Structuring Bills

This chapter discusses how to:

• Define customer billing contacts.

• Define ChartField reporting options.

• Assign invoice number IDs.

• Define page series definitions.

• Define bill cycles.

• Define bill cycle dates for PeopleSoft Grants.

• Define bill types.

• Define bill sources.

• Create bill summarization templates.

• Establish invoice formatting, sorting, and printing options.

• Set up distribution codes.

• Set up group types and group IDs.

• Establish timing for payment terms.

• Set up payment terms.

• Set up billing charge codes.

• Establish tax groups.

• Set up billing charge code VAT groups.

• Set up discounts and surcharges.

• Set up bill-by identifiers for external sources.

• Define accumulations.

• Use workflow processes in PeopleSoft Billing.

Note. Changes to billing structure definitions may affect items in process. Processing for pending invoice, interface, and accounting transactions should be completed before revising existing definitions.

Defining Customer Billing Contacts

To define customer billing contacts, use the Billing Specialist (BI_SPECIALIST) , Bill Inquiry PhoneBI_INQPHONE), Team Member Personal Data (MEMBER_PERSON1), Collector (COLLECTOR_TABLE), and Credit Analyst (CR_ANALYST_TABLE) components.

This section discusses how to:

• Enter information for billing specialists and billing authorities.

• Define bill inquiry phone numbers.

• Set up team member information.

• Set up collectors.

• Set up credit analysts.

Pages Used to Define Customer Billing Contacts

Entering Information for Billing Specialists and Billing Authorities

A billing specialist is anyone in an organization, including a manager, who is responsible for entering, monitoring, or approving system billing activity. Enter information for at least one billing specialist so that the table is properly established.

Note. Before entering billing specialist information, you must create PeopleSoft user accounts for the specialists.

Add new billing specialists on the Billing Specialist page. To access the page, enter a billing specialist code, an eight-character code that can be any identifier that you want (for example, the person's initials). To indicate that the billing specialist is a billing authority, select the Bill Authority Flag check box and include the billing authority phone number.

See Also

PeopleTools 8.46 PeopleBook: Security Administration

Defining User Preferences

Defining Bill Inquiry Phone Numbers

The bill inquiry phone is the number on invoices for customers to call if they have questions about their bills. You can define as many bill inquiry phone numbers as needed on the Bill Inquiry Phone page. You can have different phone numbers based on where customers are located.

Specify when you want the Bill Inquiry Phone number to take effect in the Effective Date field, and indicate the status for the number.

Setting Up Team Member Information

Set up team member codes—formerly salesperson codes—on the Team Member Personal Data page.

See Also

Setting Up Customer Support Personnel

Setting Up Collectors

Set up valid collectors on the Collector page. Enter the effective date and status of the collector, as well as the name and telephone number.

Setting Up Credit Analysts

Add or modify information for a credit analyst on the Credit Analyst page. Enter the effective date, status, name, and telephone number for the credit analyst.

Defining ChartField Reporting Options

To define ChartField reporting options, use the ChartField Report Options (FS_REPORT_CF_SETUP) component.

PeopleSoft Billing enables you to define the ChartFields that print and the order in which they appear on eligible Structured Query Reports (SQRs). You must set up the reporting options for the following SQRs:

• BILDGL01

• BIGLRT01

• BISF108X

Note. Add eligible SQRs on the ChartField Report Options, Add a New Value page.

Important! You must set up ChartField reporting options before running the Load GL Accounting Entries process (BILDGL01). Without the ChartField reporting option information, the system cannot determine which ChartFields to include on the report.

Page Used to Define ChartField Reporting Options

Assigning Invoice Number IDs

To assign invoice number IDs, use the Invoice Number ID (BI_IYC_NUM) component.

This section provides an overview of invoice number IDs and discusses how to add or modify invoice number IDs.

Understanding Invoice Number IDs

You can structure invoice numbers to have up to three parts. You can define any one the parts as auto-sequenced; for all other parts, you must select the static option. A static part can be alphabetic, numeric, or a combination of both.

On the Installation Options - Billing - General Options page, you specify the default level for controlling invoice numbering. Because of the default hierarchy, you can define invoice numbers as system-wide, or you can assign a unique structure for different business units, bill types, or bill sources.

You must define one invoice number ID for each invoice number structure that you plan to use. You can have invoice numbers follow a general structure, or you can define them to be completely different for separate business units, bill sources, or bill types.

Regardless of how many invoice number IDs you define, adhere to the following rules:

• Define at least one part and no more than three parts.

