down payment requests analogous to the functions offered by resource-related billing. Based on the dates specified in the billing plan you can create down payment requests and billing requests based on the service rendered and depending upon the billing rules. Down payments you receive are taken into consideration when you create invoices. Resource-related billing document between company codes Often services are rendered by resources belonging to different organizational units. Previou sly it was not possible to bill these services between company codes within one controlling area. Instead these services were billed using a reconciliation ledger. This lead to delays in cross company code invoicing of services. Now, if there is an interna l customer representing the requesting company code and an internal sales order between company codes, you can bill the requesting company code for the services you provide using a resource-related billing document.

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