diff btwm Billing and Invoice

[Former Member]

Hi

As am an ABAPer can anyone tell me the exact differ btwn Billing n Invoice and how does it flow.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi

Both are same in SD point of view.

In SD terminology we call as Billing Document and

in FI terminology we call as INVOICE.

In MM again only INVOICE will be there for Vendors.

Invoice is document indicating to delivery goods and Billing is a receipt of payment

Tables are VBRK & VBRP. For flow, go to transaction VF03, enter document number and hit 'Display Document Flow' button on toolbar

vbrk and vbrp holds billing/invoice details..

Billing Document:

Generic term for invoices, credit memos, debit memos, pro forma invoices and cancellation documents.

The tables are VBRK and VBRP.

Invoice:

1. From SD Perspective.

Sales and distribution document used to charge a customer for a delivery of goods or for services rendered.

2. From MM Perspective.

It is a vendor invoice. The tables are EKBE, RBKP, RSEG

Hope ths helps

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Regards

Sunil

[Former Member]

hai prashanth

i mean u need the difference between billing and invoice

Billing is a standard process in the business where we will charge the customers for the service rendered or for offering a product

so to execute the billing process we require some document types so we have billing document types like f1,f2,f5,f6 , g2 , l2

it is a process similary like sales order and delivery

invoice is one form of the billing document others are credit memo, debit memo which will satisfy diff business processes

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kishore

[Former Member]

Hi Prashanth,

Billing document is the generic term where as invoice is specific.Like , a billing document can be a credit memo,debit memo,invoice etc.Hope this will give u the clear understanding.

Thanks & regards

Ravi Kiran

[Former Member]

Hi,

In SAP you have different set of documents in SD. They are Sales Documents, Delivery Documents and Billing Documents. For ex., Sales Order, Debit Memo Request are some of sales documents. Likewise Billing documents are Invoice, Credit Memo etc... Hence Invoice is also a billing document. Billing documents are those which are billed to customers.

Hope this answers your query.

Thanks & Regards,

Krishnamurthy.N