• Select the Auto Sequenced value for only one part.

  You must define all others as Static or None.

• Define invoice numbers with no more than 22 characters, including dashes and any other character separators.

  No part defined as text can be more than 10 characters long.

• Include any dashes or other separators in the invoice definition if you want the parts to be segmented.

  Otherwise, the system truncates the parts, placing them together without separation. You cannot use spaces.

• Assign unique invoice numbers.

  If you define more than one invoice number ID, use at least two parts for each ID or assign the beginning sequence numbers far enough apart that the generated invoice numbers will never overlap.

See Also

Preparing to Implement

Defining Billing Installation Options

Page Used to Define Invoice Numbers

Adding or Modifying Invoice Number IDs

Access the Invoice Number page.

User Definable

To define invoice numbers at the customer level, override the automatic number sequencing. You can override the automatic number sequencing for new bills and for adjustments.

Note. If you use your own invoice numbering scheme, you may inadvertently use the same invoice number in different business units.

Example Invoice

The example in the group box displays how the invoice number looks for the current definition.

Part

You define each part of the invoice ID number using the same steps.

To define a part:

1. Select whether the part is Static, Auto Sequenced, or None (not used).

2. If you select Static, enter the text that the system uses for each invoice number.

3. If you select Auto Sequenced, enter the next sequence number that you want the system to assign.

   For each invoice number assigned thereafter, the system increments the number by one. Select the length of the field and whether the system automatically fills the part number with zeroes and right-justifies the sequence number.

   Note. For best results, select the Autofill option when you elect to use the auto sequenced feature

4. Select None if you do not want the system to use the part.

   For example, if you select Auto Sequenced with a sequence length of 7 and set the autofill option with the next sequence number 12345, the first invoice number for the part is 0012345. If you then define a text prefix of OM- and a text suffix of -USA, the entire invoice number will be OM-0012345-USA..

Defining Page Series Definitions

To define page series definitions, use the Page Series Definition (BI_PNLSERIES) component.

You can add or modify page series definitions to define which pages to access and in what order during bill entry.

Understanding Page Series Definitions

The Page Series Definition component enables you to define the PeopleSoft Billing pages that you access and the order in which they appear during bill entry or inquiry. You can place pages that you rarely use at the end of the page series. For instance, if only a small percentage of bills use discounts and surcharges, you can place the relevant page near the end.

Using PeopleTools security, you can deny certain users access to selected pages. When those users access the bill entry component and click the Next link in the Page Series group box, they can view only the pages for which they have access rights. This option is useful if the same user works with different business units or bills from different sources.

Warning! Using a page series definition does not prevent users from accessing pages that are not included in the definition. This option is not designed to provide security.

Note. Creating a page series definition does not prevent you from using the other navigational features of PeopleTools. You can still step through each page in a component in sequence by using the standard buttons on the main toolbar. These buttons do not use the page series definition; they use the page order based on the menu setup. In addition, you can still select a particular page from the menu.

Process Flow Analysis

Before defining a page series, you should analyze the billing process flow to determine the best arrangement of billing pages.

As part of the analysis, classify the different billing operations. Determine which pages are useful for a particular business unit, and which header and line data apply to a type of bill. For example, if the bill source is online entry, determine whether to step through every page, or whether some pages are used infrequently. For instance, you might not include the accounting entries distribution code page if the PeopleSoft Receivables system creates accounting entries.

After you determined the most likely scenarios for page access, determine the order in which the pages appear. Although creating a page series does not modify the order in which the system displays the pages in PeopleSoft Internet Architecture navigation, you can control the way that users cycle through the pages during bill entry or bill inquiry using the Prev (previous) and Next links in the Page Series group box.

Page Series Definition

To define a page series, create a header record with the ID and detail lines that list each page name and the sequence in which you use them. A table of page object names can be found later in this section.

Default Level

Decide at which level to establish the PeopleSoft Billing page series definition. Each business unit may need a unique page series. Within a business unit, you can create a page series for each bill type or bill source. If the billing activity is standard, you may only want to establish a single page series for the entire system.

Use the Installation Options - Billing - General Options page to assign the level at which you define the page series.

Use of Page Series

During bill entry or bill inquiry, the system displays the proper page series. If you set up a system-wide page series, it uses that page series. If you establish a page series at the business unit level, the system accesses that page series when you define a business unit.

