Customer is Not Receiving a Statement- Article no. 1814
Estimated Reading Time: 2 MinutesIntroduction
A statement is not received in these instances:
- Disconnected accounts with a zero-dollar balance
- Use Billing Ledger for Creating a Customer Statement for proof of payment requests on a final bill
- Use Billing Ledger for Creating a Customer Statement for proof of payment requests on a final bill
- Active account with a balance less than $1.00
- Statements are sent to Service Address (SA) unless the customer requests a Bill To address
- If the Service Address is incorrect, submit an Address Request Form form to correct address
- If the Service Address is incorrect, submit an Address Request Form form to correct address
- If ICOMS [BI] Print Statement is set to C Change from Previous, the bill will not print, causing a missing bill
- To correct, see Paper and Paperless Billing Setup Instructions
- To correct, see Paper and Paperless Billing Setup Instructions
Resolution Steps
Verify Billing or Service Address for Monthly Billing
- In BOLT, select General Ledger tab
- Statement Configuration tab displays bill to information
- Displays Service Address or Billing Address - Standard
- Displays Service Address or Billing Address - Standard
- In ICOMS - Statement Configuration [BI] screen
- Bill To information must be in all capital letters
- Five total lines of the billing address prints on a bill
- Confirm valid formatting and verify address according to the US Postal Service Standards
- If the address is incorrect, follow Add, Change or Correct an Address
- If the address is incorrect, follow Add, Change or Correct an Address
- Make sure the Foreign Address box is not checked
- Check for Financial Services notes regarding returned mail
- If the issue is unresolved and customer states they are not receiving their bills, enter a Service Now Ticket
- Bill To information must be in all capital letters
Verify Paper or Paperless Billing
- In BOLT, to check for paper / paperless billing status, select the General Ledger Tab, then Statement Config tab
- Under the Maintain Customer Statement section, review the Bill Handling status:
- Default - Paper Bill
- Electronic Bill Selfcare
- Prepaid No Statement
- CABS No Statement
- Email Bill PDF to Preferred Email
- PDF Only (Special Use Only)
- If BOLT is out of service, verify billing setup in ICOMS
- Statement Configuration [BI] screen
- Highlight the statement and click Change
- Bill handling determines the bill delivery method
- 1 Default Paper Bill: printed and mailed statement
- Print State field should read: A Always Print Bill
- Auto-pay customers must have Print Statement field set to A - Always Print Bill to ensure the customer's bill generates
- Print State field should read: A Always Print Bill
- 2 Electronic Billing: emailed statement - Note: If this is set with no Self Care account created, the customer does not receive a bill
- Print Statement field should read A Always Print Bill
- 1 Default Paper Bill: printed and mailed statement
- Statement Configuration [BI] screen