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OVERVIEW
ORACLE PAYABLES
AP is a complete payable solution module that helps to process invoices &
payments quickly & efficiently.
Account Payables .
Interface Information:
1. HRMS :
2. PURCHASE :
3. ASSETS :
4. CASH MGMT :
5. PROJECTS :
6. G.L. :
Supplier
Invoice
Account Payables .
Validation
Payment
Posting
Accounts Payables include two fully integrated workbenches, the Invoice Workbench and the
Payment Workbench.
1. You enter, adjust, and review invoices and invoice batches in the
Invoice Workbench.
2. You create, adjust, and review payments and payment batches in the
Payments Workbench.
· SETUP OPTIONS
Defining Options (Financial & Payable):
Financial Options:
Setup Options Financials
Account Payables .
1. Accounting:
Enter the number of future periods you use in your set of books. Payables
uses this value to limit the number of future periods you can maintain in the
Control Payables Periods window. You can enter invoices in future periods
Enter the default GL Accounts for all new suppliers you define. You can
override this value during supplier entry.
2. Supplier – Entry:
Enter the options in this region will be used to control supplier entry and
purchase order matching.
3. Supplier – Payables:
Enter the options in this region, except for Receipt Acceptance Days, are
used as default values for the Payment region of the Suppliers window.
The supplier values default to new supplier sites for the supplier, which
default to new invoices for the supplier site. You can override these values
during entry of the supplier, supplier site, and invoice.
4. Supplier – Purchasing:
Enter the options in this region, except for Inventory Organization, are
used as default values for the Purchasing region of the Suppliers window.
Defaulting sequence and overriding concept is same as above said.
5. Encumbrance:
To use encumbrance accountin, you must install Payables, Purchasing, and General
Ledger Use this region to enable encumbrance accounting and to specify the default
encumbrance types Payables assigns to your invoices, and Purchasing assigns to
your requisitions and purchase orders. Oracle Financials provides two predefined
encumbrance types that you can use to identify requisition, purchase order, and
invoice encumbrances: Commitment and Obligation.
6. Tax:
Enter the options in this region, are used as default tax codes, company
region details for the type of VAT, Recovery tax rate value, rounding rules
and minimum accountable tax amount for the tax calculation.
7. Human Resources:
Account Payables .
Enter the options and defaults in this region for entering employee
information in the Enter Person window.
Payable Options:
1. Accounting Methods:
Use this region to set defaults for submission of the Payables Transfer to
General Ledger Process. If you use Oracle General Ledger you can also set
defaults for submitting Invoice Import, which transfers accounting lines to Oracle
General Ledger.
3. Payment Accounting:
Account For Payment: Choose when you want to create payment accounting
entries. You can select one or both options.
Payables creates the accounting entries, depending on how the Account for Payment option
is set. This accounting assumes you use accrual basis accounting. You specify the GL
accounts when you define the payment document.
Account For Gain/Loss: Select the time at which you will record currency gains
or losses for foreign currency payments. If you selected Account For Payment
When Payment Clears above, then the system enables the When Payment
Clears option here and you cannot update it.
The combination of Payables options you select and your accounting method
control which gain and loss accounting entries Payables creates.
Calculate Gain/Loss. Select the transaction level at which you want to calculate
foreign currency gains and losses.
Use Future Dated Payment Account. You can define a future dated payment
account at both the supplier site and the payment document level. This option
controls which account Payables will use to create accounting entries for future
dated payments.
4. Currency:
Set-up required values in this region if you are entering invoices and making
payments in a currency that different from other than functional currency.
5. Supplier:
Use this region to enter defaults for the Suppliers window. These values then
default to the Supplier Site, and then to the invoice. You can override these
defaults at any time.
6. Invoice:
Use Batch Controls. Enable this option to enable use of the Invoice Batches.
Account Payables .
Confirm Date as Invoice Number. If you enable this option, then during invoice entry
when you accept the invoice date as the default for invoice number.
Allow Online Approval. Enable this option if you want to allow users to submit
Payables Approval in the Invoices window and the Invoice Batches window.
Allow Adjustments to Paid Invoices. Enable this option if you want to allow
users to update the distributions of a paid invoice.