If you define the page series at the bill type level, the Bill Type field is a required field in the first bill header page. Once you assign a bill type, the system uses the page series associated with that bill type. Likewise, if you change the bill type and the new type uses a different page series, the page sequence changes accordingly.

If you define the page series at the bill source level, you must assign that bill source to the bill. However, the Bill Source field is not a required field in the bill header. Consequently, if you don't enter a bill source, the system uses the default page series ID that you define on the Installation Options - Billing - General Options page.

The page series works the same when importing data through the Billing Interface.

Note. If you are navigating in express billing using a page series definition that includes pages which exist in standard billing only, the system advances to the next page defined in the series that is available in express billing.

See Also

Defining Billing Installation Options

Page Used to Define Page Series Definitions

Adding or Modifying a Page Series

Access the Bill Entry Page Series page.

Enter the sequence and page name of each page that you want to use in the page series definition. Enter the sequence in any order; however, you should begin with the main Standard Billing - Header - Info 1 page.

When selecting pages to add to the page series, include only pages that pertain to a single bill (Bill Header and Bill Line pages). For a smooth transition between pages, the system must have the proper key information. For the delivered PeopleSoft Billing system, select from the following pages when building a page series:

See Also

Entering Bills Online

Defining Billing Cycles

To define bill cycles, use the Bill Cycle (BI_CYCLE) component.

You can process or group invoices to run according to billing cycles that you define. The billing cycles can run monthly, weekly, quarterly, or on a schedule that you configure.

When defining bill cycles, establish the number of cycles available and indicate their names in the Bill Cycle page. Define the timing of the billing cycles in PeopleSoft Process Scheduler.

See Also

PeopleTools 8.46 PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler

Page Used to Define Billing Cycles

Adding or Modifying Bill Cycles

Access the Bill Cycle page.

If the cycle ID applies to recurring or installment bills, enter the recurring or installment bill parameters. If not, you do not need to use the following options:

See Also

Generating Recurring Bills

Working with Installment Bills

Defining Bill Cycle Dates for PeopleSoft Grants

To define bill cycle dates for PeopleSoft Grants, use the Bill Cycle Dates (GM_CYL_SCHED) component.

The Billing Cycle ID page enables you to establish billing ranges for each cycle ID. For example, if the cycle ID is quarterly, then enter a date range for each quarter. You supply these values during setup of the Contracts/Billing Interface process when preparing PeopleSoft Grants billing activity.

When you select a bill cycle, the system retrieves the bill cycle date ranges based on the maximum date less than or equal to the system date. These dates are assigned to the bill header from- and to-dates and appear on PeopleSoft Grants invoices.

Page Used to Defining Bill Cycle Dates for PeopleSoft Grants

Defining Bill Types

To define bill types, use the Bill Type (BI_TYPE) component.

The bill type represents a category of activity that should be grouped together on a particular bill. You can set default values at the bill type level. For example, suppose that a business performs a variety of services—consulting, training, and installation—and each should appear on separate bills. You can establish a different bill type for each service. When these services are billed through the Billing Interface, each service type will be segregated onto separate invoices, with appropriate default values. To accomplish this, follow the steps discussed in this section.

This section discusses how to:

• Enter definitions and defaults for bill types.

• Specify bill type level system controls.

• Set up defaults for the Unbilled Revenue Accrual process.

• Set up VAT defaults at the bill type level.

Pages Used to Define Bill Types

Entering Definitions and Defaults for Bill Types

Access the Bill Type 1 page.

Entry Type/Reason

Entry Event

Bill Type Level Defaults

You can set up several defaults at the bill type level. Define the default levels for the fields in this group box, as appropriate.

Note. If you set up the bill type for PeopleSoft Project Costing, in most cases you should define the invoice form as PS/PC for PeopleSoft Project Costing and leave the Invoice Form field blank on the General Information - Bill-To Options page. If you don't, a pro forma invoice or actual invoice prints using the invoice form specified on the General Information - Bill To Options page. Defaults established at the bill type level override defaults at the business unit and system levels, but they are overridden by defaults defined at the bill source and customer levels.

See Also

Understanding the Load AR Pending Items Process (BILDAR01)

Maintaining General Customer Information

Using Entry Events

Setting Up Entry Types and Reasons

Specifying Bill Type Level System Controls

Access the Bill Type 2 page.

See Also

Setting Up Distribution Codes

Defining Billing Installation Options

Setting Up Defaults for the Unbilled Revenue Accrual Process

Access the Bill Type 3 page.

