Enter an Invoice for Landed Costs

Use the AP Invoice Entry (NE) program to enter an invoice from a landed cost vendor (the freight company, custom broker, and insurance company) and apply it to the invoice for the goods you received. You can apply landed costs to an invoice as many times as necessary. See Background and Road Map for more information.

  1. Click Add.

  2. Enter data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Vendor number

Required
10 alphanumeric

Enter the number of the landed cost vendor (freight company, custom broker, or insurance company) or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the vendor from a list.

Invoice number

Required
25 alphanumeric

Enter the vendor's invoice (voucher) number.

Transaction code

Optional
2 alphanumeric

Accept BI for Billing Invoice.

Invoice amount

Required
14 numeric in the format 999999999999.99

Enter the total amount for this invoice in the vendor's currency.

Enter a positive amount, which the program assumes to be a debit. If you enter a negative sign (-), the entry becomes a credit.

Discount amount

Optional
14 numeric in the format 999999999999.99

Enter the vendor's discount amount or leave blank to have the system calculate the discount amount when you complete data entry: Invoice amount x Discount %.

Note
If you change the Discount % field to zero, you must also change this field to zero.

1099/GST

Conditional
14 numeric in the format 999999999999.99

Enter the amount of the invoice that is reportable for 1099/GST tax purposes.

Note
This field's label depends on your selection for the Tax type field for this vendor in the Vendor Maintenance (VM) program:

If Tax type is

This field's label is

T

Based on the 1099 field description option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Accounts Payable Options)

B

Based on the GST reporting flag description option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Accounts Payable Options)

N

Blank

Template

Optional

Accept the default template or select a template for invoice distribution.

Use Vendor Maintenance (VM) to set the default selection. Set up templates in the AP Template Maintenance program (NSM).

Reference

Optional
30 alphanumeric

Enter a reference that you want to print on the check or leave blank to print the invoice number and transaction code.

Payment method

Optional
2 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed AP payment method code or select a different payment method.

The default is from the Payment method field for this vendor in the Vendor Maintenance (VM) program.

Alt remit-to

Optional
10 alphanumeric

Enter an alternate remit-to or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the remit-to from a list.

AP terms

Required
3 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed AP terms code or select another AP terms code.

The default is from the AP terms field for this vendor in the Vendor Maintenance (VM) program.

Type of invoice

Optional

Accept the vendor's default (specified in Vendor Maintenance) or select L Landed cost invoice.

Pay/Hold

Required
1 character

Accept Pay if the invoice is eligible for payment or select Hold if it is not.

You cannot select for payment invoices that are on hold when you run the Vendor Payments (NC) program.

AP org code

Required
2 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed organization code or select a different organization code.

The default is set in the Posting Criteria Maintenance (XPC) program.

AP account no

Required
10 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed liability account, enter a different account number, or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the account from a list.

The default is set in the Posting Criteria Maintenance (XPC) program.

Invoice date

Required
10 date

Accept the login date, select a date, or enter a date shortcut.

The login date displays only if you selected the Default invoice date? option for this program. See Set AP Invoice Entry Options.

Discount date

Required
10 date

Leave blank to have the program calculate the discount date based on the AP terms code or select a different discount date.

If the AP terms field is blank and you leave this field blank, the program uses the Invoice date.

Due date

Required
10 date

Leave blank to have the program calculate the due date based on the AP terms code or select a different due date.

If the AP terms field is blank and you leave this field blank, the program uses the Invoice date.

GL posting date

Required
10 date

Accept the login date, select another date for posting this transaction to the general ledger, or enter a date shortcut.

If you select a future date and selected the Message if post dte in future? program option, the program displays the message GL posting date is in the future; continue? Click Yes to retain the date you entered or click No to change the date.

Discount%

Optional
4 numeric in the format 99.99

Accept the displayed discount percent, enter the vendor's discount for this invoice, or leave blank to use the AP terms. For example, if the vendor discount is 2.5%, enter 2.5.

The default is from the Vendor disc % field for this vendor in the Vendor Maintenance (VM) program.

Exchange org code

Conditional
2 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed exchange organization code or select a different organization code.

The default is set in the Posting Criteria Maintenance (XPC) program.

