With the latest release, Business Central now offers comprehensive support for self-billing invoices throughout the entire purchasing process. Purchasers can now create invoices on behalf of a supplier if a self-billing agreement is in place.
Business Central now includes the option to create an invoice for yourself within the purchasing module – known as “self-billing.” In this case, the purchase invoice is not provided by the supplier. Instead, you post it without an existing purchase invoice from the supplier via:
- Purchase Invoices page
- Purchase Orders page
Self-billing optimizes operational processes by allowing buyers to create invoices on behalf of suppliers based on a mutual agreement. This improves accuracy, speeds up processing, and eliminates delays caused by missing or inconsistent invoices issued by suppliers. With automated layouts, posting rules, and vendor configurations, both compliance and internal controls can be optimized. At the same time, this ensures proper financial records.
The relevant vendors are marked with the new “Self-Billing Agreement” checkbox. As a result, all purchase invoices created for this vendor – regardless of whether they were generated from purchase orders or created directly – are automatically approved for self-billing.
Vendors can also be assigned a dedicated “No. Series” for “self-billed” purchase invoices to ensure correct document sequencing.
A new, separate report layout called “Posted Purchase Invoice – Self‑Billing Invoice” formats the invoice in the style of a sales invoice and displays information about the buyer company, supplier details, sales tax information, and all essential invoice data.