See Also

Setting Up Distribution Codes

Using Unbilled Revenue Accrual

Associating Bill Types with Bill Entry Express Templates

Setting Up Bill Type VAT Controls

Countries that use VAT must report separately the sale and purchase of goods from the sale and purchase of services. Applicable VAT defaults such as VAT declaration point, VAT code and VAT transaction type can be defined for a bill type identifier for countries and states that are registered with VAT authorities. Setting up VAT defaults for a bill type identifier is optional.

Note. The VAT Defaults Setup and Services VAT Treatment Drivers Setup pages are described in detail in the PeopleSoft Enterprise Global Options and Reports 8.9 PeopleBook.

See Working with VAT.

Defining Bill Sources

To define bill sources, use the Bill Source (BI_SRC) component.

In PeopleSoft Billing, you can enter and identify billing information from a variety of sources, both external systems and online. You use the Bill Source component to define the description and defaults connected to the sources.

If billing information is generated from the mail order desk, the retail sales floor, and the service department—and each of these sources has a tracking system of its own that stores and generates a different set of data—you can define each of these different systems as a bill source.

This section discusses how to:

• Add new bill sources.

• Establish default debit and credit entry types and reasons.

• Define VAT defaults for a bill source identifier.

Pages Used to Define Bill Sources

Adding New Bill Sources

Access the Bill Source page.

Establishing Default Debit and Credit Entry Types and Reasons

Access the Bill Source 2 page.

The values that you enter on the Bill Source page for effective date, status, short description, and long description appear on this page.

See Also

Understanding the Load AR Pending Items Process (BILDAR01)

Setting Up Entry Types and Reasons

Defining Billing Installation Options

Defining Bill Source VAT Controls

Access the Bill Source 3 page.

Countries that use VAT must report separately the sale and purchase of goods from the sale and purchase of services. Applicable VAT defaults such as VAT declaration point, VAT code and VAT transaction type can be defined for a bill source identifier for countries and states that are registered with VAT authorities. Setting up VAT defaults for a bill source identifier is optional.

Note. The VAT Defaults Setup and Services VAT Treatment Drivers Setup pages are described in detail in the PeopleSoft Enterprise Global Options and Reports 8.9 PeopleBook.

See Also

Working with VAT

Setting Up Bill Summarization

To set up bill summarization, use the Summarization Group (BI_SUM_GROUP), Summarization Template (BI_SUM_TEMPLATE), and Summarization (SUMMARIZATION) components.

This section provides an overview of summarization templates and discusses how to:

• Define summarization groups

• Define summarization configurations

• Create summarization templates

• Preview summarization templates

Understanding Bill Summarization

Bill summarization provides a means to group and summarize related bill lines for presentation on a special invoice form. When a summarization template is attached to one or more bill lines, the invoice can be printed in detail or summarized format. The detail invoice uses the form specified in the bill header; the summarized format uses a corresponding, summarized invoice form. The template defines grouping and summarization parameters, as well as formatting options such as labels and notes. Any of the bill line fields can be used as the basis for summarization.

Note. Bill summarization affects invoice presentation only, background processes such as accounting entry and open item creation are not changed.

In the following example, a summarized invoice groups activity by purchase order and summarizes activity by item type. All lines related to a purchase order are displayed together, and any lines for the same item within that purchase order group are aggregated as a single invoice line.

An excerpt from a summarized invoice

The circled numbers in the example call out the following summarization template elements:

1. Summarization note

2. Summarization group headings

3. Summarized lines

In the previous example, the PO_REF field was used for grouping, and the IDENTIFIER field was used for summarization. Multiple fields can be combined for both grouping and summarization purposes. Only lines with the same summarization template will be grouped and summarized together.

When printed from a run control page, you can choose to print the summarized version, the detail version, or both. When the option is not available, such as when using the Invoice or Pro Forma buttons on the Maintain Bills, Standard Billing pages, the system will print the summarized version only (when an invoice contains lines that have summarization templates). The system prints summarized invoices using the BISLSUM or BISLSUMC processes if the invoice form setting corresponds to an SQR invoice and the BICLSUM or BICLSUMC processes if the invoice form setting corresponds to a Crystal invoice. Detail invoices are printed according to the invoice form setting, in the same way as non-summarized invoices. Only landscape-format invoice forms can be specified in the header when printing summarized invoices. If you attempt to print a summarized invoice that has a portrait invoice form setting, the invoice will be marked with an error. Correct the error by changing the invoice form setting to select a landscape form or remove the summarization templates from all the bill lines.

