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# Use Customer Billing or set Property Billing

Every property starts with Customer Billing. That means the payment terms, tax-exempt status, autopay, billing address, and payment methods set on the customer apply to the property too.

If a property needs different billing details, open the Billing panel and choose **Set Property Billing**. The form starts with the customer's current settings so you only need to change what is different. The panel title shows which settings are in effect: **Customer Billing** or **Property Billing**.

Use **Edit Customer Billing** or **Edit Property Billing** to change the settings currently in effect. To switch a property back, choose **Use Customer Billing** and confirm. This removes the billing settings saved specifically for the property; future customer billing changes will apply to it again.

You can ask Essential whether a property uses Customer Billing or Property Billing, and what those terms are.

> **Where to find it:** On the property page, expand Billing, then open the menu in Customer Billing or Property Billing

## Related guides

* [Add or manage contacts on a property](/customers-and-work/properties/add-or-manage-contacts-on-a-property.md)
* [Adding an asset group to a property](/customers-and-work/properties/adding-an-asset-group-to-a-property.md)
* [Create a property](/customers-and-work/properties/create-a-property.md)
* [Move a property to another customer](/customers-and-work/properties/move-a-property-to-another-customer.md)
* [Property files and who can see them](/customers-and-work/properties/property-files-and-who-can-see-them.md)


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