Defining the Billing Plan

Objectives

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
  • Define a Billing Plan
  • Provide the Billing Plan process overview

Business Example Billing Plan

Customer Headquarter 00 has a subscription contract for cloud selection service level gold. The contract was closed on 01.01.2020. For each month, a recurring Fee of 1,000 Euro and a recurring fee of 3,000 Euro for service level agreement gold are created.

Definition of a Billing Plan

The image explains a Billing Plan in Convergent Invoicing, detailing its definition, assignment, and creation of billable items, and provides industry examples of monthly and yearly billing cycles.

The Billing Plan Process Overview

This diagram illustrates the process flow from Subscription & Contract Management through Rating & Charging to Billing & Invoicing in SAP S/4HANA, detailing the interactions between subscription orders, provider contracts, billing plans, and invoice documents.

Process Steps in Creation of Recurring Fees:

  1. Step 1: Create a provider contract item with an assigned billing plan. The billing plan is released with creation.
  2. Step 2: The billing plan items include price, billing cycle, and accounting information. The price is a manual price in subscription item PSMB Position.
  3. Step 3: Regularly request billing plan items. Created billable items have a reference to the billing plan.
The image shows a subscription item breakdown with recurring net value and billing cycle, alongside two billing plans: one based on net value and another on detailed billing. The detailed billing plan itemizes charges for monthly rec fees, variant surcharges, and a percentage discount.

It's now possible to create a billing plan with one detailed billing plan item for a recurring condition type in Convergent Invoicing. This enables generation of a detailed invoice to customers with details of the recurring fee, discounts, and surcharges applied.

This feature further supports accounting reconciliation.

The image displays a billing plan for contract 1148895, detailing the billing plan category, type, and validity dates, along with master data for the business partner and contract account. It includes plan items with recurring fees and a request history showing transaction details and amounts.

Analyze Provider Contract, Billing Plan, and Request Billing Plan Items

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