Manage Common Options For Payables and Procurement
Manage Common Options For Payables and Procurement
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we can set options common to the procure-to-pay business flow on the Manage Common Options for Payables and
Procurement page.
Default distributions
Automatic offsets
Currency conversion
Expense accruals
Self-billed invoices
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Setup and Maintenance > Payables > Manage Common Options for Payables and Procurement
Default distributions
Default distributions are used to define accounts for payables transactions. Invoices might get some
distributions from supplier sites and others from common options setup.
*Liability account
The default liability distribution for new invoices, unless the Site Assignments tab on the Supplier
page has a different distribution. You can only specify a distribution with an account type of Liability.
*Prepayment
The default distribution for prepaid expenses, unless the Site Assignments tab on the Supplier page
has a different distribution.
Bill Payable
The default distribution for future-dated payments, unless the Site Assignments tab on the Supplier
page has a different distribution.
Records conversion rate variance gains and losses for inventory items that are accrued on receipt.
Variance is calculated between an invoice and purchase order or, an invoice and receipt, depending
on how you matched the invoice.
*Discount Taken
Records discounts taken if the Discount Allocation Method option on the Manage Invoices page is
set to Single distribution.
Miscellaneous
Records charges for invoice lines with a type of Miscellaneous. If you don't enter a value,
miscellaneous charges are prorated across invoice item lines.
Freight
Records charges for freight lines. If you don't enter a value, miscellaneous charges are prorated
across invoice item lines.
Records tax amount differences between a prepayment and the invoices that the prepayment is
applied to. These differences are usually due to changes in tax rates between the times of creation
of prepayment and the invoice.
This distribution is used only if the Applied Amount Handling option in the tax record is set to
Recalculate.
Retainage.
The amount withheld in a contract until the whole process ends and completes.
Unclaimed Fund
When you escheat and unclaimed check, its payable amount must be stored in an account before it’s
transferred to the escheatment authority.
Difference between conversion rate variance gain & loss and Realized gain and loss?
Conversion Rate Variance occurs when the exchange rate changes after the invoice was recorded but before the
payment is made. Realized account refers to the gain or loss that is actually recognized when a foreign currency
liability is settled (i.e., paid).
Automatic offsets
When we enter invoices for expenses or asset purchases with more than one primary balancing segment value,
consider using automatic offsets. It automatically allocates an invoice's liability amount across multiple balancing
segments according to the balancing segments on the invoice distributions. This ensures that invoices always
balance by balancing segment.
If you do not enable Automatic Offsets, Payables records the invoice liability using the liability account on the
invoice, which defaults from the supplier site. When you distribute invoice distributions across multiple balancing
segments, the invoice will not balance by balancing segment. However, General Ledger can automatically create
intercompany balancing entries when you post the invoice if you have enabled the Balance Intercompany Journals
option for your set of books
Example:
The expense is debited to two legal entities, Company1 and Company2, while a single liability account is credited.
This creates an issue in the General Ledger (GL). The issue is resolved through automatic offsetting entries.
Offset Segments options:
None
The invoice liability distribution provides the liability entry line account, without any segment
override
Primary balancing segment
The charge distribution provides the primary balancing segment value and the liability distribution
on the invoice header provides the remaining segment values. The resulting journal entry is
balanced by the primary balancing segment. Only primary balancing segment is from charge
distribution.