Allow Document Category Override. Enable this option if you want to allow
users to override the default Document Category assigned to an invoice by
Payables.
GL Date Basis. The date you want Payables to use as the default accounting
date for invoices during invoice entry.
System Date. Current date for your Payables system. The date you enter the
invoice.
Goods Received/Invoice Date. Date that you enter in the Date Goods Received
field. If no value is entered, then the invoice date is used.
Goods Received/System Date. Date that you enter in the Date Goods Received
field. If no value is entered, then the system date is used.
Prepayment Settlement Days. Number of days you want Payables to add to the
system date to calculate a default settlement date for a prepayment. Payables
prevents you from applying the prepayment to an invoice until on or after the
settlement date.
7. Prepayment Payment Terms. Payment terms that you want to use for all
prepayments.
Account Payables .
8. Matching:
Allow Final Matching. Enable this option to allow final matching of purchase
order matched invoices.
Allow Distribution Level Matching. Enable this option if you want to allow
matching to purchase order distributions.
Allow Matching Account Override. Enable this option if you want to allow
override of the account for an invoice distribution created from matching to a
purchase order.
9. Interest:
Use this region to enable Automatic Interest Calculation and then enter
defaults, such as expense and liability accounts, for the interest invoices
Payables creates automatically when you pay overdue invoices.
11. Payment:
Bank Account. The internal bank account you use to disburse funds. Payables
uses this value as a default in the Payment windows.
Payment Batch Limit. The default maximum outlay amount Payables will pay
for each payment batch.
EFT User Number. The number which identifies you as a user of electronic
funds transfer services to your bank or clearing organization.
Account Payables .
Method. The method you want Payables to use for distributing the
discounts you take when making payments.
Allow Print. If you enable this option, you can create Quick payments.
Allow Pre-Date. If you enable this option, Payables allows you to create
payments with a payment date before the system date for any payment
except a manual payment.
Allow Void and Reissue. If you enable this option, you can reissue a
Quick payment.
Allow Address Change. Enable this option if you want to allow users to address
a payment to an address other than the invoice's supplier site's address.
Allow Remit-to Account Override. Check this check box if you want to
allow users to change the default primary supplier site bank account
during Quick payment and payment batch creation
Use Bank Charges. If you want to use the Bank charge feature, enable
this option.
Require Tax Entry at Header. If you enable this option, Payables requires you
to enter a Tax Code and Tax Amount in the Invoices window when you enter an
invoice.
Use Automatic Tax Calculation. Select this option if you want to enable
Payables to automatically calculate and enter tax on invoices.
Calculation Level. If you enable the Use Automatic Tax Calculation option,
select the level at which you want Payables to automatically calculate sales tax.
This value defaults to new suppliers you enter.
Header. Automatically create tax distributions based on the Invoice Amount and
Tax Code in the Invoices window:
Tax Code. Automatically create tax distributions based on the distribution Amount, Tax
Code, and Includes Tax check box in the Distributions window. When calculating tax
amounts, group lines with the same tax code and Includes Tax check box setting
together, calculate tax, and then round the tax amount.
Line. Automatically create tax distributions based on the distribution Amount, Tax
Code, and Includes Tax check box in the Distributions window.
Allow Calculation Level Override. Enable this option if you want to allow users
to adjust the default value of the Calculation Level option for new and existing
suppliers.
Distribution Amounts Include Tax. Enable this option if you use Automatic Tax
Calculation at the Line level or Tax Code level, and you want the Distribution
Amounts Includes Tax check box to be enabled by default for all new suppliers
you enter.
Allow Override. If you enable the Allow Override option, you can override the
Distribution Amounts Include Tax check box default value for all suppliers.
Use Withholding Tax. Select this option to enable Automatic Withholding Tax.
Allow Manual Withholding. Enable this option to allow manual creation and
adjustments of Withholding Tax type distributions for your invoices.
Tax Group. The name of the withholding tax group that you would like to use as
the default withholding tax group for the new suppliers you enter.
Account Payables .
Apply Withholding Tax. Select the time at which you would like Payables to
apply withholding taxes to your supplier's invoices:
Never.
At Invoice Approval Time. At
Payment Time.
Create Withholding Invoice. Select the time at which you would like Payables
to automatically create withholding tax invoices to remit withheld taxes to tax
authorities:
Never.
