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INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 3
A) OBJECTIVE ................................................................................................................................................................. 3
B) SCOPE/OUT OF SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................... 3
C) TERMS USED .............................................................................................................................................................. 3
BUSINESS CASE .............................................................................................................................. 4
D) BUSINESS EXAMPLE .................................................................................................................................................. 4
E.1) Setup .............................................................................................................................................................. 5
E.2) Transaction and Accounting .......................................................................................................................... 6
F) SETUP AND TRANSACTION WITH PRORATION METHOD “PRORATE BY NUMBER OF DAYS FOR INVOICES” ............ 9
F.1) Setup .............................................................................................................................................................. 9
F.2) Transaction and Accounting ........................................................................................................................ 18
Introduction
A) Objective
To explain, how to configure Multi Period Accounting (MPA) journal line rule to change proration
method.
B) Scope/Out of Scope
We are going to detail below in this paper:
a) Setup steps to modify journal line rule of MPA to incorporate change in proration method
b) Effect of change in proration method on accounting for MPA Transaction
This paper will not cover:
a) Details of basic setup details in General Ledger, Payables
C) Terms Used
Below are terms specifically used in Intercompany accounting feature of fusion financials:
a) MPA: Multi period accounting
b) Accrual accounting entry
c) Recognition accounting entry
d) Proration method
All the above mentioned terms can be understood by referring to fictitious example explained in
business example section.
Business Case
D) Business Example
In payable perspective there are business scenarios such as insurance premium, where organization
receives invoice for the services to be availed for current as well as future period. Accounting of such
invoices is done in multiple periods. Multiperiod Accounting (MPA) is a feature in fusion financial to map
such business scenarios.
To elaborate, let’s take an example. Let’s say organization buys insurance to cover risk for the period 01‐
Jan‐2018 to 31‐Dec‐2018. The payment term of the insurance premium is annual and so organization
receives invoice of let’s say $12000 on 01‐Jan‐2018 to avail service of risk coverage for the period 01‐
Jan‐2018 to 31‐Dec‐2018. Organization pays the premium in one go but actual service is availed for for
the period 01‐Jan‐2018 to 31‐Dec‐2018. As per accounting principles actual expense need to be booked
when it’s actually availed. So in business perspective there are below 2 requirements:
a) Book liability of $12000 on 01‐Jan‐2018‐ This known as Accrual accounting entry in MPA
b) Recognize actual expense as and when period gets over‐ this is known as Recognition
accounting entry in MPA
Above both requirements need to be met with single invoice.
Below need to be done in Fusion payables to meet above requirements:
a) Create MPA Invoice in Payables when organization gets the invoice. Accrual accounting entry for
the invoice would be as follows
Accrual Dr 12000
Liability Cr 12000
b) The invoice will be paid as any other invoice to relieve the liability
c) As and when an accounting period gets over expense need to be recognized in respective
period. So on 31‐Jan‐2018 when Jan‐18 period will get over, below recognition accounting entry
would be created:
Setup and Transaction
Complete solution discussed in this paper has 2 parts,
a) Setup and Transaction with proration method on seeded journal line rule
b) Setup and Transaction with changed proration method on custom journal line rule
E) Setup and Transaction with proration method “Prorate by Number of Periods for
Invoices”
In this scenario we will use seeded setup. So let’s review relevant seeded setup.
E.1) Setup
We will use seeded Vision Operations (USA) ledger and Vision Operations business unit in our test case.
Verify Accounting method used by respective ledger.
Navigate Financials>Define Common Applications Configuration for Financials>Define Ledgers>Define
Accounting Configurations>Specify Ledger Options
Note:
Accounting method: Standard Accrual
Next Step: Review proration method with seeded recognition journal line
Navigate Financials> Define Invoicing and Payment Configuration> Defind Subledger Accounting for
Invoicing and Payments> Define Subledger Accounting Methods> Manage Journal Line Rules
Search for “Multiperiod item Expense Recognition” for Invoice
Click on “Accounting Attributes Assignments” tab
Note:
Entered Amount: Prorate by Number of Periods for Invoices
“Prorate by Number of Periods for Invoices” is the prorartion method used by seeded Journal Line Rule
to recognize expenses for MPA Invoice.
