How to assign a Bill-To payer in Business Center

Last updated: October 2024

Business Center's Bill-To feature allows advertisers and agencies to designate a third-party as the payer and recipient of TikTok invoices. This enables you to separate billing ownership from ad management and save time by directly sending TikTok invoices to a designated Bill-To payer.


Before getting started

  • The Bill-To payer is defined as the third party who will be the main receipt and payer to the invoice, which is not same as the consumption entity.

  • A Bill-To payer is identified via the combination of the entity's billing address and tax ID.

  • Payment liability remains with the advertiser.

  • Bill-To requires both parties to each have a non-suspended Business Center and requires the use of Invoice Groups (formerly known as Billing Groups) to work. Learn more about Invoice Groups.

  • Bill-To does not require the requestor to have login access to the payer's Business Center.

  • A single ad account cannot be assigned to multiple invoice groups for Bill-To.


How to assign a Bill-To payer in Business Center

Assigning a Bill-To payer involves a certain order of steps by the requestor and the Bill-To payer.

  1. The requesting Business Center's Finance Manager or Business Center Admin initiates the Bill-To request.

    1. Within Business Center, click the Finances module, and on the Invoices page look for Settings.

    2. Find Payers and click Request new payer.

    3. Once you fill in the payer's Business Center ID, the payer Business Center's billing information will be displayed and a request can be sent to their Business Center Admin. Note: A Business Center's ID can be found by clicking on Your Business Center in the top-right corner of Business Center.

    4. Click Request to send the Bill-To request to the payer.

  2. The Bill-To requestee accepts the Bill-To request to effectively designate the Bill-To payer.

    1. The Bill-To requestee's Business Center Admin will receive an email and a Business Center notification from us with more information, as well as a link to accept the request. The requesting Business Center can also review the status of the request from the Payers tab.

    2. If 3 days have passed and the request has not been accepted, the requesting Business Center will need to initiate a new request.

  3. The requesting Business Center's Finance Manager or Business Center Admin changes the payer on an invoice to the Bill-To payer.

    1. Within Business Center, click the Finance module, and on the Invoices page look for Settings.

    2. Find Edit invoice group and use the field Choose payer to choose the payer's Business Center.

    3. Click Confirm.

      • Note: This will only apply to newly generated invoices. For past invoices where you need to use a Bill-To payer, please contact your TikTok representative. You do not need to sign a new Billing Addendum as this is automatically done when using Bill-To.


Availability

  • Payment type: Monthly invoice customers only

  • Account type: Managed accounts only

  • Regions: Canada, Europe, Israel, United States

  • Buying format: Auction ads only, not available for reservation ads