At Invoice Approval Time. At
Payment Time.
Use this region to set a hierarchy for Payables to use when it provides default
values for Tax Code fields.
Enforce Tax From Account. Enable this option if you want to enforce the
relationship between the tax code and the expense or asset account for
distributions.
Enforce Tax From Purchase Order. Enable this option if you want Payables to
honor the Taxable flag on the purchase order shipment, and if you want Invoice
Validation to verify that the invoice Tax Code value matches the Tax Code value on
the purchase order document that the invoice is matched to.
PO for Matched Invoices. Enable this option if you want to enable the Enforce
Tax from Purchase Order option in the Payables Options window
Supplier Site. Invoice Tax Code value you entered in the Invoice Tax region of
the Supplier Sites window.
Supplier. Invoice Tax Code value you entered in the Invoice Tax region of the
Suppliers window.
Account. Tax Code value you assigned to the expense or asset account in the
Tax Options window in General Ledger.
Account Payables .
Financials Options. Value you entered for Tax Code in the Financials Options
window.
Invoice Header. Value you enter for Tax Code in the Invoices window. This
source is used only for providing a default for invoice distributions.
15. Reports:
Report Sorting: Sort by Alternate Fields: If you enable this option then
Payables sorts by values in the alternate fields whenever it sorts reports by
supplier name, supplier site name, and bank account name.
Account Payables .
Defining Suppliers:
Defining a new Supplier
Suppliers Entry
Customer Number. (Optional) The number your supplier uses to identify your
enterprise. This number appears on the Oracle Purchasing standard purchase order.
- Classification
Type. Type of supplier. Use Type to group suppliers for reporting purposes.
Account Payables .
One Time. Enable to designate a supplier with whom you do not expect to do
repeat business.
Number. Employee number of the employee you have associated with the
supplier record.
- Accounting
Supplier accounting values default to all new supplier sites you enter for the supplier.
If you use the Multiple Organization Support feature, you can enter a value in this
field only at the supplier site level.
Distribution Set. Enter Default Distribution Set for all invoices entered for the
supplier site.
Liability. Change the Liability Account and description for a supplier site's
invoices specifically otherwise can continue with the values defaulted from the
Financials option for the Liability Account.
Prepayment. The supplier default for this field is the Financials option for the
Prepayment account. This default can be overridden.
Future Dated Payment. If you use future dated payments, enter the future dated
payment account you want to use.
- Control
Account Payables .
Invoice Amount Limit. Enter an amount that this supplier’s invoice amount
should not exceed.
Invoice Match Option. Select whether you want to match invoices to purchase
orders or to purchase order receipts.
Purchase Order. Match invoices to purchase order shipments and/or
distributions.
Receipts. Match invoices to purchase order receipts.
Payment Hold Reason. The reason you are applying an invoice hold to an invoice.
- Payment
All supplier payment values default to new supplier sites you enter. Supplier site values
default to invoices. You can override any payment defaults during supplier site entry,
except Allow Interest Invoices, which does not display in the Supplier Sites window.
The defaults in the Supplier Payment region come from the defaults you enter in
the Financials Options window, except the default for Pay Group and Allow
Interest Invoices, which come from the Payables Options window, and the default
for Exclude Freight From Discount, which is always No.
Terms. Payment terms used to schedule payments for an invoice. The system
uses payment terms to automatically calculate due dates, discount dates, and
discount amounts for each invoice you enter.
Pay Group. Pay Group assigned to a supplier.
Payment Priority. A number, between 1 (high) and 99 (low), which represents
the priority of payment.
Remittance E-mail.(Site Level only). The destination e-mail address for
remittance information.
Payment Currency. Same as above invoice currency. Change may require when
Invoice currency is associated with EURO.
Terms Date Basis. Date from which Payables calculates a scheduled payment for a
supplier. The default is one of the following Payables option you defined for Terms Date
Basis.
System / Goods Received / Invoice / Invoice Received
Pay Date Basis. The Pay Date Basis for a supplier determines the pay date for a
supplier's invoices.
Due / Discount
Payment Method. The method you use most frequently to pay this supplier's invoices:
Check. You can pay with a manual payment, a Quick payment, or in a payment
batch.