Summarization Groups

The bill line record contains Summarization Group Type and Group ID fields to provide a general-purpose method for specifying grouping and summarization. Summarization Group Types and Groups have a hierarchical relationship, with a group type containing one or more groups. The fields can be used alone or in conjunction with other bill line fields. To be used, the Summarization Group Type and Summarization Group ID fields must be included in the summarization template. When used, the fields must be populated during bill entry or through the Billing Interface.

Note. The system does not validate the summarization field settings. If the fields are not populated correctly, invoices may contain errors in grouping or aggregation.

See Also

Invoice Processing

Understanding the Billing Sample Invoices

Pages Used to Set Up Summarization

Defining Summarization Groups

Access the Summarization Group page.

1. Enter descriptions for the Group Type in the upper portion of the page.

2. Click the plus button in the grid to add groups.

3. Enter descriptions for the Groups.

4. Click Save.

Defining Summarization Configurations

To define summarization configurations, use the Summarization (BI_SUMMARIZATION) component.

Access the Summarization Configuration page.

Click the plus button in the Summarize By Field area to add fields to the configuration.

Creating Summarization Templates

To set up summarization templates, use the Summarization Template (BI_SUM_TEMPLATE) component.

Access the Summarization Template page.

Previewing Summarization Templates

Access the Summarization Template component.

A template can be previewed by clicking the Preview Summarization Template link on any of the component pages. The preview will display an approximation of how the custom text, field values and notes will be printed on an invoice. The text within angle braces (“<” and “>”) will be replaced with field values from the summarized bill lines.

Establishing Invoice Formatting, Sorting, and Printing Options

To establish invoice formatting options, use the Invoice Formatting Options (BI_FORMAT_OPTIONS), Invoice Layout Identifiers (BI_LAYOUT_IDS) , Sort by Fields (BI_SORT_BY) , and Sort by Line Types (BI_SORT_BY) components.

PeopleSoft Billing enables you to create as many different formats for invoices as your business practices require. Once you specify the invoice formatting options, you define the parameters that control the grouping and timing of the output. You can also define a variety of default parameters associated with these options.

This section discusses how to:

• Define sort-by criteria.

• Define sort-by line types.

• Define invoice page orientation and arrangement.

• Create new layout formats.

• Set up discount, surcharge, and tax print options.

• Set up invoice header note print options.

• Set up invoice line note print options.

• Specify value-added tax (VAT) information print options.

Pages Used to Establish Invoice Formatting, Sorting, and Printing Options

Defining Sort-By Criteria

Access the Sort-By Options page.

During invoicing, the sort-by option reorders the bill’s lines based on the criteria that you define on this page.

Defining Sort-By Line Types

Access the Sort-By Line Type page.

Defining Invoice Page Orientation and Arrangement

Access the Layout Identifiers page.

Select a layout type from the following options:

Creating New Layout Formats

Access the Invoice Formatting Options - General page.

You can define as many layout formats as you need.

Note. Most of the format options are used only by SQR invoice forms. If the layout format uses a Crystal layout ID, only applicable options are enabled. In addition, if the Print Form option is not selected, none of the printing options will be enabled.

In the Formatting Options group box, select an invoice layout ID from the following options:

Note. To add a new invoice layout ID, you must add supporting logic to one of the printing SQRs.

See Also

Understanding Invoice Forms

Setting Up Discount, Surcharge, and Tax Print Options

Access the Invoice Formatting Options - Discounts, Surcharges, Taxes page.

Discounts/Surcharges

Select one of the following line options:

Select one of the following total options:

Taxes

In the Line Options group box, select from the following options:

In the Total Options group box, select from the following options:

See Also

Calculating VAT in PeopleSoft Billing

Setting Up Invoice Header Note Print Options

Header notes convey information that pertains to the invoice as a whole. You must associate both primary and secondary header notes with specific note types that you enter in the corresponding field on the Header Notes page. All other notes are designated as remaining header notes, and they print as you specify.

Note. Not all sample invoice layouts use all of the following invoice note options. For example, Crystal Reports invoices do not have all of the same notes logic as the SQR invoices. Additionally, some PeopleSoft Grants and federal invoices do not include notes.

Access the Invoice Formatting Options - Header Notes page.

Primary Header Note Position

Secondary Header Note Position

Summary Page Options

Remaining Header Note Position

Any header notes that are not designated as primary or secondary become remaining header notes. All note types except the primary and secondary header notes fall into this category. Often, these notes are specific to the bill rather than general announcements.

