Vendor Down payment

[former_member107246]

I am new to FI part and would like to clear the fundamental question on the vendor down payment process. My business case is, I have a PO which mean payment down payment first (e.g. 20% of the PO amount). Then when the goods received, we will do MIGO and then MIRO for the invoice.

Q1) for my understanding, I can use F-47 (DP request), the F110 to do the payment. however, it wasn't able to extract any record in the payment proposal. Not sure what is missing.

Q2) If I use F-47 , then F-48 (Down payment), then is that mean I can generate the bank payment file after F-48? or I need to create an invoice via FB60? because I need to pay the vendor first. Also if the payment is done, should that KZ document will be cleared?

Q3) when I receive the Goods (say 1 month later), then I will do MIGO with the full amount. and then how should AP manage on MIRO? Do it clear the previous DP first? before they can do the invoicing (MIRO)?

[sanilbhandari]

Hi 123456dw

You can actually clear downpayment as well at the time of booking invoice through MIRO itself. The below wiki link details out the steps.

https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/ERPSCM/Down+Payments

If you are an end user, I would suggest to reach out to your IT Colleagues to assist you on the same, since there are specific steps like business function activation which only an IT Colleague can support.

Coming specifically to your question, what is the due date you have specified for the down payment request? Is it after the payment run date. If that is the case, down payment request will not reflect in payment proposal for F110. May be you attach the screen shots, so that others can help you better. Also for your downpayment request special gl, you need to have the required configuration as well in FBKP for the target special GL Indicator to book the downpayment. As far as I am aware, you cannot create a payment medium through F-48. You need to execute the payment run through F110. As I said earlier, please reach out to your IT Colleague, in case you are an end user.

If you activated the business function and follow the link I mentioned, you can book down payment clearing as well with the invoice amount. If you do not follow the business function, than you will book the invoice through MIRO/FB60. There after you will need to clear the downpayment booked earlier F-54 followed by vendor line item clearing using F-44.

Hope this helps.

Thanks & Regards

Sanil Bhandari