Self-Billing (4H2)

In many sell-from-stock processes (for example, described in the Sell from Stock (BD9) and Sales Scheduling Agreements (3NR) scope items), the financial settlement is done using a self-billing process with the customer. Instead of sending the invoice to the customer, the supplier receives self-billing information from the customer. This self-billing information contains the reference document number, the received quantity, and the value to be credited to the supplier (as well as other information).

This scope item relates to the self-billing processes on the sales side of the supplier. In the processes, the supplier validates the self-billing message received from the customer and simulates results. If there are differences, credit and debit memos are created respectively to settle the account.

If the differences exceed the defined tolerances, credit and debit memos are created to show the open amounts. The existing invoices and accounting documents are updated with the transferred self-billing reference number. This ensures that the financial settlement can be automated once the payment advice from the customer is received.

With SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2111, self-billing with invoice creation is also available. In this procedure, an initial invoice doesn't exist. Instead, it’s simulated and created.

To enable this scope item's processes, activate this scope item and integrate your SAP S/4HANA Cloud system with SAP Self-Billing Cockpit. SAP Self-Billing Cockpit is licensed in the SAP Store. You can find it by searching for SAP Self-Billing Cockpit in the SAP Store. You can also find more details about this product by searching for SAP Self-Billing Cockpit on SAP Help Portal.

Key Process Steps Covered

Self-Billing with Automatic Posting

Receive self-billing transmission from customers
Simulate incoming transmission to detect, any differences and correct internal reference documents
Update existing documents
Create billing documents (credit/debit memos) and related journal entries in finance

Self-Billing with Invoice Creation

Receive self-billing transmission from customers
Validate and retrieval data performed on self-billing transmission
Simulate billing document creation in S/4HANA based on transmission
Compare the simulation results with the transmission to detect any differences
Create billing documents (invoice, credit/debit memos) and related journal entries in finance

Benefits

Receive self-billing information from customers
Simulate incoming information to detect any differences and correct internal reference documents
Update existing documents
Create billing documents (Invoice and credit debit memos) and related journal entries in finance

Additional Information

This scope item is excluded from the default activation

The scope item is prerequisite for the usage of SAP Self-Billing cockpit. It requires manual configuration in the Q- and/or P-system for integration between S/4HANA Cloud and SAP Self-Billing Cockpit

SAP Self-Billing Cockpit requires additional non-S/4HANA license.

To set-up integration you must have S/4HANA Cloud version 2005 and above.

Where is Self-Billing(4H2) being used?

This Scope item is used in the following way:

As a core function of Order and Contract Management within Sales Scope Item Group

Process flow of Self-Billing (4H2)

Find below the process flow of the scope item Self-Billing as it is defined for release s4hc-2111.

Download Process Flow of Best Practice scenario Self-Billing (4H2) - S/4HANA Cloud

Ref: Sales of SAP S4HC-2111

Best Practices related to S/4HANA

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