2007 Jul 08 4:15 PM
2007 Jul 09 7:38 AM
Hi
Invoices are always primary documents.
Other billing documents, such as debit or credit memos, can be primary or secondary
documents. This depends on the order reason entered in the billing document.
For more information on how the order reason is used to control primary and secondary
documents, see Order Reason in Retroactive Billing [Page 8]. This section will also provide a
more detailed example of how retroactive billing works.
Primary Documents
Primary documents are:
Invoices
Credit memos that refer to returns
Credit and debit memos in which you have entered the relevant order reason
You can also assign an order reason to a memo request which then passes it along to
the referenced credit or debit memo.
Secondary Documents
Secondary documents are the following billing documents in which you have entered the relevant
order reason:
Credit and debit memo requests
Credit and debit memos
The system displays such a document only when it has been created with reference to the
invoice and when the currencies in both documents match.
The billing document can be an invoice, per-forma invoice,
cash sales invoive, credit memo and a debit memo. Where as
an invoice is a type of billing doc used to bill the
customer for services or goods delivered
2007 Jul 09 7:42 AM
hi ,
Billing is related to Sales Module
Invoice is FI accounting Document which will be created against Billing document
In the Billing You have the info all items(like products and their quantities/prices) where as the Invoice consists of only financial data related to amounts
the Billing related tables are VBRK and VBRPInvoice related tables are BSID and BSAD
in simple terms, Billing is nothing but a document which shows the direct charges e.g in case of energy, if anybody uses 2 units of energy and the rate is 4 rs/unit then the billing is of 8 rs for the consumer .. it is not a physical document
now Invoice is nothing but when one will add taxes and other indirect costs to the billing document and Invoice is a physical document which is being sent to the customer e.g. electricity bill...
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