Order Header Note Position

If you want only internal employees to view notes generated from a note type specified on this page, select the Internal Only Flag field for the note type on the Standard Billing - Line - Note page.

See Also

Entering Bills Online

Setting Up Invoice Line Note Print Options

Access the Invoice Formatting Options - Line Notes page.

Specifying VAT Information Print Options

Access the Invoice Formatting Options - VAT Treatment Msg page.

The following VAT information prints on each of invoice, in this order:

1. Buyer’s VAT registration ID (prints the two-character country code prefix plus the registration ID).

2. Seller’s VAT registration ID

3. VAT treatment message based on codes DGS, DSE, DSS, EGDS, EGS, ESS, NONE, OESS, OOS, OSE, ZESS, ZGE, or ZSE.

   Note. VAT Treatment drivers are described in detail in the PeopleSoft Enterprise Global Options and Reports 8.9 PeopleBook.

   See Working with VAT.

4. VAT exception message of Suspended or Exonerated with certificate ID.

5. Declaration point of invoice or payment.

6. Calculation method (gross or net).

See Also

Modifying Invoice Layouts for VAT

Setting Up Distribution Codes

To set up distribution codes, use the Distribution Code (DIST_CODE_TBL) component.

Distribution codes simplify the process of generating accounting entries by defining a valid combination of ChartField values.

Pages Used to Set Up Distribution Codes

Defining Distribution Codes

Access the Distribution Code page.

Select the distribution type. The distribution types used in PeopleSoft Billing are:

Select an unbilled receivables deferred distribution code.

Linking Draft Distribution Codes

Access the Draft Details page.

Setting Up Group Types and Group IDs

The documentation for PeopleSoft Receivables discusses group types and group IDs in detail.

See Setting Up Group Types and Group Origins.

Establishing Timing for Payment Terms

The documentation for PeopleSoft Receivables discusses timing and payment terms in detail.

See Setting Up Payment Terms.

Setting Up Payment Terms

The documentation for PeopleSoft Receivables discusses setting up payment terms in detail.

See Setting Up Payment Terms.

Setting Up PeopleSoft Billing Charge Codes

To set up PeopleSoft Billing charge codes, use the Charge Code (BI_CHARGE) component. Use the BI_CHARGE_CI component interface to load data into the tables for this component.

You can use charge codes to bill for something that is not usually classified as a product by normal business practices. For example, if you are a manufacturer, but you lease part of the corporate headquarters to another organization, you can classify rent and utilities, or any other nonstandard revenue, using a charge code.

You set up a charge code as if it were a part of a product table, but because it resides on a separate table from regular products, it is easier to maintain. As a separate table, it doesn't have to meet any verification demands of billing source applications, such as PeopleSoft Order Management or PeopleSoft Project Costing.

Charge codes are defined by setID and currency code. For convenience when defining charge codes, select the currency code on the User Preferences - Billing page. To create a charge code, use the Charge Code page.

This section discusses how to:

• Define charge codes.

• Define charge code VAT information.

See Also

Defining Billing User Preferences

Page Used to Set Up PeopleSoft Billing Charge Codes

Defining Charge Codes

Access the Charge Codes page.

See Also

Defining Tax Control and Deferred Revenue Options

Integrating with Sales and Use Tax Applications

Defining Charge Code VAT Information

Access the Charge Code 2 page.

Countries that use VAT must report separately the sale and purchase of goods from the sale and purchase of services. Applicable VAT defaults such as VAT declaration point, VAT code and VAT transaction type can be defined for a charge code per country/state that registered with VAT authority. Setting up VAT defaults for a charge code is optional.

Note. The VAT Defaults Setup and Services VAT Treatment Drivers Setup pages are described in detail in the PeopleSoft Enterprise Global Options and Reports 8.9 PeopleBook.

See Working with VAT.

Establishing Tax Groups

To establish tax groups, use the Charge Code Tax Group (BI_TAX_GROUP) component.

Tax groups enable you to identify tax charge information associated with individual charge codes. Tax groups are not needed if you use the PeopleSoft Billing tax tables for sales and use tax calculations.

This section discusses how to define tax groups.

Page Used to Establish Tax Groups

Defining Tax Groups

Access the Tax Group page.

If you are using either of the supported third-party tax vendors, Taxware or Vertex, you can define tax groups.

Taxware

If you use Taxware's product matrix, enter the Taxware product codes here. This step is not mandatory, but it reduces errors during bill entry because the table is accessed when you establish charge codes or enter bills. Be sure to enter product codes correctly; the system does not verify that the tax group is a valid Taxware product code. Once you have entered the product codes, they should pass through the Taxware interface without error.