Electronic. Pay electronic payments either through the e-Commerce Gateway,
or by delivering a payment batch file to your bank.
Wire. Manually record an external wire transfer of funds between your bank and
your supplier's bank.
Clearing. Record invoice payments to internal suppliers.
Always Take Discount. Enable this option to have Payables always take an available
discount for a supplier, regardless of when you pay the invoice.
Exclude Freight From Discount. If this option is enabled for an invoice, Payables
automatically subtracts the freight amount entered on the invoice header from the invoice
amount when calculating the invoice amount subject to discount.
Pay Alone. If this option is enabled for an invoice, Payables creates a separate
payment for each invoice.
Bank Charge Bearer. Indicate whether you or your supplier pays bank charges for
electronic payments. If your supplier pays, indicate whether your supplier uses the
standard or negotiated rate. This information is used in the Define Bank Charges
window. See: Bank Charges. This field is not visible if you do not enable the Use Bank
Charges Payables option.
Account Payables .
- Bank Accounts
Use this region to record the supplier bank accounts that your suppliers and supplier
sites use for electronic payment transactions.
EDI ID Number. This field is used only by Oracle Energy, if you have installed it,
and it appears only at the supplier site.
Payment Format. Indicates type of information being transmitted with the funds
if the Payment Method is ACH.
This field is enterable only if you select ACH in the Payment Method field.
Remittance Method. Party responsible for sending the remittance advice to the payee.
Z. Other Handling.
Tax code or tax group that represents the tax charges you generally receive on
invoices from a supplier.
Use Offset Taxes. You can use offset taxes to record taxes on invoices while
offsetting the tax liability. You can associate offset taxes with sales or user-defined
taxes in the Tax Codes window.
Automatic Calculation
Calculation Level. Select the level at which you want Payables to automatically
calculate tax for this supplier or supplier site.
Header. Automatically calculate the tax amount and create tax distributions
based on the Invoice Amount and Tax Code in the Invoices window.
None. Disable automatic tax calculation for this supplier or supplier site.
Allow Calculation Level Override. This field applies to the Calculation Level for tax.
Rounding Rule. If you use automatic tax calculation, select the method for the
system to use to round the automatically-calculated tax amount.
Nearest. Round to the nearest number, and if the difference between Up and
Down is equal, round Up. For example, round Rs.10.677 to Rs.10.68.
Distribution Amounts Include Tax. Enable this option if you use automatic tax
calculation at the Tax Code or Line level, and you want Payables to subtract the
calculated tax from distributions when Payables automatically creates tax distributions.
- Withholding Tax.
Enter withholding tax information for a supplier and supplier site.
Account Payables .
Allow Withholding Tax. Enable to allow withholding taxes for the supplier and
supplier site.
Withholding Tax Group. A default withholding Tax Group.
- Tax Reporting.
Income Tax details of the Supplier who resides in US. (Only At Header Level).
- Purchasing.
All supplier purchasing values default to new supplier sites you enter.
Bill-To Location. Location to which a supplier sends the invoice for goods or services.
Freight Terms. You negotiate freight terms with a supplier to determine whether
you or the supplier pays for freight charges on goods you order from a supplier
Purchase Order Hold. If you enable this option for a supplier, and you also enable the
Enforce Supplier Hold option in the Control region of the Purchasing Options window,
then you can create a purchase order for the supplier, but you cannot approve the
purchase order. To release this hold, deselect Purchase Order Hold here.
Create Debit Memo From RTS Transaction. Enable this option if you want the
system to automatically create a debit memo in Payables when you enter a
Return To Supplier (RTS) in Purchasing.
Enter information in these fields if you have installed Purchasing and use
the self-billing features to create invoices on behalf of your suppliers.
.
Pay On. You can enter a value for the Pay On field only if the supplier site
is a purchasing site.
Receipt. If you want to use the Pay on Receipt AutoInvoice
Program to automatically create invoices based on receipts you
enter for this supplier site, enter Receipt.
Alternate Pay Site. Pay site to be used as the supplier site when the
system creates self-billing invoices for this supplier
Invoice Summary Level. Enter the level at which you want to consolidate
invoices for this supplier site when you submit the Pay on Receipt
AutoInvoice Program:
Create Debit Memo From RTS Transaction. Enable this option if you
want the ystem to automatically create a debit memo in Payables when
you enter a Return To Supplier (RTS) in Purchasing.
