Prepayment function is used to record a receipt from a client into A/R that doesn't have an invoice yet. This prepayment function is used to offset the cash on a prepaid A/R account instead of the regular Accounts Receivable account.
Once the invoice is created and settled against the prepayment, the system will automatically post a customer settlement transaction to offset the A/R prepaid account with regular A/R and ensure the balances are closed. Below are the steps and the result of this process:
Before creating your payment journal, you need to define a new posting profile for prepayment. This will ensure the payment is recorded in prepaid A/R instead of regular A/R. The new posting profile is then selected in AR > Setup > Parameters > Ledger and sales tax > Prepayment journal voucher fields group.
Select the new posting profile in the "Posting profile with prepayment journal voucher" field. Also, check the "Sales tax on prepayment journal voucher" if you want sales tax to be deducted from the payment received. Sales tax will be adjusted when the invoice is created and settled against the prepayment only if the amount o the invoice is more than the prepayment itself.
Before posting the journal make sure to flag the payment as prepayment. For that, on the journal go to the "Payment" tab and mark the check box "Prepayment journal voucher". By marking this check box, the posting profile will automatically be changed to the prepayment posting profile previously selected in the parameters.
Once all the information related to the receipt (amount, receipt number, date...) are entered, post the journal and verify the voucher. The result should be DB to cash and CR to A/R prepayment account selected on the new posting profile.
Once you are ready to invoice the customer, create a new invoice as a free text or sales order invoice and post. Validate that the voucher is DB A/R and CR revenue.
At that point A/R and A/R prepayment do have open balances and the invoice and the payment transactions are open.
To close both transactions and zero out A/R and A/R prepayment, go to AR > All customers > search for your customer and click on Collect > Settled open transactions
You will see the invoice and the prepayment transactions, mark them both and click on Update button.
The result of the settlement is a new posted voucher with DB A/R prepayment and CR A/R. Both A/R are zeroed out and invoice and payment transactions are settled and closed.
Hi Caroline,
ReplyDeletePlease consider the following scenario:
Customer places an order and it is agreed that he should make an advance payment of 30% before the order can be shipped and invoiced. The order is therefore placed on hold.
The prepayment is subsequently received and processed by the accounting staff, but it looks like this cannot be linked to the initial sales order.
Requirement: The posting of the prepayment should be able to automatically mark the sales order as "Prepaid" so that it can now be released to warehouse for picking and shipping.
Is there a way of achieving this without customization in AX 2012 R3?
Thanks
Yes it is possible.
DeleteOn the Sales orders form click the Invoice > Open transactions button and Mark the Prepayment.
As result you will setup pre-settlement. Pre-settlements can be reviewed from the Settle open transactions form by clicking the Inquiry > Specifications button.
When the Sales order is Invoiced the generated customer transaction will be settled with prepayment customer transaction automatically (on the basis of pre-settlement).
By the way the printed invoice will show order amount, prepaid amount, and remaining amount values.
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