Tax groups appear as the defaults on the bill line in bill entry at the time you enter a charge code. If you don't specify tax groups, the charge code is sent with the bill line through the tax interface as the product.

Note. The Billing Interface doesn’t display default charge code tax group information for the bill line. To enhance performance, the system does not provide any default charge code values to the Billing Interface activity.

Vertex

If you use the Vertex tax solution, enter the product exception classes here.

During tax calculation, a tax group associated with a bill line is sent through the tax interface. You create this default when you establish charge codes or enter bills. Be sure to enter the tax groups correctly; the system does not verify that the tax groups are valid. Once you have entered the tax groups, they should pass through the Vertex interface without error.

Tax groups appear as defaults on the bill line in bill entry at the time you enter a charge code. If you don't specify a tax group, the charge code is sent with the bill line.

See Also

Setting Up PeopleSoft Billing Charge Codes

Entering Bills Online

Calculating Sales and Use Tax in Supply Chain Management

Establishing Charge Code VAT Groups

To establish charge code VAT groups, use the Charge Code VAT Group (BI_VAT_GROUP) component.

To minimize data entry, you can define a charge code VAT group for multiple charge codes when those charge codes share the same VAT characteristics. After you define a charge code VAT group, you can associate it to a charge code in the VAT Group field on the Charge Codes page.

Page Used to Establish Charge Code VAT Groups

Defining VAT Groups

Access the VAT Group page.

Setting Up Discounts and Surcharges

To set up discounts and surcharges, use the Discounts and Surcharges (BI_DISC_SUR) component. Use the BI_DISC_SUR_CI component interface to load data into the tables for this component.

Products or services that you offer may have discounts or surcharges added to them. You establish the definitions on the Discount/Surcharge page so that the discount and surcharge definitions can be used when entering bill lines. This page enables you to enter as many predefined discounts or surcharges as you want. Discounts can be given on a fixed-amount or a percentage basis.

Discount and surcharge codes are defined by currency code. For convenience when defining these codes, set the default currency code on the User Preferences - Billing page.

See Also

Defining Billing User Preferences

Page Used to Set Up Discounts and Surcharges

Adding New Discounts and Surcharges

Access the Discount/Surcharge page.

Note. The VAT Defaults Setup and Services VAT Treatment Drivers Setup pages are described in detail in the PeopleSoft Enterprise Global Options and Reports 8.9 PeopleBook .

See Working with VAT.

See Also

Setting Up Distribution Codes

Setting Up Bill-By Identifiers for External Sources

To set up bill-by identifiers, use the Bill-By Identifier (BI_BILL_BY) component.

PeopleSoft Billing uses the bill-by ID to define how to group billing activity on invoices when it is added to a bill through the Billing Interface. A bill-by ID that you define can appear as the default at the customer, bill source, bill type, and business unit levels.

Note. If you define any one of the following fields as yes, the Billing Interface creates a new bill: CREATE_NEW_BILL, DIRECT_INVOICING, or TMP_BILL_FLG.

Page Used to Set Up Bill-By Identifiers for External Sources

Defining Bill-By Identifiers

Access the Bill-By Identifier page.

Bill-By Example

The following example demonstrates how five lines of billable activity are populated in the interface staging area for customer 5001:

When the Billing Interface processes this activity, it establishes whether any noninvoiced bill headers exist for each business unit, customer, order number, and ship-to location combination. If there are any noninvoiced bill headers, it adds the interface lines to the appropriate bills. If there are none, it generates new bill headers and adds the interface lines to the new bills.

Suppose that before the interface process was run for the preceding activity, there was one noninvoiced bill for business unit US001, customer 5001, order 550122, and ship-to location 1, and no existing bills for order number 5554095. The interface process determines that a bill exists for order number 5550122 and ship-to location 1, so it adds lines 1 and 2 to that bill. It then generates two new bill headers, one for order 5554095 and ship-to location 1, and one for order 5554095 and ship-to location 2. It adds lines 3 and 5 to the first of these two new bills. It adds line 4 to the second of these two new bill headers.

Defining Accumulations

To define accumulations, use the Accumulation Description (BI_ACCUM_INIT_E), Accumulation Definition (BI_ACCUM_DEFN) and Accumulation Beginning Balance (BI_ACCUM_INIT) components.

