In SuiteBilling, we have customers with multiple billing accounts across different subsidiaries. The problem is that NetSuite always uses the default billing account when creating invoices, and there’s no native way to select a different billing account based on the subsidiary or context. This becomes an issue when we need to bill from a non-default billing account. It forces us to constantly switch the default manually, which isn’t practical for daily operations. We’re trying to find a cleaner solution to handle multiple billing accounts without relying on default switching.

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****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ****** Based on the conversations, it seems that NetSuite's native functionality does not support the automatic selection of a billing account based on the subsidiary or context. However, there are a few potential workarounds that you could consider: 1. Multi-Subsidiary Customers: You can use the Multi-Subsidiary Customers feature in NetSuite. This allows you to associate a customer with multiple subsidiaries. However, this feature has some limitations. For example, if you want to use the SuiteSolution Consolidated Invoicing, you cannot turn this feature on. If you want to use Consolidated Customer Payments, then you must turn it on. 2. Custom Invoice Templates: You can create custom invoice templates for each subsidiary and then associate each template with the respective subsidiary in NetSuite. When you perform a CSV upload, you can include a column in the file that specifies which subsidiary the invoice is for. NetSuite will then automatically apply the appropriate invoice template based on the subsidiary information provided in the upload file. 3. SuiteScript: If the above solutions do not meet your needs, you might consider using SuiteScript, NetSuite's scripting language, to automate the selection of the billing account based on the subsidiary or context. This would likely involve writing a script that runs when an invoice is created and sets the billing account based on certain criteria. However, this would require a good understanding of SuiteScript and the NetSuite API. Please note that these are potential solutions and may not fully meet your needs. It's recommended to thoroughly test any changes in a sandbox environment before implementing them in your live account.