Invoicing

Here you can define invoicing parameters common for all customers in this customer class.

You can use an external billing system to bill your customers and use PortaBilling to protect them from fraud and overspending by controlling their credit limits. Click the link to open the configuration panel where you can configure the balance reset for postpaid customers billed via that external system.

Regular invoices are those generated for customers at the end of their billing periods. Click the link to open the configuration panel where you can enable and set up invoicing for customers of this customer class.

Use out-of-turn invoices to immediately charge a customer for a service provided and receive payment for that. You can generate an out-of-turn invoice (to cover only a few specific items) on demand. Click the link to open the configuration panel where you can enable and set up invoicing for customers in this customer class.

You can automatically charge customers for subscriptions, so that they can spend their balance on other services, e.g., on international calls. PortaBilling produces a separate invoice that contains only subscription fees and taxes and automatically deducts this amount from the customer’s credit card. Note that a customer can only pay for this invoice with a credit card.

To use separate invoices for subscriptions, configure the following:

• Turn on the toggle to generate separate invoices for subscriptions;
• Select the invoice template for regular and out-of-turn invoices from the dropdown list.
• In the regular invoice configuration:
  • Specify the period in Payment terms. Net option.
  • Activate the Automatic credit card charge option.
  • Specify the period when to retry charging a customer’s credit card after an invoice due date in Automatic credit card charge after the due date, days option.

Define how to present invoice amounts to customers. PortaBilling calculates invoice amounts with five-decimal precision (e.g., 16.89306). PortaBilling rounds invoice amounts to the number of digits you specify here.

The difference between the sum of all the charges and the rounded off invoice amount is written as a separate xDR with the proper (plus or minus) sign.

To select the rounding method for invoice amounts, open the Finances > General info > Rounding method. The Away from zero rounding method is selected by default.

For example, if the Away from zero rounding method is selected and you select to round the invoice amounts to 2 decimals then 16.85306 rounds to 16.86.