An invoice for a first instalment payment of goods at the time of purchase or the deliverywith the balance to be paid later.
In the companies, settlements are often made with Value added tax (VAT) for instalment payments made and received. These settlements are offset against partial final and final invoices. In SAP Business One, advance payments are recorded by creating a transaction without reference to billing. In some countries, however, a settlement or invoice is required for advance payments due to legal regulations.
Requirements
Before you can use the prepayment statements, you must complete the following steps:
Define under Administration /Definition/Finance in the window Account determination on the tabs Sales and purchasing a clearing account. .
Optionally, one can select under Business partner master data In the Accounting window on the tab Generally define a separate prepayment clearing account for each business partner.
Finance in SAP Business One