Gapless Invoice Numbering. If you enable Gapless Invoice Numbering,
then you must also enter a Selling Company Identifier.
Selling Company Identifier.. This is the identifier for the supplier site.
All supplier receiving values default to new purchase orders you enter for a supplier.
You can override any receiving defaults during purchase order entry.
Enforce Ship-to Location. The value you enter in this field determines whether the
receiving location must be the same as the ship-to location:
Receipt Routing. Default receipt routing that you assign goods: Direct Delivery,
Inspection Required, or Standard Receipt.
Match Approval Level. If you use Oracle Payables with Oracle Purchasing or
another integrated purchasing product, you can perform online matching of invoices
and original purchase orders or purchase order receipts.
Account Payables .
Quantity Received Exception. How Purchasing handles receipts that exceed the
Quantity Received Tolerance: None / Reject / Warning.
Days Early/Late Receipt Allowed. Maximum acceptable number of days early/late for
receipts.
Receipt Date Exception. How Purchasing handles receipts that are earlier or later than
the allowed number of days selected. None / Reject / Warning.
Enter at least one supplier site mandatory. Enter the supplier site name and address.
Account Payables .
- General
Pay. Supplier site to which you send payment of an invoice. You cannot enter an
invoice for a supplier site that is not defined as a pay site.
Primary Pay. Default pay site. This pay site defaults as the pay site value in the
Invoices window.
RFQ Only. Enable if you do not allow entering purchase orders for a supplier site.
An RFQ Only site is a site from which you receive quotations.
Procurement Card. Supplier site that accepts the credit card brands of your
procurement cards.
Customer Number. The number your supplier uses to identify your enterprise. This
number appears on the Oracle Purchasing Printed Purchasing Order Report.
Shipping Network Location. Physical location of the supplier site. The location
that you enter in this field appears on the list of values for the Ship To Location
field in Oracle Purchasing's Purchase Order window. Purchasing uses this
information when it receives outside processing items
Supplier Notification Method. Primary way you send purchase orders to the
- Contacts
Enter the contact persons and other details of the Supplier site.
- Accounting
- Control
- Payment
- Bank Accounts
- EDI
- Invoice Tax
- Withholding Tax
- Tax Reporting
- Purchasing
- Receiving
Defaults for all the above options carries from the Supplier Header Level.
Click on Bank Account and Enter details of the Bank A/c and select Bank
Account: Internal
- Full Type:
- Skeleton Type:
In the Payment Terms window, you define payment terms that you can assign
to an invoice to automatically create scheduled payments when you submit
Payables Invoice Validation for the invoice. You can define payment terms to
create multiple scheduled payment lines and multiple levels of discounts. You
can create an unlimited number of payment terms.
Payment terms have one or more payment terms lines, each of which creates
one scheduled payment. Each payment terms line and each corresponding
scheduled payment has a due date or a discount date based.: Examples
Account Payables .
Due:
%Due/Amount: 100 (Either of the column to be given. % Enter Ratio
against the Invoice amount on which to be applied / Enter a fixed amount
on which to be applied)
Calendar: --
Fixed Date: -- (Enter date as a due date without considering of Terms Date)
Days: 45
Account Payables .
- Immediate Method
Name : 50% immediate, Net 30
Description: 50% Down Payment and rest 50% can be paid upto 30 days.
Effective Day: 13-Sep-2007 (this day onwards only can be applied)
Cut-Off Day:
-- Rank: --
Due:
%Due/Amount: 50 (Either of the column to be given. % Enter Ratio
against the Invoice amount on which to be applied / Enter a fixed amount
on which to be applied)
Calendar: --
Fixed Date: -- (Enter date as a due date without considering of Terms Date)
Days: 0
Day of Month: --(used for Proxima Terms)
Months Ahead: --(used for Proxima Terms)
Go to Next line:-
- Proxima Method
Name : Proxima Terms
Description: (Credit Card type Payment Terms): Payment Cycle starts on
every 15th of the month (Cut-Off) and the due date will be 30th of the month in
which the payment cycle ends.
