.Back Billing v2.1.4.7

What is it?

Back Billing references the ability of the Bill Process to catch up billing on new recently added MRC charges. If the Start Dates these recently added charges are set in the past then the process will bill for all the missed months and “catch up” the billing.

How does it work?

When a new charge is added the Bill will now catch up the billing. Based on the Start and Stop Dates of the MRC it will start with the current Bill Cycle and begin moving backwards in time stepping through billing cycles. On each step it will add the Charge Amount to the Total Amount Billed and as it moves.

If the newly added charge has a past Stop Date the logic will move backward without adding to the Total Billed Amount until the Billing Cycle containing that Stop Date is reached. Then start adding the Charge Amount to the Total Amount Billed, continuing to move backward through each cycle until the Start Date is reached. After the charge is billed once if the Stop Date is in the future or not set the charge will bill normally for each billing cycle.

If the Prorate option is selected the Bill Cycles containing the Start and Stop Dates will calculate percentages of the total cycle based on the total number of days in each cycle.

If Forward Billing is selected then any new charges without a predefined Stop Date will bill for the next Bill Cycle in addition to any catchup billing for previous cycles.