Is downpayment the same as advance payment?

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have this scenario here where user will check for advance payment in the sales order before creating the order and if there exists advance payment for the customer, user will issue pro forma invoice to user. If customer does not pay, he/she will be blocked and if there is still no further payment, the sales order will be cancelled.

Kindly advise how should I proceed with an advance payment check, blocking the customer and also how the billing should go into FI.

Thanks for your help!

[former_member217082 · Accepted solution]

Hi

You can configure through downapayment process

Check the downpayment configuration details link for additional information

[http://www.sap-img.com/financial/how-down-payments-are-configured.htm]

Regards

Srinath

[Former Member]

Thanks all for the input!

[Former Member]

Hi,

After configuring the downpayments through billing plan,initially we will create a sales order.For this the billing plan will be attached.

Goto itemdetails in the order and you will find billing plan tab.In this maintain the billing block for the final invoice and remove the billing block for the downpayment invoice.

Create a downpayment by using VF01 T.Code.Send this one to the customer.

If customer pays that amount you clear it through F-28.

Then remove the billing block for final invoice in billing paln tab and proceed further.

In case if the customer doesn't pay the amount,then reject the sales order by maintaing the reason for rejection.

Else one more way is to cancel the downpayment using VF11/VF02 T.Code.

Goto VA02,Enter your order number and then in the menubar,Click on Sales document-->Delete.But this way is not suggestable one.

Regards,

Krishna.