Selecting invoices for payment
The first step in the cash
payment cycle is to select the invoices to pay. You define the dates that are used to
select invoices for payment and to determine whether discounts are taken. You can change
the parameters and rerun as often as required by the program that schedules invoices for
payment. Run it until the listing includes only the invoices that you want.
- Select Run Processes > Process Payments > Perform Cash Requirements.
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Specify this information:
- Vendor Group
- Select a vendor group. Vendor groups are used to identify a set of vendors shared by one or more companies.
- Pay Group
- Select the pay group with invoices to be paid.
- Process Group
- To select invoices for an entire pay group, leave this field blank. If you use process groups, specify a process group and run the program once for each process group.
- Cash Requirements Template
- Select a cash requirements template to define defaults for a payment run. The templates can be defined by pay group and process group. See Creating cash requirements templates.
- Enforce Addenda Record Limits
- Select Yes to enforce 9999 invoice records and 99,999,999.99 amount record limits for all payment codes with an output type of T. The default value is No.
- Pay Through Date
- All released invoices that have a due date on or before the pay through date are scheduled for payment. Specify a date that ensures there are no gaps in payment. For example, if you run checks every Tuesday, you must pay invoices due through Monday of the next week. Invoices that are marked for immediate payment are scheduled regardless of their due dates.
- Take All Discounts
- Select Yes to take the available discount on all invoices that are scheduled for payment regardless of their discount dates. If you select No, then discounts are only taken if the discount date falls between the payment date and pay through date.
- Payment Date
- The payment date is used to determine whether to take invoice discounts or to revalue non-base currency invoices. The payment date must be less than or equal to the pay through date.
- Process Payments
- Select whether to process Payables Payments, Cash Ledger Payments, or Both Payables And Cash Ledger Payments. Only payments with a status of Released are processed.
- Edit Payment Code
- Specify a valid payment code to edit for the addenda record limits. If Edit Payment Code is populated, the Enforce Addenda Record Limits field must be set to Yes. Payment Code must be defined with Output Option = T in BOE Accounts.
- Comments
- Provide a comment for the invoice.
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Define options relating to cash codes in the Cash Code Options
section. You can select only one option, cash code or cash code group. Specify
this information:
- Cash Code
- Select a specific cash code to schedule invoices that are assigned that cash code.
- Cash Code Group
- Specify a cash code group to run Cash Requirements for the referenced cash codes.
- Override Cash Code
- Specify a cash code to pay selected invoices with an alternate cash code.
- Override Payment Rate
- Specify an override rate between the invoice currency and
cash code currency. Note: You must run the cash requirements by Cash Code with Invoice Currency entered.
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Define options in the Select Options section to narrow your
selection of invoices. Specify this information:
- Invoice Company
- To select invoices for a specific invoice company, specify a valid accounts payable company number.
- Process Level
- To select invoices for a specific process level, specify a valid process level for the invoice company.
- Payment Code
- To select invoices assigned a specific payment code, specify a payment code. This represents a type of cash payment and must be a valid cash payment transaction code in Cash.
- Maximum Cash Outlay
- To restrict the total amount selected for payment, specify an amount for maximum cash outlay. When the defined maximum amount is reached, the hold code is assigned to selected invoices. A list of the invoices is printed. This invoice hold code is temporary and is automatically removed when you run Payment Closing. If this field is blank, then no maximum cash amount is used.
- Invoice Group
- To select invoices assigned to a specific user-defined invoice group, select the corresponding invoice group code. See the Financials Setup and Administration Guide.
- Pay Immediately Only
- Select Yes to pay only those invoices that you flagged for immediate payment. You can use this feature to pay a few invoices without paying all of the invoices that are due.
- Invoice Currency
- To include or exclude invoices that are assigned to a specific invoice currency, specify a valid currency code. Select Include or Exclude in the adjacent invoice Currency Option field.
- Vendor Classes
- To select invoices for vendors associated with a specific vendor classes, specify up to nine valid vendor classes.
- Vendors
- To select invoices for specific vendors, specify up to nine valid vendors for the vendor group that is associated with the pay group.
- Special Credit Handling
- Select Yes to ensure that credit invoices are applied to debit invoices within the same Payables company. This removes the possibility of credit invoices being paid against another Payables company.
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Select check sorting options, such as having all payments that
require enclosures or countersignatures sort first, in the Sort Options
section.
This list shows the fields that are numbered by level and are used to select sort options for your checks:
- Sort Option 1
- Sort Option 2
- Sort Option 3
If sorting payments by countersignature or payment amount, specify the Amount Limit to define the maximum payment amount that does not require sorting.
- In the Report Distribution section, select a distribution list and export type for Report Distribution Group.
- Click Submit.