Account Payables .
Effective Day: 13-Sep-2007 (from this day onwards only can be applied)
Cut-Off Day:
15 Rank: --
Due:
%Due/Amount: 100
Calendar: --
Fixed Date: -- (Enter date as a due date without considering of Terms Date)
Days: --
Day of Month: 30
Months Ahead: 0
Due:
%Due/Amount: 100
Calendar: <Enter Spl. Calendar Name>
Fixed Date: --
Days: --
Day of Month: --
Months Ahead: --
- General
· Standard allows only positive amounts in invoice amount fields
· Debit Memo enters by the company to reduce the liability towards supplier. It
allows only negative amounts in invoice amount fields
· Credit Memo document receives from the supplier and entered to reduce the
liability towards supplier. It allows only negative amounts in invoice amount fields
Account Payables .
· Standard Invoice
Click On
Distribution
Num: <Enter Invoice Distribution Line No.>
Account Payables .
Note: Repeat the Entries for all lines of Distributions and ensure that
Distributions total amount must be equal to the Invoice amount entered.
Click On
Actions…1
OK
Account Payables .
Click On
NOTE: Find at General Tab Invoices Status Block Status Field Validated
Click On
Actions…1
Account Payables .
Click On OK
Account Payables .
NOTE1: Find at General Tab Invoices Status Block Accounted Field Yes
NOTE2: You can view Journal Accounting Lines of the Invoice validated. At Menu bar ToolsView
Accounting
Account Payables .
NOTE3:- Directly moves to Payment Work Bench with all field values of the
Invoice work Bench.
NOTE1: Find at General Tab Invoices Status Block Accounted Field Yes
CLOSE
To make Invoice Payment:
Payments Entry Payments
Account Payables .
Click On
Enter/Adjust Invoices
Invoice No: Invoice No. (Select Inv. No. of the Particular Supplier)
Payment Amount: Displays the Invoice amount to be paid.( Can be changed the amount
field for the Partial amount. And select in the next line to club the another invoice amount.)
Click On
OK
Account Payables .
Account Payables .
Click On
Distribution
Num: <Enter Invoice Distribution Line No.>
Type: Freight/Item/Miscellaneous/Tax (Select)
Amount:<Enter Negative amount>
GL Date:Default date (Carried from the Invoice Header)
Account Payables .
Note: Repeat the Entries for all lines of Distributions and ensure that
Distributions total amount must be equal to the Invoice amount entered.
Click On Actions…1
Click On OK
NOTE: Find at General Tab Invoices Status Block Status Field Validated
Click On Actions…1
Click On OK
NOTE1: Find at General Tab Invoices Status Block Accounted Field Yes
Click On
Actions…1
Click On OK
NOTE3:- Directly moves to Payment Work Bench with all field values of the
Invoice work Bench.
NOTE1: Find at General Tab Invoices Status Block Accounted Field Yes
CLOSE
Click On
Enter/Adjust Invoices
Invoice No: Debit/Credit Memo No (Select Debit/Credit Memo No. of the Particular Supplier)
Payment Amount: Displays the Invoice amount to be paid.( Can be changed the amount
field for the Partial amount. And select in the next line to club the another invoice amount.)
This type of invoice Validation and Payment can be done like Standard
Invoice.process but at the Invoice Entry
Type Prepayment(select)……..
Prepayment TypeTemporary /Permanent(Select)…
- Enter Standard Invoice header and distribution details and save at Invoices Entry Invoices.
Click On OK
- Find a new form containing the details of the temporary prepayments invoices nos made before.
- Choose the Prepayment Invoice no. to Adjust
Apply: Enable Check Box
Amount to Apply:Default displays the available amount, Enter the amount to adjust
Click On
Apply/Unapply
Click On Actions…1
- Enable Validate Check Box.
Expense Reports:
Account Payables .
5. Enter Employee details and Expenses Details with the help of template and enter
corresponding Gl.A/c.Code Combinations.
Account Payables .
10. Retrieve Expense Report Invoice at Invoice Work Bench with the Invoice No. which
is noted earlier and can follow the due course required.
Recurring:
Interest:
Account Payables .
P.O.Default:
Quick Match:
Pay on Receipt:
-The End-