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Overview
When yourequest invoiced billing,
Google extends a line of credit to you for your computing costs, and you receive
an invoice each month. Typically, invoiced billing is used by large
businesses.
An invoice for a particular month should be available by the fifth business
day of the following month. For example, your September invoice will be ready
no later than the fifth business day of October. Invoices aren't generated on
weekends or bank holidays, so you should expect invoices to be delayed during
those periods.
You might receive multiple invoices that are split across a set of transactions,
when they involve resellers or multiple countries. For more information, seeSplit invoicing for agency model transactions.
Cost data available in an invoice
The invoice total generally includes all costs incurred during a given calendar
month. Sometimes, at the end of a calendar month, there is a delay
in usage reporting. The costs of late-reported usage might
not be included on that month's invoice and instead might roll over to the next
month's invoice. As a result, your invoice might include costs for
more than one calendar month.
If your account is configured for monthly invoicing, you candownload your invoicein the following two formats:
PDF: The PDF format is intended for your Accounts Payable department to
review your monthly Google Cloud cost totals and to learn how and when
to pay Google. Your PDF invoice is summarized and doesn't provide details
for every resource cost or cost per subaccount (for resellers).
CSV: Prior to your January 2021 invoice, the CSV format provided more
details than those included in the PDF. Starting with your
January 2021 invoice, these details have been removed and now the CSV
invoice mirrors the PDF and includes the invoice header information and
cost totals. You can view the invoice cost details in the downloadableCost Table report,
including project-level costs and additional details you might need, such
as service IDs, credit IDs, labels, and total costs by subaccount
(for resellers). You can access this report from the Google Cloud console.
Columns in the CSV invoice
For invoicesprior to January 2021, the following columns appear in the
CSV invoice:
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Typically, invoiced billing is used by large\nbusinesses.\n\nAn invoice for a particular month should be available by the fifth business\nday of the following month. For example, your September invoice will be ready\nno later than the fifth business day of October. Invoices aren't generated on\nweekends or bank holidays, so you should expect invoices to be delayed during\nthose periods.\n\nYou might receive multiple invoices that are split across a set of transactions,\nwhen they involve resellers or multiple countries. For more information, see\n[Split invoicing for agency model transactions](/billing/docs/how-to/split-invoice).\n\n### Cost data available in an invoice\n\nThe invoice total generally includes all costs incurred during a given calendar\nmonth. Sometimes, at the end of a calendar month, there is a delay\nin usage reporting. The costs of late-reported usage might\nnot be included on that month's invoice and instead might roll over to the next\nmonth's invoice. As a result, your invoice might include costs for\nmore than one calendar month.\n\nWhen you\n[view your invoice details](/billing/docs/how-to/cost-table)\nor\n[online reports](/billing/docs/how-to/reports#invoice-charges), the usage is shown with the actual usage date.\n\nOther data specific to an invoice includes the totals of any taxes and\nadjustments.\n\n- For a detailed breakdown of the taxes on an invoice, [view the cost table report](/billing/docs/how-to/cost-table), or [view the details of your invoice](/billing/docs/how-to/get-invoice#invoiced-account).\n- For guidance on understanding and analyzing any adjustments, see [Understand memos and adjustments](/billing/docs/how-to/resolve-issues#understand-memos).\n\nDownload your invoice\n---------------------\n\nIf your account is configured for monthly invoicing, you can\n[download your invoice](/billing/docs/how-to/get-invoice#invoiced-account)\nin the following two formats:\n\n- PDF: The PDF format is intended for your Accounts Payable department to\n review your monthly Google Cloud cost totals and to learn how and when\n to pay Google. Your PDF invoice is summarized and doesn't provide details\n for every resource cost or cost per subaccount (for resellers).\n\n- CSV: Prior to your January 2021 invoice, the CSV format provided more\n details than those included in the PDF. Starting with your\n January 2021 invoice, these details have been removed and now the CSV\n invoice mirrors the PDF and includes the invoice header information and\n cost totals. You can view the invoice cost details in the downloadable\n [Cost Table report](/billing/docs/how-to/cost-table),\n including project-level costs and additional details you might need, such\n as service IDs, credit IDs, labels, and total costs by subaccount\n (for resellers). You can access this report from the Google Cloud console.\n\n | **Note:** If you want to review and analyze detailed month-to-month costs for projects, SKUs, and subaccounts (for resellers) view your [Cost Table report](/billing/docs/how-to/cost-table) and download it to CSV for analysis. If you want to collect and analyze more granular data on how you are billed, we recommend you enable [Cloud Billing Export to BigQuery](/billing/docs/how-to/export-data-bigquery). For more information, review [key concepts for Cloud Billing data export, online reports, and\n | invoices](/billing/docs/onboarding-checklist#key-concepts).\n\nColumns in the CSV invoice\n--------------------------\n\n| **Caution:** Starting with your January 2021 invoice (available in February 2021), we removed the detailed usage cost line items from your invoices. This means the columns described here no longer appear on your CSV invoice. The content provided here is maintained for *historical purposes only* . If your organization previously processed the invoice CSV and you need the invoice cost details, download the CSV from the [Cost Table report](/billing/docs/how-to/cost-table) and process it in place of the invoice CSV.\n\nFor invoices *prior to January 2021*, the following columns appear in the\nCSV invoice:\n\n| **Note:** Invoice usage details don't include a column for the SKU price. If you have negotiated pricing, the invoice amount has that pricing applied to it. To view your prices per SKU, see the [Pricing table report](/billing/docs/how-to/pricing-table) or [export your Cloud Billing prices to BigQuery](/billing/docs/how-to/export-data-bigquery). If you have questions regarding pricing per SKU, contact your Account Representative for more details.\n\nRelated topics\n--------------\n\n- [Cost table report: View and download the cost details of your invoice or statement](/billing/docs/how-to/cost-table)\n- [Get a Cloud Billing document such as an invoice, statement, or receipt](/billing/docs/how-to/get-invoice)\n- [View your cost and payment history](/billing/docs/how-to/view-history)\n- [Export Cloud Billing data to BigQuery](/billing/docs/how-to/export-data-bigquery)\n- [Key concepts for Cloud Billing data export, online reports, and invoices](/billing/docs/onboarding-checklist#key-concepts)"]]
