Downpayment for service contract billing plan

[KYamada]

Is there anyways to post downpayment request in Service contract.

There is billing plan same as SD sales order but missing function about down payment request.

In SD module there is billing plan with downpayment.

Down Payment Processing Using Milestone Billing Plans | SAP Help Portal

There is Planned in 2025 Down payments for service orders.

road map

Is there functionality to handle down payment in service contract ?

I have 2 different projects which has same this requirement.

[Pedro_Utz]

Dear Kiichiro,

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Pedro

[Wei · Accepted solution]

If you want to bill a service contract at a specific time, consider Ad Hoc Billing.

[KYamada · Accepted solution]

Thank you for checking. Actually I already checked this function and it is not worked .

The reason is to record down payment , it is needed to post as note item in accounting side.

From accounting point of view, down payment is not the revenue(PL).And it should be posted when customer paid. That is why SD(LOB: sales) starndard provides noted item (No journal entry) to record from Billing plan.

And once down payment is paid from customer , Down payment is recorded as BS account.

Down payment

And down payment will be cleared when final invoice.

So Ad Hoc Billing not match with general finance point of view. Becuase it will post as revenue(PL) and Account reciebable (BS).

Down payment is not only the timing control but also basic financial integration.

For your information,

Billing from Billing Plan (SD) : No entry

When receive payment from customer.

Dr. BS (Cash /Bank)

Cr. BS Downpayment

But Ad hoc billing plan is below. (Billing plan , BDR then Billing document)

Dr. BS Account receivable

Cr. PL Sales

[Wei · Accepted solution]

Hi Kiichiro,

I see. The integration with FIN regarding down payment is not available for Service Contract, not on our roadmap either. I have passed your requirement to our Product Management team. Your ticket on Service Now has been received as well. We will reach you from there for further discussion on this requirement.

Best regards,

Wei

[KYamada · Accepted solution]

wei.qu

Thank you.

May I know the link about Service Now. is that under SAP for me ?