Object-Based Tax Billing
Application component: Public Sector Contract Accounting
App type: SAP GUI
Description: You can use this function to create billing documents for object-based taxes on an individual basis instead of a mass run. Object-based taxes are taxes that are levied on assessment objects (such as property or vehicles). The assessment objects are mapped in the SAP system using contract objects, in which billing-relevant information is saved in time-dependent facts. 
Key features: The program selects contract objects that correspond to the selection criteria entered. It then calls the rule in BRF or BRFplus that validates the revenue type and the tax calculation. The system only changes the values in the database after the contract object has been completely processed. Once the rule has run successfully, the program creates the relevant entries for the follow-on processes (such as inbound correspondence) and creates billing or adjustment documents. The system also creates an invoicing order with the billing document. Invoicing orders enable the invoicing program to select only those billing documents that have not yet been processed. The system deletes the corresponding invoicing order as soon as the billing document has been successfully billed. Invoicing If you want to trigger billing at the same time, select the corresponding option. Adjustment Billing If a billing document has already been saved in the system for a contract object, you can either change or delete it. You can also trigger adjustment billing using run control for the program. If you require billing with adjustment, the system creates a billing document for the master data combination selected in this period. If a billing document already exists and there are differences, the system creates an adjustment billing document. If there are no differences to the original billing document, the system issues a message. Simulation Runs If you want to test whether the billing rules that you have defined in the Business Rule Framework actually work, you can start the function in the simulation run. The program does not create any billing documents if you do so. In the trace for the Business Rule Framework you can see which billing steps the system has performed or whether error messages have occurred. Simulated Billing Documents You enter simulated billing documents for testing and checking purposes. The program creates simulated invoicing documents from simulated billing documents. Invoicing orders are not generated for this, meaning that they are not posted in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable. Note that you cannot create actual documents from simulated documents. Assessment Printout There are several different options for printing assessments. You can simulate the printing of the assessment, actually print the assessment, or create a PDF document of the assessment. Printing is only possible if you also create invoicing documents. The program only simulates printing for simulated documents. The parameters for printing are as follows: A PDF file can only be created from archived invoicing documents. The system archives all printed invoicing documents automatically. This means that when creating PDF files, the basis invoicing documents are always printed first, then archived and then the PDF file is generated from the archived document. This is the case when an invoicing document has never been printed. If you only want to simulate printing for an invoicing document, the program generates this preview based on the SAP forms (not as a PDF file).