| How to create and use Repetitive Invoices in the Accounts Payable module |
Description | Deleting Repetitive Invoices does not impact Vendor Maintenance or existing records related to the Vendor assigned to a Repetitive Invoice. |
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To create a repetitive invoice:
- Open Accounts Payable, Main menu, Repetitive Invoice Entry
- Select a vendor in the Vendor No. field and enter a Reference code
- Note: A reference code is user defined and allows multiple repetitive invoice entries to be maintained for the same vendor
- Specify a Billing Cycle
- Example: M may be used to represent monthly or Monday billings, and Q for quarterly billings
- Specify a Start Billing Date
- Enter a number in the Number of Payments field. Enter 0 if # of payments is unknown.
- Enter an amount in the Invoice Amount field
- Specify the Term Code, Discount Amount, Original Amount, Bill to Date, etc.
- The Date Last Billed and Times Billed fields are tracked by the system as the entry is used during Repetitive Invoice Selection and when the invoices are updated.
- Go to the Lines tab, select a GL Account and enter a dollar amount in the Amount field.
- Click the Accept button to save.
To use Repetitive Invoices:
- Open Accounts Payable, Main menu Repetitive Invoice Selection.
- Note: If using batches, click the # button to obtain the next available batch number and click OK
- Enter the appropriate selection criteria and click Proceed
- Note: If invoices are created, the Clear button becomes available
- Click the Print button to print the Invoice Register.
- If invoices are correct, print the Invoice Register when prompted and update.
- If invoices are incorrect, do not update the Invoice Register
- If selection is correct but need to correct Invoice, select invoice in Invoice Data Entry.
- To start the selection process again, open Accounts Payable, Main menu, Repetitive Invoice Selection.
- Click the Clear button. Note: This clears all invoices from the selection.
- Make the necessary changes to the Repetitive Invoice Entry and/or re-enter the Repetitive Invoice Selection.
- If changes need to be made to the invoices, open Accounts Payable, Main menu, Invoice Data Entry
- Note: This only fixes the current invoice and does not change the repetitive invoice.
- Reprint the invoice and Invoice Register to confirm the corrections.
- Update the Invoice Register
Note: Invoices selected for payment are assigned an invoice number consisting of the invoice Reference Code, followed by the invoice date entered (for example, RENT053110
DocLink: Unable to delete a batch in Repetitive Invoice Selection in Accounts Receivable DocLink: How to set up and use Expense Distribution Tables to allocate expenses by percentage to G/L accounts for Accounts Payable invoices and manual checks
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