How to assign a Bill-To payer in Business Center

Last updated: December 2024

Business Center's Bill-To feature allows you 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 recipient 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.


The first step requires the requesting Business Center's Finance Manager or Business Center Admin to initiate the Bill-To request.

  1. Log in to Business Center.

  2. Click Finance to open the Finance menu.

  3. Click Invoices.

  4. Find and click Settings.

  5. Under the Payers tab, click Request new payer.

  6. 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.

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

    • Note: Requests can be withdrawn from the Payer tab if they have not yet been accepted.


The Bill-To requestee will then need to accept the Bill-To request to effectively designate the Bill-To payer.

  • 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.

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

    • Note: You can cancel a Payer relationship through the Payer tab.


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

  1. Log in to Business Center.

  2. Click Finance to open the Finance menu.

  3. Click Invoices.

  4. Find and click Settings.

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

  6. 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.

    • Note: Customers in Middle East, Turkey, Africa and Pakistan can view their addendums via the Payment Requester tab.


Availability

  • Payment type: Monthly invoice customers only.

  • Regions: Canada, United States, Middle East, Turkey, Africa, Pakistan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, all European countries, and Israel.

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