# Quotas
Quotas

Billing transfer quotas are managed using AWS Service Quotas. You can view your current quota values and request increases to some of these values by visiting [Service Quotas console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas). The following are the default maximums for billing transfer entities.

The following are the *default* maximums for billing transfer entities.

## Maximum values


**Terms and concepts**

The following are terms and concepts for billing transfers:
+ **Inbound billing**: Billing transfers that allow you to manage and pay for another organization’s consolidated bill.
+ **Outbound billing**: Billing transfers that allow an account outside your organization to manage and pay your consolidated bill.
+ **Bill-transfer chain**: A collection of billing transfers that are interconnected (for example, Organization A transfers to Organization B, and Organization B transfers to Organization C).

**Note**  
These quotas apply only to actions performed from the AWS Organizations management account.
AWS Organizations is a global service that is physically hosted in the US East (N. Virginia) Region (`us-east-1`). Therefore, you must use `us-east-1` to access these quotas when using the Service Quotas console, the AWS CLI, or an AWS SDK.


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| Description | Limit | 
| --- | --- | 
|  Inbound billing transfers  |  0 - The maximum number of external organizations that you can manage and pay for at any given time. This quota is adjustable, and can be increased by using Service Quotas console. **Note:** Only the Management account of an organization can submit this quota increase request. Limit increases can be granted up to 1,000 based on customer qualifications and requirements. Each *billing transfer invitation* you send counts against this quota. The count is returned if the invitation is declined, canceled, or expired.  | 
|  Outbound billing transfers  |  1 – The maximum number of external organizations that you can have manage and pay for your consolidated bill at any given time. This quota is not adjustable. Each *billing transfer invitation* you accept counts against this quota. The count is returned if the billing transfer is withdrawn.  | 
|  Length of bill-transfer chain  |  1 – The maximum number of interconnections each of your billing transfers can have at any given time. For example: Organization A transfers to Organization B (length 1). This quota is adjustable, and can be increased by using Service Quotas console. **Note:** Only the Management account of an organization can submit this quota increase request. Limit increases can be granted up to 2 based on customer qualifications and requirements. For example, Organization A transfers to Organization B (length 1), and Organization B transfers to Organization C (length 2).  | 
|  Aggregate inbound transfers  |  1,000 - The maximum total number of inbound transfers allowed across all your bill-transfer chains. This quota is not adjustable.  |