You can calculate cumulative balances for a nearly unlimited set of key combinations in PeopleSoft Billing. Typically, the behind-the-scenes calculations generate balances for any amount or quantity fields in the system. These balances can reflect the following amounts:

• Invoiced.

• Uninvoiced.

• Total, invoiced plus uninvoiced

You can maintain inception-to-date balances for customers, contracts, or projects. You can accumulate year-to-date quantities for a given identifier. You can accumulate how many items with a particular charge code are sold in a given month and the gross amount of those sales. You can define as many accumulation descriptions as you want, and you can accumulate the balances in the billing currency, base currency, or euro currency.

Balances can provide useful and powerful information to assist you in data analysis. Ceiling balances are an additional way to compare to-date balances with a limit or threshold.

To define accumulation balances:

1. Establish accumulation rules on the Accumulation Description page.

2. Enter beginning balance or ceiling amounts on the Accumulation Beginning Balance - Accumulation Initialization page or on the Accumulation Beginning Balance - Accum Euro Initialization page, depending on the currency perspective you prefer.

   You can add beginning and ceiling balances to accumulation rules. You can then compare balances to date to ceiling amounts. The system adds beginning balances to accumulated amounts to arrive at a Balance To Date on the Cumulative Compare pages. If you do not enter beginning balance amounts, the system uses 0 as the beginning balances. These pages are optional; you should use them only if you need information about beginning and ceiling balances.

3. Run the Accumulation process on the Balance Accumulation Process page.

4. Inquire about the results.

   Review reports or navigate to the two inquiry pages provided in PeopleSoft Billing: Accumulated Balance Inquiry - Cumulative Billing page and Accumulated Balance Compare - Cumulative Compare Inquiry page.

This section discusses how to:

• Establish the accumulation rules.

• Establish beginning balances in billing and base currency.

• Establish beginning balances in billing and euro currency.

See Also

Accumulating Balances

Pages Used to Define Accumulations

Establishing the Accumulation Rules

Access the Accumulation Description page.

In addition to establishing how the system accumulates balances, this page enables you to specify the starting point from which to begin accumulating. You can set up as many accumulation rules as necessary.

To define the beginning amount or place a ceiling on the totals, you can further define the accumulation rules in the Accumulation Beginning Balance pages. When you complete the definition, you can access the Balance Accumulation Process page. If you define no beginning balances, the system uses 0 for the beginning balances.

See Also

Accumulating Balances

Establishing Beginning Balances in Billing and Base Currency

Access the Accumulation Beginning Balance - Accumulation Initialization page.

When assigning beginning balances to accumulations, you must enter a billing currency and base currency at the search prompt. If you are entering a large number of balances, you can set a default currency code on the User Preferences - Billing page. Euro currency is optional; you can use it when appropriate.

At the search prompt, enter the accumulation key values for the key fields. The accumulation key value fields are the key fields that you associated with the accumulation description when you defined it. For example, if you assigned BILL_TO_CUST_ID as the first key, you can provide a value for the chosen customer in the Accumulation Key 1 Value field here. You must enter all keys that pertain to this accumulation description in the key section of this page.

The balances appear under a heading (Billing Currency, Base Currency, or Euro Currency) to identify the currency with which you are working.

See Also

Accumulating Balances

Defining Billing User Preferences

Establishing Beginning Balances in Billing and Euro Currency

Access the Accumulation Beginning Balance - Accum Euro Initialization page.

The fields on this page are identical to those on the Accumulation Beginning Balance - Accumulation Initialization page.

Using Workflow Processes in PeopleSoft Billing

To utilize workflow processes in PeopleSoft Billing, use the Workflow/Batch Parameters (BI_WF_OPTIONS) component.

In PeopleSoft applications, pages and components are organized according to their related functions. This structure is designed for a general business organization, but you may want to develop other structures to complete business processes.

Typically, you access only a subset of the pages regularly. To streamline operations, you can define graphical, process-based maps. With maps, you can create a visual overview for each business process to see how a particular task fits into the big picture. Maps enable you to quickly navigate to the pages that you need. As you create maps, you can build workflow into business processes. You can also build business processes to implement workflow, even if you don’t intend to use the business processes to navigate the system.

See Also

PeopleTools 8.46 PeopleBook: Workflow Technology

Page Used to Use Workflow Processes

Modifying Workflow and Batch Parameters

Access the WorkFlow/Batch Parameters page.

See Also

Deleting Temporary Data

Processing Credit Cards

PeopleTools 8.46 PeopleBook: Workflow Technology