| # Glossary for Invoicing billing request Selects the order types and orders to be invoiced. If you process a billing request, LN selects the invoicing data and generates the invoices for the order types and orders selected through the billing request. billing request addition Defines the text and the layout of the printed invoices and whether or not you can overwrite the default transaction types and series used for the invoice document numbering. billing request set A set of one or more billing requests set up for recurring processing. If you process a billing request set, LN selects the invoicing data according to the billing requests. billing request template Defines the type and number of orders that you can select through the billing request. For example, the types of orders can be Sales, Freight, Projects, or Service, and the number of orders of each type can be None, One, or Several. calculation method The way in which tax amounts are calculated. Two methods exist: Parallel Each tax rate is added to the previous tax rate. Example Tax rate for sequence number 1: 10% Tax rate for sequence number 2: 5% Total tax rate: (10+5)% = 15% Cumulative Each tax rate is a percentage of the preceding total tax rate. Example Tax rate for sequence number 1: 10% Tax rate for sequence number 2: 5% Total tax rate: 10% + 5% + (10% / 100% * 5%) = 15.5% charge type The type of delivery covered by an invoice line. These charge types exist: Costs Goods Service combined invoice See: mixed invoice composing criteria The predefined criteria for grouping invoice lines on a single invoice. The invoice lines of an invoice must have the same values for the composing criteria. Example Invoice lines with different invoice currencies, or with different invoice-to addresses, cannot be combined on one invoice. cut-off date The latest date for which transactions are processed. Transactions with a transaction date later than the cut-off date specified for a process are not included in the process. fixed rate An agreed exchange rate that is used, for example, for a project, regardless of future exchange-rate fluctuations. future invoice An invoice for which all required data has been collected and saved in the Invoicing module. However, this data has not yet been confirmed. interest invoice An invoice to charge interest. You can create interest invoices for: Unpaid overdue invoices. Invoices that were paid or partially paid later than their due dates. invoice A document stating a list of prices of delivered goods and services that must be paid under certain conditions. invoice currency The currency in which the invoice amount is expressed. invoice number The identification of an invoice, which consists of the transaction-type code and the first free number in the series used for invoices for the order type. invoice status The stage the invoice has reached in the matching/approval process. The invoice status reflects the various stages of the process, and can change as follows: Received--> Registered Registered--> Matched Matched--> Approved Approved--> Matched if you unapprove the invoice invoice type The kind of invoice. Each Operations Management package has its own types of invoices. invoicing method A set of parameters that defines, among other things, the types of orders and orders lines that can be combined on an invoice, and the type of invoice to be generated and the costs to be aggregated on Project invoices and Service invoices. You can define different invoicing methods for your invoice-to business partners. manual sales invoice An invoice without a related sales order or goods receipt and which is directly created in Invoicing. matched SBI relations code A number that identifies a set of matched (customer) self-billed invoice lines with billable lines. mixed invoice An invoice that contains lines with different payment due dates. Synonym: combined invoice rate determiner The method to decide which date is used to determine the exchange rates. During the composing process, all amounts in foreign currencies are converted to the home currency, based on the determined exchange rate. risk transfer date The date when the risk of loss or damage to the goods passes from the seller to the buyer. Unless agreed upon otherwise between both parties, the risk transfer date matches the invoice date. The risk transfer date is required for revenue recognition in compliance with IFRS (IAS 18.14). self-billed invoice header The common data part of an incoming, electronically received, self-billed invoice. self-billed invoice lines The specific data part of an incoming, electronically received, self-billed invoice. This data includes sales order, shipment, delivered quantity, and price. |