Note:
Amount: 12000
Line Amount: 12000
Distribution Account: 01‐000‐4508‐0000‐000 (This is the account taken as expense recognition
Account for the MPA Invoice)
Accounting date: 1/29/18 (Accounting date for accrual accounting entry)
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Click on “Multiperiod Accounting” tab to enter MPA related information on invoice
Note:
Start Date: 1/1/18 (Start date for Recognition of expenses)
End date: 12/31/18 (End date for Recognition of expenses)
Accrual Account: 01‐000‐1340‐0000‐000 (Account used to accrue the invoice)
Next Step: Validate and Account the invoice
Click on View Accounting to check accrual accounting generated
Accrual Accounting created as expected
Next Step: Create Recognition Accounting
To create Recognition Accounting, submit “Create Multiperiod Accounting” process
Once process completes. Check accounting created by querying the invoice in Manage Invoice region
Additional accounting created as Recognition accounting for MPA invoice is as follows:
01‐000‐4508‐0000‐000 Dr 1000
01‐000‐1340‐0000‐000 Cr 1000
Amount calculated as per the existing Proration method “Prorate by Number of Periods for Invoices” in
Journal Line Rule “Multiperiod item Expense Recognition” for Invoice.
For the MPA invoice, number of periods = 12
So recognition amount calculated as Invoice Amount /12 = 12000/12 = 1000
Next step: Configure system to recognize the expense as per another proration method “Prorate by
Number of Days for Invoices“.
F) Setup and Transaction with proration method “Prorate by Number of Days for Invoices”
Seeded recognition journal line rule for MPA comes with proration method “Prorate by Number of
Periods for Invoices” and this can not be modified. To adopt another proration method for recognition,
Journal line rule, Journal line rule set and Accounting Method need to be customized.
F.1) Setup
Instead of defining custom journal line rules from scratch, we will copy related seeded journal line rule
definitions and do the respective changes to meet our requirement.
Search for seeded journal line rule “Multiperiod item Expense Recognition” for Invoice
Open the journal line rule
To copy the Journal Line Rule, navigate Actions>Duplicate
Enter respective detaild for the custom Journal line rule. Click on Save and Close.
By default all attributes of the custom Journal Line Rule will be same as that of seeded journal line rule
copied from. To change the proration method, click on “Accounting Attribute Assignments” tab.
Change value for Entered amount. Proration method is stored in Entered amount.
Select “Prorate by Number of Days for Invoices”
Click on Save and Close
This completes defintion of Custom Journal Line Rule for Recognition.
Next step Include the custom journal line rule in Journal Line Rule Set.
Search for seeded Journal Line Rule Set “Invoice Accrual Basis”
Copy the Seeded Journal Line Rule Set
Enter respective details and click on Save and Close
Locate seeded “Multiperiod Item Expense Recognition” Journal Line Rule and delete it to remove it from
Custom journal line rule set.
Click on Plus symbol to add Custom Journal Line rule for Recognition
Add the Custom journal line rule.
Select “Invoice Distribution Account” for Account Combination rule for the custom journal line rule.
Navigate Actions>Change Status>Activate to activate the Custom Journal Line Rule Set
Next step to attach the custom journal line rule set to Accounting method.
Search for Seeded Accounting method “Standard Accrual”
Navigate Actions>Duplicate to Copy the Seeded Accounting Method.
Enter respective values and click on Save and Close
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End date the Seeded Journal Line Rule Set “Invoice Accrual Basis”
Search and add the custom Journal Line Rule Set we defined
This complets definition of Custom accounting method.
Next step, attach the custom accounting methid to respective ledger.
This completes setup steps.
Next step, verify the configuration by accounting a MPA Invoice.
Note:
Amount: 12000
Line Amount: 12000
Distribution Account: 01‐000‐4508‐0000‐000 (This is the account taken as expense recognition
Account for the MPA Invoice)
Accounting date: 1/29/18 (Accounting date for accrual accounting entry)
Click on “Multiperiod Accounting” tab to enter MPA details
Note:
Start Date: 1/1/18 (Start date for Recognition of expenses)
End date: 12/31/18 (End date for Recognition of expenses)
Accrual Account: 01‐000‐1340‐0000‐000 (Account used to accrue the invoice)
Next Step: Validate and Account the invoice and then submit “Create Multiperiod Accounting” process
to create recognition accounting.
Verify Accounting of the MPA Invoice
Amount for Recognition accounting is 1019.18.
The amount is calculated as proration method Prorate by Number of Days for Invoices. Its calculated
based on below formula
Recognition amount in speciffic period = Invoice Amount * # of Days in Respective period / Total # of
days all Periods to which MPA Invoice is to be prorated
So Recognistion Amount for Jan‐18 = 12000*31/365 = 1019.18
This completes mapping of business example taken in this paper.
There are below three seeded recognition journal line rule provided in Payables:
a) Multiperiod item Expense Recognition for Invoice
b) Multiperiod item Expense Recognition for Credit Memo
c) Multiperiod item Expense Recognition for Debit Memo
Business example taken in this paper is related to MPA Standard invoice so we copied seeded
recognition journal line rule “Multiperiod item Expense Recognition for Invoice” and customized it.
Depending on business need we may need to customize additional journal line rules.