Exchange acct no

Conditional
10 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed exchange account, enter a different account number, or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the account from a list.

The default is set in the Posting Criteria Maintenance (XPC) program. The program uses this account if you are using the multi-currency feature and the vendor wants to be paid in a foreign currency. See Background for more information.

  1. Click Post or OK, or choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Change a field

Move the cursor to the field and make required change(s). Click Apply.

Exit without completing this invoice

Click Cancel.

Display this vendor's address or remit-to address

Click Address. Click Remit-to or Vendor or click Back to end this action.

Accept the data and continue

Click Post.

When not in add mode, you use this button to continue forward.

Accept the data

Click OK and continue forward.

Note
You cannot delete a record unless it has been saved; use Cancel.

  1. Enter data in these fields when you click Post or OK:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Distribution amt

Required
14 numeric in the format 999999999999.99

Enter the amount to be distributed to this account.

GL org code

Required
2 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed organization code or select a different code.

The default is from the GL org code field for this vendor in the Vendor Maintenance (VM) program.

GL account no

Required
10 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed account, enter another account number, or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the account from a list.

The default is from the GL account no field this vendor in the Vendor Maintenance (VM) program.

Description

Optional
25 alphanumeric

Enter a description for this transaction sequence or leave blank to use the description for the GL account. This description displays or prints for this transaction in the AP Distribution Report (NRA), Vendor Invoice Inquiry (NDI), and other programs.

Mfg order no

Conditional
12 alphanumeric

Leave blank.

Adjustment type

Conditional
1 alphanumeric

Leave blank.

Adjustment code

Conditional
1 alphanumeric

Leave blank.

  1. Select the invoice and click Select. Click Land cost.

  2. Enter data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

LC receiver no

Required
12 alphanumeric

Enter the number of the receiver for the item to which landed costs apply or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the receiver from a list.

LC receiver ln

Required
3 alphanumeric

Enter the line number of the receiver for the item to which landed costs apply. The program displays the PO information.

Landed cost type 1 - 4

Optional
14 numeric per line in the format 999999999.99999

Enter the amount in each landed cost field that applies.

Note
These fields may have different labels based on the Landed cost type 1 - 4 option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Accounts Payable Options).

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Accept the data

Click OK. The program displays the next sequence number. Enter another sequence or press F10 to exit.

When you press F10, the program displays the distributions.

Cancel this action

Click Cancel.

Update the record

Click Apply.

Delete a saved record

Click Delete. See Delete.

Change the Sequence number field

Click Change no.

Display fields for sequence

Click Land cost.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To

Do This

Add another sequence

Click Add.

Delete the selected sequence

Click Delete. See Delete.

Display the selected sequence

Click Select.

Exit the invoice record

Click Exit.

If the program displays the message Debits do not equal credits, see Debits Do Not Equal Credits.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click Exit:

To

Do This

Change a field

Move the cursor to the field and make required change(s). Click Apply.

Delete this invoice

Click Delete. See Delete.

Exit without updating this invoice

Click Cancel.

Display this vendor's address or remit-to address

Click Address. Click Remit-to or Vendor or click Back to end this action.

Enter additional sequences

Click Post.

Accept the data

Click OK. The program prompts Vendor number, Invoice number, and Trans code. Enter another vendor and invoice or leave blank to exit.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click OK:

To

Do This

Add another invoice

Click Add.

Delete the selected invoice

Click Delete. See Delete.

Display the selected invoice

Click Select.

Exit this invoice

Click Exit.

  1. Click Register to print the AP Invoice Register or choose the appropriate options when you click Exit:

To

Do This

Change a field

Move the cursor to the field and make required change(s). Click Apply.

Delete this batch

Click Delete. See Delete.

Exit the batch without updating it

Click Cancel.

Print the AP Invoice Register

Click Register. See Print the AP Invoice Register.

Maintain invoices in this batch

Click Invoice.

Accept the data

Click OK. The program prompts Batch. Enter another batch or leave blank to exit.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To

Do This

Add another batch

Click Add.

Delete the selected batch

Click Delete. See Delete.

Display the selected batch

Click Select.

Review your options for this program

Click Prog opts. See Set AP Invoice Entry Options.

Exit the program

Click Exit.