You can enter manual difference postings both on settlement and on item level. The pre-defined difference types that exist are:
- cash discount
- hidden discount
- exchange rate difference
- settlement balance error (the settlement was balanced with a difference document of type ERR)
You may, however, define other differences as separate document types in Work with document types. Differences can be entered both on settlement level, for instance exchange rate differences, and on item level, for instance cash discount differences.
Prerequisites
Use a payment document type with a pre-defined pseudo account as contra account, and fields VAT/default accounts and G/L postings panel set to NO, and Settlement panel set to YES.
- Follow steps 1-4 in Enter an A/R payment with a pre-defined contra account.
- You access the A/R settlement workbench. In addition to marking the documents you want to settle, you will here also create difference documents/postings both on settlement and on document level:
- Settlement level: Select Settlement difference from the Function list.
- You access Settlement related difference documents. Enter the difference amount in transaction currency (and system currency if you do not want to use the default exchange rate) next to each difference document type you want to use, and click OK. Depending on the definition on the document type, the contra account G/L postings will then be created either automatically by the system (pre-defined pseudo account), manually with the help of a pseudo catalogue, or manually on the G/L postings panel. The control account posting is created automatically by the system.
- Document level: Select the document for which you want to create differences and click Difference.
- You access Document related difference documents. The system transfers the document details and retrieves the paid amount (in transaction currency) to the bottom part of the panel. Enter the difference amount in transaction currency next to each difference document type you want to use, and click OK.
- You re-access the A/R settlement workbench with your settlements. Note: The document for settlement differences will be listed under the main document in the settlement, and the documents for item differences will be listed with an indention under each item. Click Update to update the settlement. Exit the routine.click Fnc list
Note: Only the document types with Settlement doc type set to 2 or 3 will be displayed when you create differences on settlement level.
Depending on the definition on the document type, the contra account G/L postings will then be created either automatically by the system (pre-defined pseudo account), manually with the help of a pseudo catalogue, or manually on the G/L postings panel. The control account posting is created automatically by the system.
Note: Only the document types with Settlement doc type set to 1 or 3 will be displayed when you create differences on item level.
Related topics
- About entering A/R payments manually
- Panels in the A/R transaction entry routine
- Enter an A/R payment with a pre-defined contra account
- Enter an A/R payment with a pseudo catalogue
- Enter an A/R payment with manual G/L postings
- Enter an A/R payment on voucher level
- Enter a cheque payment
- Enter a bill payment
- Enter a multi-currency payment
- Enter an A/R payment with direct settlement
- Enter an A/R payment with selection of documents to settle
- Enter a debit note for a disputed payment
- Settle A/R documents without payment handling
- Enter a payment for a sundry debtor
- Change an entered A/R payment
- Enter a multi-currency settlement
- Enter multiple A/R payments into a cash book payment
- Create an A/R bank deposit list